Random pictures and confessions from the "other" side of mommyhood.
When you don't get breakfast ready soon enough, your toddler just helps himself to whatever he can find.
My child is the one when singing her favorite song in church hollers out between stanzas "louder" just like she does when it plays in the van.
You are afraid that people driving by will assume this is a not so good part of town just by the state of your window blinds. Yes, we still live in the dark ages (ha!) with mini blinds. Someday we hope to replace them with the amazing wide ones, but until then, scotch tape has become my BFF.
A three inch roach crawled across the kitchen (and got under the stove before I could kill it) one morning and I so terrified my children with my screams, that they set up a barricade of Daddy's shoes and the ironing board and kept watch from high stools. Thankfully, after about 20 minutes of watching, the roach made a beeline for the refrigerator and I was able to stomp it to pieces (of course with many screams accompanying the furious stomping).
Sometimes I'm totally ok to let the kids make a huge mess just to keep them occupied while I clean the bathroom or make an important phone call.
Attempting to make granola with a 1 year old.
I am the mom who...
lets the children play "getting ready" so she can get her make up on and hair done without too much interruption. (Levi was "painting his toenails." Ha.)
brushes her teeth with kids toothpaste and doesn't realize it (or think about it) until she is rinsing her mouth.
makes banana bread for the specific purpose of sharing it with someone and completely forgets to share it until it is completely eaten. oops!
rarely irons. If something is a little wrinkled, I just flick some water on it and toss it in the dryer for a few minutes.
while backing out of a parking spot, hears a little voice saying, "mama, aren't you going to buckle me?"
on Saturday night realizes she hasn't had a shower since Wednesday morning. ugh. (thankfully this hasn't happened too often)
while driving down the road after leaving the house, frantically starts asking if every child is present and accounted for because she can't remember if she put them all in.
realizes she's been singing "I'm a little teapot" to herself for the last 20 minutes while washing the dishes after the children are in bed for the night.
starts talking to the kids about the beautiful blue sky and saying, "look out Lily's side (of the van), there is a fire truck!" only to remember she's out running errands by herself. (obviously a very rare happening around here)
After talking to our new neighbor and laughing with him about the way Lily and Levi were dressed (Lily in a poofy flower girl dress, Levi in a blue/green striped shirt and red plaid shorts, both with their winter mittens on) I was mortified to remember that Lily had "done" my hair this morning and I was still sporting an "up-do" with a large bow and play plastic bright green handled knife stuck in it. Wow. Welcome to the crazyhood!
Oh, Kelly! I laughed along with you. So much of what you wrote I could have written! Sometimes you just have to make life work - and love every minute! = ) So neat to see how God has blessed you!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, thanks for the laugh today! I can only imagine what your neighbor was thinking about the knife! LOL!
ReplyDeleteThis was AWESOME. I love your "keeping it real" posts. You are not the only one! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThis cracked me up! I have done all of that before and I especially laughed at your making everyone tell you they're there in the van. I do that all the time! :)
ReplyDeleteLOVE this post! What an awesome take on sometimes not-so-awesome situations!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on all of the above. This motherhood thing is crazy and interesting, but man...it's one of the best things ever.
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome and totally real!! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, I needed a laugh today! This is priceless, and I am so there with you on many of these! I am giggling about Levi painting his toenails and the knife in your hair and you singing to yourself! I love it!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is so funny, and I'm so glad you took the time to document it. When your youngest kids are in high school, you will look back and be so grateful you wrote these things down.
ReplyDeleteSo hilarious! Loved reading all your real life moments that I can totally relate too. Nothing like living with little kids! ~Tyra
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing:-) Real life. Real kids. I have four.....never a dull moment. My husband says, "Who needs to watch tv when you have kids!"
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing:-) Real life. Real kids. I have four.....never a dull moment. My husband says, "Who needs to watch tv when you have kids!"
ReplyDeleteThese are great. I do the same thing about fire trucks and other things my 3 year old likes when he's not in the car with me.
ReplyDeleteLoved this post! You are right - sometimes the only thing you can do is laugh. My daughter took an interest in convertibles over the summer so we are busy yelling into the backseat about a "car with no top!" - whether there are kids with us or not...
ReplyDeleteKelly, thanks so much for sharing. One of my complaints about blogs is that, for the most part, they share all the areas in which they "have it all together." It's quite helpful when someone does "have it all together" in a certain area, for them to share their successes from which we can learn. But it's also helpful to read of normal life as well. I appreciate your candor and ability to find humor in these circumstances. :-) It was a blessing to read your post.
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