Loser Mom of the Year

While searching a parenting magazine for good examples of "Mommy looks," I read an article that made me realize that, with or without a Mommy look, I am destined to be a loser parent. It listed all of the things parents could do to prepare their students for the new school year. Our school started TODAY and I had not done any of them!

• Get all of the neighborhood children together for a week full of fun activities…We live in downtown Chicago and we don’t even know most of our neighbors!
• Collect pictures of your summer fun…I still have not organized the pictures from our Disney vacation last Spring!
• Start putting the kids to bed earlier each night…Two nights before school started, my boys stayed up until 10:30 PM to watch a re-broadcast of Oprah featuring David Cassidy (aka Keith Partridge) and the kids from The Cosby Show. (There are SO many things wrong with that scenario.)

Just as I was putting away my magazine, I saw a small article that made me feel much better. Doctors are finding that children are suffering from a Vitamin D deficiency all because of their conscientious parents. I was relieved to find that MY children will not be suffering from any such problem…they were not slathered with sunscreen all summer (thus receiving the benefits of direct sunlight) and they were not breastfed exclusively (thus receiving the benefits of Vitamin D in formula). PHEW! Dodged a bullet on that one! Almost thought I was going to have to start cooking more fruits and vegetables. :)