Sharing

Sharing...

It's a word I say more than once a day. If you have kids, live by kids, work with kids, know kids you've said it. But that one simple command can turn around and bite you in a second.

Here on Team Babetz we have to...HAVE TO share.

We all share rooms.

The boys...

The girls...

I get to share a room with the coach...

fringe benefits...

But then we have to share bathrooms too...

And with only a living room and no den...office...familyroom...we share living space too.

Then there are the toys, and bikes, and video games, and DS's and even clothes sometimes.

We share just about everything.

So when my 5 year old asked me for a life saver yesterday while we were at school, I don't know why it didn't occur to me that he might share one with his little sister.

He did...

And yes, she choked.

She's fine. When she started coughing and couldn't seem to get much air I gave her a good whack on her back and it came up...

Along with the juice and sandwich she just ate...

Oh and the smarties too.

Yes, I'm the kind of mom that brings food with me everywhere to keep my kids quiet and occupied.

And because she had a messy diaper before we left the house I, of coarse, did not have wipes...

Just several packs of Kleenex. Which did the trick, but not easily.

I was amazed at the calm that God gave me. And make no mistake...it was God given. The fact that my 5yr old isn't still hanging by his toes in the school work room is evidence of that.

But it really wasn't his fault. He was just doing a good dead.

He was sharing.

So... lessons learned from yesterdays adventure:

1. Take all the food out of my purse.
2. Tell my kids AGAIN not to feed the baby.
3. Just take wipes...they WILL be used for something.
4. Remind them that sharing is good for everything but food, toothbrushes, germs and underwear.
5. Oh and note to self... remember to Febreze the stroller... gross!!!