i thought i wanted to be a cool mom

we baked some cookies on sunday morning before church for some special family members who were having birthdays. when i was done mixing, mason went for the mixer beater as usual and started eating the cookie dough. (special note: i did so good! i didn't even lick my fingers! it used to be that when i was baking cookies i'd eat 2 or 3 cookies worth in just dough... then i'd be so sick i couldn't finish baking the rest.)

andrew saw mason eating the dough and so he wanted some too. mason looked at me to see if it was ok. i said yes... but ...

when i was little and my mom let us eat the dough or cake batter from the beater, i always thought to myself, 'when i'm a mom and i'm going to make a whole batch of cookies or a cake and let my kids eat the whole thing right from the bowl!'

i thought i'd be such a cool mom if i let my kids to that. now i realize that eating a whole cake mix worth of cake batter is not really a smart thing to do. growing up ruins all the fun sometimes!

i don't mind andrew having a little sugar once in a while, especially for birthdays and stuff, but i don't want him to eat a lot of sugar. particularly because i've had such a terrible time with it.

so... even though the pictures might not show it, andrew didn't have much cookie dough at all. he was pleased because he got to have what daddy was having and i was pleased that he didn't eat too much and bounce of the walls at church. he usually does that without sugar!
i never thought i'd be "that" mom, but i guess i am!