True Confessions

I am very excited to add this new category to my blog postings! I have been thinking about all the ways I screw up as a parent and potentially scar my children for life. It would do me some good to unburden myself to anyone who is willing to listen. So here we are! Please feel free to jump in and confess your own "sins" in the comment section. (PG only, please!)

SIN #1
So this morning we are all in the van driving down our long driveway towards school. Suddenly from out of the woods jumps a HUGE red tailed fox! I mean this sucker was HUGE and yes it was a fox, not a coyote. It ran right in front of the van, crossed the drive, went down into the valley and across, so we got a really long look at it. All the kids were fascinated except Ian who was busy gagging himself with his fingers (a new trick he learned). So here's the confession part. I have a bit of a potty mouth. Yes, I have tried to tame it and I have improved some but I had to hit this breaks in order not to make a fox pancake in the driveway, so the first thing out of my mouth was "HOLY SHIT!"

Disclaimer: This is not the actual fox...just a likeness of him from a random site_but see how big he is!

What a great example, huh? So when I get a call from the school saying that one of the kids is cussing up a blue streak, I'll know why.

So, tell me, in what ways have you ruined your kids? Surely I am not alone here!