Today at lunch I was ordering my meal and realized I said "I'll take the kid's chicken sandwich" when I really wanted a regular chicken sandwich off the adult menu. Cara laughed at me and gave me the idea to start a list of things that happen to us as parents that all parents understand. So here are a few of my favorites...please add yours so we can all laugh and sympathize together!
You know you are a parent when...
1. You constantly are wearing dirty clothes because there is some sort of food or bodily fluids from your children on them at all times...and in the weirdest places I might add!
2. You quote Baby Einstein, Brainy Baby, or any other very repetitive movie that your child likes with the exact tone and excitement as the woman on the video.
3. You have had to hang up the phone because you simply could not hear the other person over 1 or more of your children's noises.
4. You know how to open an oven while fending off a toddler.
5. You get joy in a poopy diaper before naptime!
6. For all you stay at home moms, you count down the minutes until daddy will be home...starting at 8:00 AM!
7. You know all of the people by name that take your tickets when you enter the Children's Museum.
8. You wish every restaraunt had a drive thru.
9. You find yourself always saying, "what does a ____ say?" everytime you speak any noun!
10. And finally, you have ever had to push that stupid, massive red cart at Target with the 2 seats attached that doesn't even turn and makes you feel like you are driving a school bus down a narrow alley!
I hope all you parents out there know that everytime one of these things happens...and you survive...you are making God smile by showing Him just how thankful you are for your children!
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This is hilarious and SO TRUE!! I told a store clerk I had never met that Soph had gone poopy in the toilet at the mall right after coming to the bathroom, so Soph would hear how proud the world is of her going on the big girl toilet!!
Oh so true and hilarious! I especially like the one about poop before nap time. That kind of activity will make this mommy do the happy dance every time :) Another to add to the list is that your kitchen is never clean and your laundry is never folded. And you find yourself doing the most insane tricks in the car to keep your kids awake so they don't fall asleep and ruin their nap on the way home from a morning activity! "Lauren, look at that grass! Wow! That's so cool!"
How about...
when most of your adult to adult conversations revolve around how much you hate Barney, The Wiggles, The Doodlebops....or you talk about the latest episodes of your kids favorite shows like they were last night's episode of Lost. HA.
How about when u go to the beach concession stand and ask for cheesey's and the girl asks what those are. Its wonderful haveing kids.
Oh my word. #5 and #8 are so very true in my life. I even have my very own Mary-Murphy-style scream, reserved just for the excitement of poopy diapers.
That was hilarious.
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