You wouldn’t think this would bring me such joy. I think there are moms every where who can relate and share in this exquisite moment.
For years my children have scolded me. Scoffed at me. Rolled their eyes at me. They have even gotten angry with me. They don’t understand how I can possibly continue to “screw this up”. It’s not rocket science. It isn’t like there are even that many options. How do I continue to make this mistake over and over again? They have little, if any, tolerance for it.
But redemption is mine sayeth this mom!
Finally. It has happened.
In my presence. With witnesses.
My daughter used three different names before getting the correct name for the child she was addressing!
I can hear the cheering. World. Wide. I may or may not have had a stand up in your face! moment.
The only mom who still has some explaining to do is my aunt who also throws the dog’s name in while trying to find her child’s name mixed in with his uncle’s and brother’s name(s).
The Chatter Blog 
I AM SO CHEERING!!! Ha ah ha right back at you daughter darling, how wonderful, such a proud moment for you. Laughing even more about your poor Aunt throwing the dogs name into the mix. 🙂
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I am hearing the cheers! And my poor aunt is one of the funniest people I know. I wouldn’t put it past her to be doing that on purpose! (Just trying to have her back here!). 😉
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Aww she’s cute and yes my throat is now hoarse lol
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🙂 She is cute. And drink some nice Irish tea for that throat. I hope to find more things to cheer about.
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So funny! For years, my sister and I were “Jamie”. Now I watch her do the same thing.
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🙂 It is funny. My mom always ended with “damnit! you know who you are!” Hahahahahahahhaa!
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Hahaha. Did you all ever challenge her on that one?
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I don’t know for sure. Probably laughed because they all did it. And the teachers told us they are always getting called “mom”. 🙂
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lol damnit you know what i mean, the migraines I have really DO mess with my speech so while doing the name choosing thing, i will also not be able to find the right word for glass or sink and I say cereal or some unrelated word while waving toward the real item
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Oh the bumbling with words….there are just so many of them! 😉
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LOL! You need to ask my kids if I call them by their correct name!
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I’ll bet you don’t!
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Once in a while, even the dog’s names comes out… and there are three dogs!
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ahaha!
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I suspect I know the answer to that!
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Darn it. I already spilled the beans to behindthemask!
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LOL! Moms rock!
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We do! My kids seem to forget how many times they called me by their teachers names!!!
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What goes around, goes around! Sweet moment, Colleen.
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Better than candy. 😉
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Our daughter never appreciated being called by one of her brother’s names. She couldn’t figure out how I could get that so wrong since she was the only girl. What’s odd to me, I call my sister by my daughters name and vice versa. Even that one is funny to me, and I’m not quite sure why I do it.
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My girls used to say they hated it when I spent time with my siblings because the name would get longer every time. Boy name, girl name…all in the mix.
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🙂 I add a few names from our pets as well.
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At least I don’t use pet names, which would be really something for them to start wondering about Because we don’t have pets!!!
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what mom hasn’t done this, it’s so frustrating…of course I only have one child but sometimes call him by his fathers name…40 lashes.
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Ha! I think all of our names are stored in the same drawer. We open it and they all tumble out. 😉
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Hubby and I are both laughing so hard sa lyn am ahhh… Chatems
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🙂 Do you guys do this to each other???
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I don’t think that we do, but I am somewhat surprised when he calls my real name because I’m so used to Zoe now…lol
Our pooch answers to so many nic names that which ever one we use in the moment he responds too.
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I respond to numerous nicknames my self. I can’t even count them. Well, I could. Just take too long. Me and your animals, same boat. But for that one….
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ahaha! Chatems is the best ever though I’m sure of it! 😉
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Chatems is DEFINITELY one of my favorites! 🙂
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Wonderful! Killer Chatems!
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That is perfect.
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KC for short..lol
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Done. 😉
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Rock on!
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I hope you said “welcome to the club!”. 🙂
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I don’t know if I had words through the laughing and fist pumping. 😉
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ah, one of life’s milestones, Colleen, proud mum eh? (heh!!) fumbling about knowing you *know* the name, if only it’d slip OFF the tongue via a brain that decides it’s off on it’s hols (didn’t you get t’note?) !!! , the right name of course, and your daughter is more than likely saying to herself that it’s not her fault,… it’s the childs, for not being memorable. 🙂 Great share and smiles this grey morning. xPenx
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Thanks xPenx. 🙂 I’m pretty sure the only thing she was thinking was “crap! WHY did it happen in front of mom!!!!”
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Colleen, I have stood in front of Allison with my finger pointed at her saying YOU YOU YOU YOU until Allison popped in my head, and she is an only child. Imagine the looks I got. Heck I can still get the looks. Have a great day, Bill
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Bill that is AWESOME!!!! 🙂 I can’t figure out how our heads work. But I appreciate that we can laugh about it!!!
