Memakai Kot Anda

Where to begin! I could start "when I was young", but that seems a little to obvious. Although there was this time when I was young and I was not prepared!  If you are wondering why I am thinking about this time...must be because I had to tell my son to put his coat on today.  We have about 3 inches of snow and it is 20 degrees but I still must remind my 12 year old to put on a coat. You would think that reminding my children every day since November that they need a coat, one day- cold and snowy, no school because of the cold and snow, they might think it themselves. Ha...no way!
Back to my childhood memory (yep it is a radical one!) Picture this, 2 girls in I think 3rd grade, playing dress up- remember this was the 80's so that meant way to small plastic shoes, ridiculous dresses and I am sure make-up! Now picture these girls also with a ton of baby dolls! It gets better....crammed in the hatch back of red Mazada.  

 When the car stops working, yep in the middle of a busy intersection!
 Here we are Stephanie and myself dressed to the nine's following (hobbling in our heels)
across the busy intersection with our dolls in hand...no way could we leave those precious babies in the car, to get to a Wendy's to wait for help.  So I say yes children I do not care that we are going one mile down the road, you must wear your coat! Always be prepared!
I am in the throws of parenting pre-teens and while I think that should mean that they should be able to make some wise decisions...ha again! I am as silly for thinking that as I looked with my heels when I was 8! As I am typing this I was asked what time they had to go to bed...seriously, has that changed in the last 24 hours? Do they really think by asking me each night that I might say oh-tonight it will be 10 or whatever, you choose! Maybe, if they had put their coats on, taken their vitamins, brushed their teeth....without me having to tell them, maybe just maybe I would say 10, not really, but it might cross my mind! I don't have to worry about that though! Tomorrow I will say it all over again, maybe I should learn it in a different language!! Now that would be fun!

memakai kot anda

that is put on your coat in Malay! hmmm I am going to work on that! Cannot wait to see their faces!