Wednesday, February 27, 2008


Well i admit it, being a mum again at 42 is hard..Well yes i did have Jack three years ago when i was 39, but i was still considered old and now, well i think im ready for the nursing home..lol..All my other children were disciplined severly for wrong doings, and they have turned out incredibly respectful of older memebers of the public, respectful of police and teachers and those in authority. They know right from wrong and have not gotten any police criminal or juvenile records..as of yet..lol..and im very proud of them..BUT..jack is a different kettle of fish..where once i did not permit the kids to eat in my lounge room..jack does it frequently, bottles and dummies were abandonerd at 18 months, Jack still has a night bottle, toilet training started at 18 months and was completed by 2 years, dry nights by three years..jack has yet to even see a potty. I would run and chase my kids for being naughty with a swift whack on the nappy and a good talking too..now im lucky to have gotten out of my seat and the wrongdoing is forgotten, i cant run as fast as him, he is cheeky no end, and most misdameanors go unpunished. Those that he is punished for, become a game and are repeated constantly, which just wears me down..So is this because im older, and less able to run as fast, is it beacuse i perhaps am a little more forgiving of the little things or is it beacause ive seen so many kids go wrong, have wondered about the law and its allowance of child punishment versus abuse.. where using a brand or product or practise was accepted now its frowned upon ie putting honey on dummies, or glyserine on them, not allowed now....Where once i would smack my kids and feel i had done the right thing now i just feel guilty..hmmm parenting sure has changed, or is it just me?
Ok enough of the philosophy of parenting on to some sharing...
This layout is for the embellished sketch..

This is for the colour challenge over at mystical scrapbooks
These couple were for the first cc over at the new scraplounge..

These are from the chook scraps site the first one is from the CC, the second is from survivor.

Th last two were from challenges at mystical.


well thats all for now have a great weekend!!!
cheers

4 comments:

kerry said...

Hi Fran,
That makes me laugh i too am an older mum having Mikayla at 42 and now having a 29 and 26 year old.She gets away with everything they never would have got away with what she does.Oh how you change when you are an older mum lol.Take care Kerry

Julie said...

LOL - I think after having a couple of kiddo's and stressing about keeping them on the straight and narrow, you get a little lax with the last one.
My kiddo's are only 8,6 and almost three - and Rylan the youngest definetly gets away with a heap more than the older two ever did .... and man it shows in his behaviour at time. Thinks he's head honcho sometimes.
I'm not an 'older' mum, but man Ry makes me feel old somedays lol. He's just totally different from the first two and leaves me stumped at times of what I should/should not be doing. The joys hey??

Love the layouts here Fran.

xx

Lesli said...

Beautiful Work - I love those LO's :)

Lee said...

Hi Fran, stumbled over here while blog surfing, love your style, gorgeous layouts. Congrats on your dt spot.