The Facts of Life

So, sometimes when I think about the fact that Im the mother to two...it's a little surreal. I tend to think of myself as still being young and cool. That is until my almost four year old tells me to stop dancing because I'm embarrassing her or the little girl from across the street informs me during one of her visits that her older sister is "so old" at twenty two. That was the first time I experienced the "I'm not comfortable divulging my age" situation. Or like the other day when the hubs and I went to The Houndstooth before the Alabama vs Arkansas game and when I stopped to look around I realized I was in the "older" category...we then humbly went across the street to Egan's (we felt it was more age appropriate) and quietly drank our drinks. So there's this constant battle between acting the way I feel and acting the way a mother of two should act. Am I seriously going to be one of "those" moms that thinks she's soooo cool only to have her kids laugh at her behind her back?!`But then I realize, it actually doesn't matter if my kids think i'm cool. My job is to protect them and to instill in them the love of God and to have high standards and values...although it will be fun to embarrass them every once in a while ;) And now i'm at that place I think every woman that has children gets to eventually...it's called the "when did I turn into my mother?!" stage. But the older I get, the more I realize that that's not such a bad thing.