"That Mom"

Dear Teagan & Vivian:
So I think about this all the time...being "that mom." The one that never forgets to pack something, the one that has it all in the bag, thinks of everything all the time, has plenty of time to do all sorts of nifty things with her kids, has an immaculate house, etc. etc.
But do such moms really exist?
On Pinterest they do, that's for sure.

My mom was and still is awesome. She was pretty much "that mom." When I look back on my life, this is what I remember about my mom and my home like growing up....
Mom never forgot anything....ever. Whether it was something she had to lay out for dinner or the birthday party 2 months from now. She had it together.
We always did fun things.
She was ALWAYS and I mean ALWAYS one step ahead of your aunts and I...well at least me anyway. She always knew what I was up to and could stop me before I fully thought out my plan.
She knew when purple shirt day was and made sure my purple shirt was clean, always had our sports uniforms cleaned and ready to go whenever we needed them, she always had food in the house to feed all of our friends if they came over spur of the moment.

I can never remember my mom going out on weekends and doing one big grocery shopping trip. She must have gotten it all done during the week on her lunch breaks.

Our house was always super clean. Cleaner than you guys will probably ever see it. Grandma used to be so crazy about how the house looked. I remember one time being in the twirly chair in the front living room and the walls were white...always white or an offwhite for the walls there, and I put my feet on the wall to push off of and she yelled at me and told me not to put my feet on the wall because they'd get it dirty. She was that nuts about cleanliness.
Something about all of her cleaning though...I don't remember her playing with us a lot. I mean maybe she did when we were really little and I just don't remember, and then when I got older I didn't need or want her to play with us.

I just always feel like my housework can wait. Everything will still be there...everything except your youth. I want all of my free time to be spend playing with you guys...taking it all in....treasuring every single moment of you being this age...after all, tomorrow you'll be one day older! Yes you might drive me crazy and I wish you could or would just give me an hour to clean real quick, but it's because if I just had an hour to do things without interruptions that would leave the entire rest of the day to do the fun stuff!

Okay, well now that I got that out of the way, I should get back to work so I can be "that mom" that can bring home the "bacon!" Ha!

I love you to the moon and back babies.
Love,
Mommy