Monday, September 21, 2009

Don't ALL Mother's tell Little White Lies?

Is it ever okay to tell a little white lie? Here's what happened. My darling children got into our tote of baby keepsakes. Now, I hate clutter so I am very selective with the items I choose to save. I have a baby outfit and homemade quilt for each of my children, the "bee" costume that was worn by each of them on their first Halloween, and of course their blessing outfits. Sounds good right? It would have been if I they all had a quilt. I realized we had a problem when I heard the three of them arguing in the bedroom. You see, there were only two quilts for my three children, oops. I suddenly realized that I had never actually made a quilt for Caitlin. What could I do in that instant? Tell her she doesn't have a quilt. I don't think so! I reached into the tote and pulled out a quilt that was actually from my childhood. With a tender response I told her that she and I share a quilt, I used it as a baby and then passed it onto her. She smiled from ear to ear! Problem solved, man I'm good...


Colby with his bear quilt...

Carter with his yellow and blue quilt...


I found Caitlin sound asleep with her baby quilt, okay, I'm feeling sheepish.

5 comments:

Prilla said...

Mikkele has a print similar to Colby's blanket. It has a mom, dad, and baby bear on it though. Similar floopy hat though. We all tell those little white lies. We've got to be able to get through life without our children hating us right???

Cristina said...

What a coincidence, I spent half the day going through baby clothes and trying to decide what to keep as forever keepsakes and what I could give away to my sis-in-law. I'm a little nervous though, you know what happened last time I gave away baby stuff.

Amy said...

That was the perfect solution. Besides, I love passed-down things, they're the best. My kids don't have quilts, period, so you can feel awesome about that! I didn't really get that crafty gene, if you know what I"m sayin'. But I did sew my kids school patches on their shirts so YAY ME!! :)

The Kent Family said...

I wouldn't worry. If Caitlin ever feels like she has less, just pull out all the pictures of her you have. She'll feel the love then!

Ty and Juju Brown said...

In this instance I definitely think a little white lie is ok! So cute!