Being An Awesome Mum
Shit. I so don’t have my shit together today.
I’m tired. I have no life left in me. I don’t want to disappoint my kids today but I have nothing. it’s hard being an awesome mum ALL the time. Does this happen to you? It happens to me and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Probably once every two months my batteries go flat.
I know people who easily solve the problem by getting a babysitter and going out for dinner, taking the kids to an indoor play centre while they drink coffee, leaving the kids and their mother’s house. you may not have that support available and you may not have the cash. Catching a break often comes at a cost!
Let’s rewind to payday. I’m going to equip you with some “non crunchy” parenting choices that your kids will think are awesome. You don’t have to have your shit together for these and If they are too extreme for your friends – don’t tell them. They can water their own grass.
The 50 Cent Babysitter
If you’ve never taken your kids to a McDonald’s play centre because you don’t want to entertain them yourself then I’m sorry but your too perfect to be reading this right now.
You have your shit together far too often and that makes me feel awkward. Can you at least pretend you know what I mean?
Ok, I’m not that crappy all the time. For a more natural alternative, I use a ZUKO and keep the ice blocks in Zippy bags in the freezer. I also found some really cool ice block moulds shaped like McDonald’s Soft Serve, See at the end of this article.
P.S. I’m not suggesting you don’t watch your children at McDonald’s. As Mum’s we are awesome multitaskers. Free WiFi. Playground….coffee. That’s part of being an awesome mum.
2. Zooper Doopers
When you were a kid do you remember being handed a Zooper Dooper ice block and being told to go and sit on the back steps? That’s because your mum wanted you to GO AWAY for 5 minutes. WARNING: MAY make your children even more annoying. If you have a big backyard though they can run around like a cyclone after the goodness of this unhealthy sugar hit.
P.S.Giving your child the occasional treat doesn’t mean your not being an awesome mum.
3. Hold Your Own Colour Run
OK So my kids asked me if we could do the Colour Run. The Colour Run in our area is on in winter. The bank balance tried to breathe fire at me because of the likelihood we would pay for tickets and not go due to rain.
I found these neat chalk bombs in Kmart and they are stashed in my “When I don’t have my shit together” collection. Subscribe to the blog so when we do have our own colour run you will get to see how they work!
4. Pizza Night Or Day For Under $4
I don’t like pizza. There I said it. I know….its wrong, arrest me. Tie me to a stake and burn me because I’m probably a witch. I don’t like spending money on takeout and in the last couple of years I seem to have trained myself to accept that getting “fast food” isn’t actually that fast at all. Especially pizza.
A pizza on the weekends costs roughly $13 without a coupon [which normally requires you to spend more anyway]. If you check the Deli & Freezer section you can normally find a pizza for under $5. Total SAVING on a Saturday $9.45. Sometimes they are a little stingey but you can always throw a little extra cheese on yourself and usually, I have some tinned pineapple in the pantry.
5. Netflix ….because it goes with the pizza
If you can’t afford Netflix don’t despair.
When you sign up to Netflix you get a free month. You might decide you actually get more work done with Netflix in the home. If you use it wisely so the kids don’t get sick of it then on the days you can’t get your shit together the kids will glue themselves to it.
We Netflix & Chill on Friday Nights and Sunday mornings. I don’t have to get out of bed….kids are happy. We all WIN.
You can also try Stan….Presto…Prime or Quickflix. Most of them have free trials. *hint*