Every Friday I feature my favorite bloggers from around the web. It’s been fun having house guests! I hope that you are enjoying these features as much as I am. I’d like to think they give you a chance to find some new and fabulous bloggers to add to your reading list.
I’ve gotten to know today’s featured blogger a little better through The SITS Girls, where we are both active in the forum as community leads. She’s sweet and genuine and often wears her heart on her bloggy sleeves. I just know you’ll enjoy meeting her! I’m sure many of you can relate to this glimpse into a regular morning in Andrea’s house.
Please welcome Andrea, from Good Girl Gone Redneck!
This morning we were all over the place getting ready for school.
It’s a rough thing, getting lunch made, breakfast eaten, coffee and Poptarts to go for the husband. It’s hectic. We trip over one another in the kitchen and I usually force him out. This morning he was a few steps behind me, sort of, and it worked.
Feed the dogs. One won’t eat, even though he was hungry and awake all.night.long.
The cats hover on the other side of the gate, forgetting that I fed them at around five this morning.
She dilly-dallies SO much, my daughter.
So many distractions.
The new couch.
Two days old and she is ready to sit in front of the television on said couch while eating every possible meal and snack in existence. And I, the mom that I am, am often ready to just LET her.
But not breakfast. No TV at breakfast time.
She doesn’t understand because sometimes her daddy turns on the news.
That isn’t quite the same as Phineas and Ferb, but it doesn’t register because these are his shows the way others are her shows and HER channel.
This morning she asked about five times.
Each time I told her no.
But she helped out today, getting herself her breakfast. It’s an interesting thing. And I’m totally okay with this. But every day she has frozen pancakes for breakfast. And almost every day they are frozen.
Yes. Frozen. You read that correctly. She likes to eat them frozen.
Talk about a lazy breakfast. You probably wonder what it is that takes up so much of my time in the mornings because of this, right? Well, lunch won’t make itself, ya know?
But I kid. She really wants them that way. Am I horrible for letting her? Often I try to make a mix. Some warmed up, some frozen. That makes her happy. But this morning they were all to be frozen. No plate required. Less clean up!
And as she traipsed around our living room with her half-eaten pancakes she got distracted. Picked up a few slips of plastic containing some random circles that belong to our new couch. I thought maybe they went under the legs? But that isn’t right. There were more than two legs and they were way too big.
My husband and I shrugged them off. We knew we’d figure them out eventually.
She was insistent this morning, though. In the midst of pancakes and finding shoes and brushing hair and brushing teeth. Insistent.
“I know where these go, Mommy.”
Okay, honey, that’s great. Show me later. Let’s get …
“But Mommy, I know. I have to do it.”
Later, please. You really need to finish your pancakes and do you know where your sneakers are? Where did you …
“Here, Mommy.” She had already torn one out of the packaging. “They go here.”
I looked up.
This mommy was dumbfounded. Immediately. Because guess what?
They do. They do. They do go there.
“They go in the cupholders!”
For goodness sake. Shown up by a six year old.
Cupholders. Coasters for inside the cupholders. For serious.
My husband and I looked at one another.
We are in SO much trouble. So very much trouble.
She’s only six, my friends. The road before us is sure to be an interesting one.
Andrea is a native New Yorker who moved to North Carolina in 2006. Besides missing pizza and bagels, and her affinity for sweet tea and hushpuppies, she writes regularly about her life as mom to a 6-year-old, and her ability to wear flip-flops year round. She loves reading and writing, and often can be found cycling through stages of her Pinterest addiction. In her free time she volunteers at Band Back Together (bandbacktogether.com) to help support a community of those who need a reminder that they’re not alone.You can find her on Twitter as @goodgirlgonered, facebook.com/goodgirlgonered, and pinterest.com/goodgirlgonered
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interesting. Off to check her out
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Thanks! Hope to see you over at my place! :>
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YAY!!! It’s Andrea!! Squee!!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE her and her blog!!!!
Loved this post. It was really poetic!
My kids eat the same thing for breakfast EVERY. SINGLE. MORNING. I’d be happy to do something different–scramble some eggs or add in some cereal…but that is their way. Lucy: vanilla yogurt and instant grits (ew, I know)….and Bobby: toasted bagel with butter of which he eats half…always half…but if you only give him half a bagel, he squawks that’s not enough.
Oh yes, you have an interesting time ahead of you! Buckle up!!
–Lisa
Too funny, Lisa. It is weird how they get into a mode or something.
And instant grits aren’t SO bad. I actually have an awesome casserole recipe I make with them. It’s a Pinterest success! And I’ve made it on two Christmas mornings in a row.
But that 1/2 bagel thing, I get that. She always asks for milk. BUT NEVER DRINKS IT. Gah!
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Well I’m glad I’m not the only one battling breakfasts. Mine love frozen waffles, but they eat it heated. I can’t believe your daughter likes them frozen, lol! And then there’s cereal. I try making french toast and pancakes so they can heat it up easily and yet many times, the still want the convenience foods.
Good luck Andrea! These kids have minds of their own and aren’t afraid to express it! Glad to see you here!
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Thanks, Tanya! You should try them frozen, I bet they’d enjoy them that way. Saves your sanity sometimes, too.
French Toast sounds yum, though!!
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My daughter is on an oatmeal kick right now (the microwavable kind – I don’t actually COOK oatmeal). But in the past she went through other phases. Her favorite is bagels with nothing on them, which is not super great, but I have let it slide. If frozen pancakes make her happy, I say go for it. I’m that kind of mom.
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As am I, my friend. As am I. :>
I have one who eats nothing but chocolate pop tarts, and one who MUST have bananas with everything! The boys are easy, Lucky Charms and Fruity Pepples. Lol. I am not a fan of the sugary foods, but I would rather have them eat and take a vitamin then have nothing at all (which my 12 y/o would totally try!) Needless to say, pancakes are awesome! Lol.
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I agree. We do sugar-y stuff, too. Sometimes food is important, and breakfast surely is, so you go with what works! I totally feel you.
I recently started buying her bananas again, and earlier this week we made banana cookies. I should get you the recipe – so simple – and works well with overripe bananas. Thing is I made so many I have too many leftover!
Those banana cookies sound scrumptious! I would love it if you sent me the recipe. I am always trying new things!
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Wow-your move must have been a real culture shock, but in a good way!
I love the description of your daughter-a very clever girl indeed, who will keep you on your toes!
Congrats on being the featured blogger!
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Thanks! Adrienne is awesome for having me here. I’m so excited
And yes, it was a pretty interesting cultural change – for sure!
I love how Andrea weaves words. I think her five year old keeps her hopping like my five year old does me.
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Those kiddos always find a way to outsmart us
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Okay- TOO funny about the frozen pancakes!! But you are SO lucky!! My little guy always eats them…cooked with lots of butter and syrup!! That’s about five extra steps for me. Like I said: Lucky you!!
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