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Vindication is yours.
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‘Tis!!!
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I only have one child and I still get his name mixed up. ONE CHILD! Haha
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With WHO???? 🙂
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Hahaha! Thank you Colleen! You have lit the candle of hope in my life that I may, someday, find redemption by witnessing at least one of my three kids mixing up names as I do ALL the time… Have a wonderful weekend!!
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Some day, some day!!! I will keep that candle burning for you and all younger than me mom’s! It will happen. 🙂 And a fantastic weekend to yourself!
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Oh, I had to laugh out loud, Colleen! But no cheering coming from me unfortunately – I can’t remember my Mom calling me by a different name but I have certainly done it to mine so many times I’ve lost count…enjoy your weekend!
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🙂 Laughing is better than a cheer even! 🙂 Thank you for sharing that you laughed. Someone told me today that making others laugh is a fantastic gift to him. Have a lovely weekend! 🙂
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That is too funny and a great victory for you! With 4 children to cause confusion, my mom got to a point where she stopped using most of our names altogether. I learned to answer to names that weren’t even real words. I only have one son and I mess his name up, so I can’t imagine having more.
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Not even real words, I LOVE that one! 🙂 It was a pretty joyful moment I’ll say. 🙂
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This is priceless and universal. 🙂
I had only one child, a daughter. My mother had five children, all daughters. I remember scratching my head when she went through the names when addressing (or trying to) a particular one.
Although I had one, I can recall a time or two when I was so tongue-tied, I couldn’t think of my daughter’s name. Only one name to remember. Her name ended up being YOU.
My daughter has two girls. I’ve caught her stumbling as well. 😀
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Hahahahahaha, you and Bill both using “YOU” for your child. That is pretty precious. I still think my mom’s comment was the best ever. I laugh every time I think of it (DAMNIT YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!). 🙂
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I know. Your Mom sounds like quite the character. 😀 😀
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😉
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😀 🙂
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lol! You bet I’m cheering!! 🙂
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🙂 Thank you Robin! 😉
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I’m still laughing. U R 2 cute!
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😉 Thank you Paulette. I think I enjoy being called “cute”. 🙂
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I am laughing my head off!! Oh this is just great! I don’t think I’ve yet caught my daughter in the act, but oh I am going to take note when she does. I will also feel vindicated. LOL!
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I knew it wasn’t just me! 🙂
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I have been known at times as bobdickdavemartyannesuejanetmaryjudy
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Hahahahahahahahahaha! I just read that out loud to everyone. It was quite a mouthful. 🙂
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We just called our boys together, Alan-Adam or Adam-Alan, the one whose name was first was the one we wanted. My youngest is 25 now and he told me at Thanksgiving that for the longest time he though his name was Adam-Alan. It was only when he started school that he realized that he only had one name. I still call them by each others names, especially after they have been home for a visit and I say the same thing when they call me on it. “You know who I mean.”
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I love that. And I laughed thinking of your son being 5 or 6 before he realized what his name was. 🙂 Exactly, they DO know who they are and they WILL do the same thing! 🙂
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I am like your aunt. I even throw in the dogs’ names on occasion. And when I taught I used to call the kids by all the wrong names. I’ve seen a LOT of eye rolls on my day!
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I love that, the dog’s names are my favorite. 🙂 Eye rolls are not as good as cinnamon rolls. 😉
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Especially when the eye rolls are coming from a bunch of fifth graders. I’ll take cinnamon rolls any day over that!
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AMEN.
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That is awesome!!! It happens to me all the time as I am better with faces than names…though I am not a mother, I can relate given my field. And then they get upset, and I can understand but by now I have had over a thousand (I counted and really estimated). It just happens. Glad she had that moment and you were there to see it. 🙂
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🙂 She has not commented on this to me. 😉 But I want HER to see THIS.
I am as horrible with names. In many situations I don’t even use a name anymore. And to each of those thousand faces you are ONE!!!! They will remember you forever! 🙂
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I have been got my own name wrong for nearly 50 years …. and I have really difficult to get some names right and if I haven’t got it right at the first time, I will never get it right.
Many years ago we had a busboy, I called one name … the head chef called him one and neither of them was right, but he answered us all.
This with kids … no experience.
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Poor kid! I get everyone’s names wrong. There are a few people at work who’s names I always got wrong. SO their nickname from me, is now the wrong name. Yesterday I called one of them by his correct name and we both stopped in our tracks and looked at each other. He asked me what was wrong with me! 🙂
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Thank god .. for nicknames. *smile
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🙂
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