A Pinterest Mom...

So I came across a facebook post that someone had posted tonight about being a pinterest mom and how she doesn't feel the need to make cake pops for every holiday or doesn't feel like she is good at making these extravagant birthday parties etc. But she is good at making forts and teaching her children values and spending much needed time with them etc. I have mixed thoughts about her post because on one hand I completely agree with her and see where so many moms feel the need to be this perfect mother they have created on a pinterest board, but on the other side of it, I completey know I am a pinterest mom and I love that too.
     I am ok with the fact that I love doing creative fun things with my kids. I know birthday parties are not going to be perfect, but I can get some good ideas from these moms who do these extravagant parties for their kids and who come across as these perfect people. I have a lot of people ask me how in the world I do everything that I do. I really think people think I have everything together and perfect and in order, but in truth I completely don't have it all together. Some of my eggs are in the basket and the rest are scattered about or have missed the basket and have yolk runing all over the place. Here is how I make things work for me though.... I include my children in so much of what I do. How do I have dinner cooked and ready many days out of the week? I allow my kids to help me in the kitchen. Most of the time they end up on a chair at the sink "making soup" with the scraps of food I dont use, but they are there. Other times if I am in a hurry my kids play in the playroom while I cook. How do I have time to make these fun and extravagant cakes? I give my kids clay and let them make a cake too as I am working on mine. They sit at each end of the table and create their cakes. Many days I dont get to laundry, or I have a sink full of dishes, or my floors are not swept. Some days I realize I haven't bathed the baby in 3 days. And I also realize that this is ok. Life is busy, but when you have all boys you have to make life extra busy. You have to find creative things to do with them, and fun activities for them to do or you will lose it. So yes I am a pinterest mom- in fact I LOVE pinterest. but I do not feel like less of a mom because I am not as put together as some of the people who post on pinterest. I do have a lot of energy and am able to get a lot of things done in my day, but I am in no way close to perfect or all put together.
     In fact a few weeks ago my husband came home from work and was asking me about my day and what we did that day and I looked at him and said "well I got to take a shower." So all of this to say you don't have to be a pinterest mom to be a good mom, you can be a pinterest mom and be a good mom, and you can't compare yourself to any other mom because life for everyone is different. Life for me with 3 boys is much different than my friends with girls. I also have to remind myself that those moms who seem to have it all together and perfect, they don't. I think that as long as your children are shown love, have quality time with their parents, are taught maners and learn good behavior and have morals and values instilled in them, it doesn't matter what technique you use it will be of value. Most importantly I think that you have to teach your children about God's love for them and teach them how the Lord expects us to live. I want my children to know and love the Lord and I want to raise them this way daily.  So anyway all this to say I dont have to be a pinterest mom, I really enjoy using pinterest as a tool to help me be a creative and active mom for my boys. No one is perfect in any way so I have no reason to compare myself to others.