Forget about it Friday...

It's back! It's Friday...
So let's Forget about all the things we did or didn't do as moms.

So here's what I'd like to forget this week....

- I would like to forget the fact that I totally forgot about a Dad's with Donuts day at Charlotte's Preschool. I cried as I dropped her off, raced home and convinced David to quickly get ready and rush up to the school.

- I Admit that I don't even remember when I bathed Helen last...I do promsie to bathe her before the grandparents come on Saturday

- I definitely used a piece (or 2, or 3) of string cheese (shredded all the little strings myself) to put on top of our chicken parm last night becasue I was out of shredded mozzerella. Good news...it really is real cheese...it melted and all!

-I admit I put the kids to bed without brushing their teeth and was trying to convince them it really didn't matter... Oh, but what little rule keepers they are. Charlotte kept screaming "but my teeth will all fall out" I finally gave in and let them get up and brush their teeth.

-Certainly I wasn't famished on Sunday and after nursing Helen, felt like i was going to die of hunger. So I definitely didn't go into the Church kitchen and take a bite out of some leftover lasagna. I blame it on the nursing... While I am fessing up, there was a bag of M&Ms, so I took a handful. Please don't call the deacons.

Thank Goodness I can forget about all that....and move on to another week of mommy mistakes. I have decided that mommies probably should get malpractice insurance too, like Doctors. Because my children have PLENTY of reasons to sue the pants off of me for malpractice.

So let's claim together this verse....
"Forgetting what is behind, and straining towards what is ahead, I press on toward the Goal to win the Prize which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:13-14

So what would you like to Forget about this Friday?
Do Share!

Forget about it Friday!

What is it about Friday?

It's not like as a mom Friday is a work day and Saturday is an off day. But still...TGIF! Friday just reminds us that the week is over... And we made it. Did we make it? Sure we did. It is Friday, and my kids survived another week with me as their mom. However, there are a ton of things that happened this week, or that I did (or did not do) that quite honestly I would rather forget.

So.... Let's Jump in to Forget About it Friday!

-I licked peanut butter off all 5 fingers of my 2 year old instead of getting up and getting a wet paper towel

-I gave my kids strawberries and whip cream for a snack, and admit that I served them a 2nd bowl of just whip cream.

-I attempted to do 3 days worth of Beth Moore Lessons in 30 minutes the day of Bible Study. Can you say Procrastinator??

-I have tried to smile nicely when people keep saying "you still haven't had that baby???" No, I STILL haven't had that baby yet.

-I wiped my child's nose with my hand way too many times to remember.... and I wonder why I am sick?

-My culinary skills were critiqued by not only my 3 year old, but my opinionated and quite verbose 2 year old...as they proclaimed "Grandmommy makes cornbread with stew". Well, we had biscuits. Sorry! (it was a very cute moment that had David and I laughing) I was also corrected that stew is served in a bowl, not on a plate. All righty then! We'll leave the Stew up to Grandmommy!

-Adding all the cookies together, I probably ate a total of 2 boxes of Girl Scout cookies entirely by myself.... totaling I am sure well over 2,000 calories and I am sure 100g of Fat. And people wonder why I birth almost 9lb babies. Hmmmm..... we just won't look at the scale at Dr.'s this week.

-A friend wrote me a note and I admit I had to look up a word because I was not certain what it meant. I had a good guess, and I was pretty close...but admittingly her vocab is way better than mine.

And these are just a few of the things I would rather forget about this Friday... and you can forget you ever read that they happened!

On a serious note... it is comforting to know that we can proclaim like Paul in Philippians:

"Forgetting what is behind, and straining towards what is ahead, I press on toward the Goal to win the Prize which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."
Philippians 3:13-14

What a comfort to know we can forget about it and move on! I am far from the perfect mom, the perfect wife, the perfect friend. I make mistakes all week long. Big ones too! I find comfort in knowing that can I press on towards the goal, and forget about what is behind me. And even in some of the BIG mistakes (like majorly losing my temper at my kids, or a grumbling heart towards a situation or person) I find even more comfort that "As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us." (Psalm 103:12) Even God forgets about it! (see Isaiah 43:18)

So, let's Forget about it Friends! Enjoy the Weekend and Press on!

What are you wanting to Forget about this Friday??
Do Share with me! And I promise to forget I ever read it!