- You never wear a shirt longer than 1/2 hour before it has a milk stain or a chocolate face-print
- Your child wakes you up at 5 in the morning and you count that as a victory
- You have ever let anyone chew on your fingers because their mouth hurt
- Your windowsill proudly displays a green plastic cup filled with dandelions
- While you understand why Sam Wiggle had to replace Greg Wiggle, you defiantly declare that Joe will never be as good as Steve on Blues Clues and the original Loonette will always be the best one
- You have found yourself randomly snacking on fruit roll-ups and goldfish just because they were there
- You have to search your car after long drives because it has snack foods and toys stashed in every available crevice
- Someone who has vomited on you, drooled on you, and urinated on you and not only do you let them stay, you add more just like them to your household
- You have ever celebrated when someone went to the washroom
- Your follow members of your household around with a camera trying to document every special moment because you know they pass by just much to quickly
- You were ever crying and a toddler wrapped her arms around your neck, looked up at you with chocolate covered, puckered up lips and somehow she managed to kiss it make it all better.
These are all I can think of now, I will add more as I think of them. Add yours in your comment for fun!
Love this :)
ReplyDeleteI love this! It is so sweet and so true.
ReplyDeleteAll I can think of right now is that You know you are a mother (of a boy)
when every time you sit down to go to the bathroom, you have to take a bath! HaHA Will they ever learn to lift the seat, or pee IN the toilet?
I love those--all so true!
ReplyDeleteOne of those reminds me of a conversation I had with my husband one day. He was complaining about how horrible it was at work that day, and I just couldn't be sympathetic. He said something about his employees acting like children.
ReplyDeleteI finally looked at him and said, "I'm sorry. I've been puked on, peed on, pooped on, bled on, and slobbered on. Today. Don't even try to compare your world to mine."
(Yeah, usually I'm a lot more understanding. Really. But why oh why did he choose that day for such a comparison?)
Love your list! :)
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ReplyDeleteGreat list!
ReplyDeleteJenny
Great list here are a few more...
ReplyDeleteYou know you are a mommy the moment you understand what “because I said so” means!
You know you are a mommy when you make sure each child has the same snack and the same amount because trust me a 2 ½ year old does care if her 9 month old brother has more than her.
you would rather spend your free evening trashing the nursery by dragging out every toy, spilling juice & snacks all over the floor, coloring the balcony with chalk-then walking in it-only to come inside and see how many chalk footprints you can make, coloring on the wall & floor, smashing cereal into the carpet and pulling all the pillows off of the sofa and beds- just so your kids can take it easy tomorrow.
You know you are mommy when you wish you could fix EVERYTHING with a cool colored band-aid or the boo-boo bear in the freezer.
when most of the artwork in the house is the result of your toddler finding a crayon or marker!
when cleaning, doing the dishes, doing the laundry and vacuuming are considered “breaks”…”here honey the kids are all yours!”…
really don't sweat the small stuff... because you know the small stuff is only leading up to the BIG stuff!
you don’t give that half eaten pizza, bagel or chicken nugget on you toddler’s plate a second thought before popping into your mouth
” when you use your children as an excuse get out of or leave somewhere early….”I am sorry the kids are really sick- we won’t be able to make it” or “The sitter can only stay until 9pm”…
supermarket you ask your nine month old “what should we have for dinner?” and “what else do we need?”
you hear your mother’s voice coming out of your mouth!
you have accepted that your sofa and carpets will be forever covered in the following…crayons, markers, food, milk, juice, formula, play-doh, spit-up and diaper leakage…
you are a mom when the kids are running around the house chasing the dogs while screaming with that something sticky all over their little hands and you just stop and think “wow, I really do have an amazing life”!