A little bit of Mary Poppins in All of Us!

Well the lad turned 16 the other day. 16 years I have been a mum. Someday's it feels like I have been a mum forever and other times I am so out of my element and feel like a beginner all over again. So far  we have been blessed with really good kids.. I know, I know,  absolutely every body says their kids are the best so  I dont blame you for  raising your eyebrows and thinking, oh no  not another one of those mums that gushes about her kids that we look at and think, what little buggers they are.


All I can say is I think they are ok and after a hell of a lot of hard work I can see the adults emerging that a mum can be proud of. 


I started out with 2 boys, along the way I seemed to of picked up a 3rd teen boy. He is now part of the furniture and stays for dinner most nights of the week after school before I shuttle him back to the train station to go back home. There is something quite fulfilling having an extra kid look forward to staying for dinner and absolutely enjoying what ever you put in front of him. Call it the mum in me, but it makes me happy to see someone appreciate my work in the kitchen.


My kids are great, but they arent perfect. Recently I have had to  give them the chat about treating a girl like a lady... holding the door open for female and letting them walk in the door first. It  was bought rudely to my attention how bad they were getting when the oldest walked in the front door the other day and  shut the door in my face... Not a happy mumma! When I pulled them up on it, the comment was  Dad never does! Poor Oscar when I informed him of the conversation was mock hurt that his boys sold him out so quickly. Notice no denial!! 


Mr16 was pretty good with the nag helpful advice of if you always treat women like ladies you will never go too wrong with them. He promptly said with a cheek grin, cool now I know what I am doing wrong, I'm all set. 
cheeky sod!
He does more than ok with the girls in my book,,, every girl in the school seems to be his friend-even ex girlfriends. When we go to the shopping center we have to add at least an extra 10 mins to allow for all the girls coming up to hug him and I am more than happy for it to stay just friends for a few more years, so perhaps I messed up with that bit of advice huh!


What about you guys? Is there things your other half do that bug you that you have noticed your mini  me's are starting to pick up? Of course they only pick up your good habits cause we all know us Gals are Mary freeking Poppins (practically perfect in every freeking way).