house dresses and memories

i love this story.

a few days ago i was talking to a friend about her mother.

she has always had a terrific relationship with her mom.

i wanted to find out what her mom did that was so great.

in my attempt i asked if there was anything her mom did that she didn't like or swore that she would never do herself.

the only thing she could come up with was house dresses.

she said her mother always wore a house dress at home.

the second they got home she changed her clothes into a house dress.

i about died laughing!!

of all the things a mother ever does,

and all she could think of was the house dress.

it sure got me wondering about what my kids will remember about me or about what life was like in their home.

while i don't wear house dresses (thank goodness, and no offense to those of you who do),

i know i do other things,

some of which may be annoying.

i wish i could see it now.

will they remember how they always had to check the dryer when they need some clean clothes because of how much i hate folding laundry?

or how every time i see a spider i say that i'm certain it must be poisonous?

or will they remember our saturday morning tradition of yard sales and a donut at our local bakery?

or how often we eat cheese tortillas for lunch with the tortillas from costco that you cook yourself and "quackamole" & homemade salsa?

or will they remember friday morning pancake breakfasts where they get to choose the shapes of the pancakes?

or how often i like to sing silly children songs especially madeline's "naughty, naughty boy" song?

will they have crazy memories of me on the phone all the time with my sisters?

or how often i say "excuse me?" when they are being sassy or rude?

or making trains out of kitchen chairs every time i wash the kitchen floors?

or how often i read stories to them on my bed during the day for a book rest?

or how many times they got to have a "special night" and sleep in our bed sometimes?

it's hard to say what they will remember.

hopefully i'm not doing something like wearing a house dress and don't realize it.

hey, but maybe, aren't all parents supposed to do a few weird things?

afterall, isn't that the fun in being a parent?