1. Your toddler collapses in a heap of sobbing mess in the middle of Target and you leave her there and patiently wait for her to decide that it’s time to go because you know she’s just hungry.
2. You smile at other shoppers who look at you sideways because your toddler is a sobbing mess.
3. As you blissfully stroll through the grocery store alone late at night, you see a sale on Cap’n Crunch and think how much the kids are gonna LOVE you in the morning.
4. Looking through old pictures of your kids makes you cry and you wonder how they grew up so fast.
5. You have to color code your calendar to keep track of everybody’s after school activities.
6. You scream loudly through the house that you are insane and need a padded room and nobody objects. They just laugh at you.
7. You plan your day around preschool and Kindergarten schedules.
8. You know how to navigate the girl’s messy bedroom in the pitch black of the night.
9. You are not at all surprised that your son did NOT take his laundry to his room like he promised.
10. You are thankful to have survived the day that made you scream that you are insane and you pray fervently that the insanity has come to an end.
11. Your toddler following the cat through the house mewing back at him always makes you smile.
12. You wonder how this:
Turned into this so quickly:
Look at that sweet bald head, so cute! Love bald headed babes!
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How does that happen?? So cute, and love that little baby face!
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#s 1,2, and 11 pretty much describe my life in a nutshell!
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I consider navigating through dark, messy rooms to be an innate Mommy superpower! This is a fabulous list! And you are so right…where *does* that time go?
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LOL! The thing with the Capn’ Crunch happened to me the other day only I was thinking about how excited I was to eat it! I can also navigate in the dark but unfortunately the messy room has leaked into the hallway. Oh well, just more to navigate. Hope your girls are calmer today!
I loved 3 and 6. You make me laugh!
I love it!
I know what you mean about #7, and I’m not looking forward to #5.
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This made me laugh, smile, and feel inspired- loved it!
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I do so remember these days!!
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I’m afflicted with baby fever tonight. With my fortieth birthday coming in December, it’s really not a fever we want. Your sweet girl’s pictures did not help.
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