Two weeks ago Mimi got a haircut. She was so happy with it! It was exactly what she wanted and Jenna (at Toni & Guy) had done it perfectly. :)

But a few days later, Mimi was not so excited about her haircut anymore. Frankly, every time I mentioned how cute it was, she’d shrug me off and say “it’s okay”. I was confused! This could not have been the same kid who had literally plastered herself in front of the mirror the previous two days adorning her hair.

So I commenced an interrogation!

Turns out that a couple of boys in her class were teasing her that she has a boy’s haircut. I was flabbergasted and furious! But before I could say anything, Mimi told me how she’d told them to stop teasing her and that what they’re saying is not nice and that she didn’t care what they have to say. I literally had to pick my jaw off of the floor! My daughter had stood up to them! Yipppeeeeee!!! However, she was still upset. Rightfully so! I mean saying you don’t care doesn’t mean that a little bit of you isn’t still hurt. So I told her how proud I am of how she’d handled the situation. We also talked about how some boys have long hair… and how hair is not an indication of gender.

I realized that this incident is just a ity-bity sample of the situations she’ll face later in life. If I can arm my daughter with knowledge and a spine that’s about enough to get her through whatever life throws at her. It’s still okay to be upset on the inside as long as she stands up to people who wrong her.

As I say goodbye to my car right now, I’m filled with overwhelming sadness! Emptying a car has got to be one of the hardest things to do. The amount of things and papers that have accumulated in there thru the years is amazing! :/

We’ve literally lived in that car for four years! Oullie took his naps in it… His snack too (which the floor will vouch for) and the kids have changed and been changed in the front seat, back seat and trunk. :D

The trunk transported a plant from my BFF’s household when she was leaving Kuwait. The walls of that car have heard one too many heartfelt conversations. One of my doors wrapped itself around the pole in the parking when I was talking to a dear friend on the phone as I was parking.

So it’s with a heavy heart that I bide my CRV adieu.

Yes. You read that right! I want to runaway!! But not for long just for a few days. I want to go off without telling any one where or how long I’m going. I just want to escape. Alone! All alone!!

I want to fall off the face of the planet without anyone getting worried. Turn off my phone. Deem myself unreachable. I don’t want to hear anyone else’s nagging. I just want to be alone! All alone!!

Then I want to return to exactly where I left off. Because I’m pretty sure nothing much would change without me around. So go back as if time warped on to itself and I had never left. But I’d know I’d left and that would help me keep going. Because right now I’m hanging on to a thread!

That’s it!! I’ve had it!!! Wednesdays are going to bring the end of me!!! I’ve decided to go straight from Tuesday to Thursday from now on!

Last Wednesday Mimi embarrassed me while we were out. She literally had a full fledged tantrum in public!! Bawling! Wailing (like someone is slowly torturing her)! Stomping!! And thrashing like a beast! The whole tantrum nine yards I tell you!!! And all in public!! I tried to talk to her but it didn’t do any good. So I decided to leave. Because she was wailing I didn’t want to hold her hand so it doesn’t look like I’m forcing her to walk against her well. Well needless to say she wailed all the way to the car!! I must’ve looked like the worst mother on the face of the planet!

So that was last Wednesday. Now this Wednesday I though I’ve got things under control. I talked to Mimi this morning about her tantrum last week and we agreed that she’ll use her words when she needs to express her feelings. Problem solved!

Well not really because Wednesday must be a cursed day. Oullie started a tantrum at 9:15 this morning! As we were about to head out to the gym he goes and dumps a box full of blocks in the playroom! When I asked him to clean up, he commenced CRYING and screaming!! Forty-five minutes of constant crying and screaming before that playroom was cleared up!!! And to top it off, he had an peepee accident when he was done!

Needless to say I didn’t go to the gym!! :(

I have to admit that at that moment I wished I could walk out! Just leave!

Instead I self combusted… Pulled out my crochet kit and test tried a new pattern.

The “work” and “stress” of a stay-at-home mom is so underrated!! No wonder my mom was a coffee addict and had weight issues! Sometimes a weight problem is better than losing it with your kids! She must’ve always felt like she was drowning with no life line. :( Sorry, mom, for being so inconsiderate. :(

Ode to an Apple

Being a mom is not easy. It requires a level of dedication like no other aspect in life.

Any woman can birth children and be a “mother”… but it takes a hell of a lot more to be a MOMMY.

I wrote this lest I forget in my old age just how much motherhood changed me. In the hopes this will help me be more supportive when Mimi becomes a mother.

Being a Mommy

Al Corniche Club has recently introduced two new activities for kids: Karate and Rhythmic Gymnastics. I enrolled my kids in both! Well Mimi in the former (because Oullie is still too young to keep up with the whole group) and both in the latter. :)

In Karate, Mimi is the only girl. :) Though there were some girls at the initial session, but none showed up for the second. Anywho… Mimi is really enjoying the classes and Sensei Donna is fabulous! Enough said. :)

In Gymnastics, we’ve only had our first session so far. The instructor seems really sweet and the class looks like it has a lot of potential. I look forward to our second session today.

Bringing these activities to Al Corniche Club is a great move. I’m not one to drive my kids to activities all over K-town. I’d rather we “keep it in the family” ;) So I’m thrilled to have more activities catering for my kids’ age group. :)

Thank you, Generation Activ! xxx

Waking up at 6 on the weekend should be illegal! Even though I tried to rectify that by bonding a coffee mug to my hand as fast as I could, things only seemed to go down hill. :(

First it was the “I want hot chocolate” which I obliged immediately.

Then it was “eggs for breakfast!” Previous incidents made me ask what kind of eggs lest I disturb the peace. Final decision was “Scrambled”… okay dokey… I added toast and hot dogs.

But did I get a “Thank you”??? Nope!!! I got a “I don’t like my eggs” “I don’t want to eat this” and picking at her food! I was at my wit’s end!!! If bad behavior is going to be nipped at the bud, it has to be fast and effective. In a flash, she was banished from the breakfast table! She objected and pleaded but I wasn’t going to deal with this anymore. I’m not a short order cook! And this behavior is unacceptable.

Is my cooking so horrid? Has she gotten so used to the idea that there’s delivery and takeaway? Either way it hurts when I’ve been in the kitchen pouring love into a meal for my family only to be met with nagging and nit picking! From now on it’s going to be “This is what’s for breakfast/lunch/dinner! You either eat it or leave the table.” Plain and simple!

Summer is finally here! I’ve been reluctant to take the kids to the pool for the past two weeks but today the weather just cried for a swim! So off we were to Al Corniche Club at 9am.

First we sat at the adult pool. We barely lasted 15 mins. :D

Then we moved down to the kids pool where we spent the rest of the day.

We even went as far as having lunch at the beach which I have to admit as a child was the highlight of my day at the beach. :D

There must’ve been a memo circulating around Kuwait because everyone was at the beach today. Al Corniche was full! I can bet there were people who were happy to see us leave because it meant seats for them. :D

Oh what a fabulously busy day! I look forward to an early night. ;)