I Was an AWESOME Mom Before I Had Kids

If you have kids, you know exactly what I mean. If you do not, then save this post and read it after you have some.  Depending on your own experience and interactions with kids in general, it can be easy to imagine how a future raising your own kids would look like. I have been thinking about my OWN pre-kids' list of awesomeness. Yes, this was even with my experience as a high school teacher/coach. 

Here is my list of what I thought life would be like. Oh, how naive I was. 

1. My kids will not eat McDonald's.
2. I will take my kids outdoors everyday.
3. My kids will brush their teeth daily.
4. Television will not be used JUST so I can get work done.
5. My house will not look like a toy store.
6. I will never spank my kids.
7. I will read everyday to or with my kids.
8. I will make sure homework is completed on a Friday.
9. Using the "Mom Look" is all I will need for discipline.
10. I will not bribe my kids.

   NOW, that I have three kids of my own, I am so much more realistic, but I still don't know all of the future boundaries I still might fudge. Do you see 3 of my broken rules below? (In the first broken rule, I was brave enough to take 2 extra kids to a museum. Yes, we all survived a pretty positive trip.)