Newest Mom Wars
- By supernovamommy
- 27 September, 2012
- 11 Comments
Newest Mom Wars
by Micaela Williamson
Forget about breastfeeding vs. formula, stay-at-home vs working, I am waging the newest mom war on the Pinterest Moms.
This morning, while my kids were eating breakfast in their pajamas ten minutes before we needed to get out the door, I was making a lunch for my kindergartner. My son watched me get the knife out the drawer and asked, “Can you make my sandwich into a different shape?” I sliced the sandwich down the middle and said, “Look…triangles!”
“No, no!” he cried, “Like an animal or something. That’s what some of my friends have at school.”
“Sorry honey, I will try to do that tomorrow. We have to go!”
vs.
But, will I try that tomorrow? Will I get up an hour before the kids, shower, dry my hair, put on makeup, and make a cute shaped sandwich? No, I am not a Pinterest mom. I will stay in bed until the last possible minute, take a one minute shower while my kids look PBS Kids on the iPad, and head out the door in dirty jeans and a t-shirt.
Pinterest moms try to distance themselves from me, but I had an interaction with one today at preschool pickup. Let me set the scene:
My youngest comes out of school today with a giant neon fish stuffed animal. I was confused by its presence. Are we supposed to keep it or return it? Is he the star of the week or something? I notice a mom, size 2 with makeup on of course, and see a stuffed animal in her daughter’s school bag. I strike up a conversation.
“What are we supposed to do with these stuffed animals?” I ask, “We didn’t get any information.”
Pinterest mama looks confused.
I clarify, “I see a stuffed animal in your kid’s school bag too. What is that for?”
She informs me, “It was for the teddy bear picnic today.” I look dumbfounded. Pinterest mama continues, “The teddy bear picnic today where every child was supposed to bring in their favorite teddy bear and lunch for the picnic outside.”
Not only did we not have a teddy bear, but my kid did not bring a lunch either. Epic fail on my part, and I am being punished for my actions. Another stuffed animal is being added to my household that I can’t get rid of.
Does the punishment fit the crime?
If you are a Pinterest mama, please note that I am not really declaring this a battleground. In fact, I am a little jealous of you. I am personally on Pinterest under Micaela W if you want to follow me, but I have never made any of the things that I have pinned…none of them.
This totally cracks me up! That fish is hilarious! I’ve started to not follow people who pin the super creative lunches because it boggles my mind! I still love all things creative, inspiring, and cool on pinterest – lunches are not one of them.
I just wrote an article about stress relievers for moms- my number 3 was to Pin away with no obligation to make anything you pin! I have only made one recipe and I one project (they were the simplest ones I ever pinned).
Another spin on what you said. Conversation I had the other day with my 1st grader (read: just started lunches in school in Lo.Co.).
I’m making her lunch.
1st Grader: Mom will you put jokes in my lunch? Or cutsie pictures? Luke gets cutsie pictures in HIS lunch.
Me: Honey, I can probably write you a note every now and again for your lunch. I will not promise I will put a note or something ‘cutsie’ in your lunch every day.
1st grader: *sigh* Ok, mom.
When I was little, I received the same peanut butter sandwich, an apple and a cookie EVERY DAY for lunch in a paper bag. This never bothered me. I never cared for more. I was happy with what I received. My kiddo receives something different about twice a week, in cute little containers. Almost bento style. That said, now I need to do notes too?!?! Thanks Luke’s mom!!! (That said, I did find out the next day that his au pair is the one who makes the lunch, not his mom. So I guess if I got paid to make a lunch maybe I’d go over the top, too? *thinking* maybe not.
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Oh, come on. You don’t have spend hours making lunches to know what is going on in your kid’s classroom. How hard is it to take a shower before you take your kid to school? Working moms manage to dress themselves AND get their kids to school.
Elise, I am laughing at your comment. When I was working out of the home for 2 years, I was up at 5:15 AM, had all my baby bottles and food labeled, was on top of laundry, and always knew what was going on. What happened to me? LOL.
You really don’t have to be all fancy to make your kid think lunch is extra special. Hubby and I decided that Monday will be special lunch day, that way we can fix it the night before and not stress the day of. We’ve done cream cheese in a tortilla and used kitchen scissors to cut it into a heart, bought food markers to draw her initial on a sandwich, etc. It took maybe 1 minute more of my time but she claims the lunch fairy visits her on Mondays.
I do love good food and am lucky that my kids are not (most of the time) picky eaters. The story is just meant to be humorous. Some days I do make special lunches, and because my son is just learning how to read, I like to put in a note too. Very cute idea with the food markers!
I am happy that my kid will eat the bread off his PB&J sandwich versus just licking the PB&J off.
In fact, the reason he eats a school lunch is that his options to bring from home are limited (and as far as I know, there’s no personal microwave). At least with a school lunch he is eating, something.
Did I mention he’s a picky eater? lol
I have a sandwich licker too. I hate that.
Oh my god, I love you! Ha ha ha. This. Is. Brilliant. “Pinterest Moms” Omg. Hilarious.
I love Pinterest — follow all my pins! “robertsonjenn” Hee hee
However, I mostly pin cocktail recipes (!!) and photography stuff that no one else cares about.
Aside from that, there is this guilt-driven mama hidden inside of me who keeps blabbering on and on about how there is going to be this one day – this ONE DAY – sometime in my future when I will actually have the time and the interest in making something out of puffballs and tissue paper with my children. It could happen, right?
Thank you! Laughing through my days is better than the alternative…love your recent post as well.