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Danny: This isn’t the way to Target.
Me: What I need isn’t at the regular Target. We’re going to Super Target.
D: Super Target. . . does it fight crime?
#understandablemisunderstanding
Joel (playing pretend in the kitchen): I making cookies. Oh no! They burned!
#likemotherlikeson
We had hot dogs because we’re Americans. I had sauerkraut on top because my tastebuds still know I’m German.
#familyofimmigrants #exceptourNativeAmerican #Happy4th
I’m getting ready to make a jell-o flag. Because nothing says “Happy birthday, America” like sugar and red dye #40.
Dear Ergo Carrier,
You need to make some kind of maternity extension belt for those of us who make babies while we still have other babies that want to be carried.
Sincerely,
A Mother who is running out of arms
I am 90% certain the baby food people are in cahoots with the baby clothes people and the baby wash people. NOTHING stains or sticks to skin like commercially prepared baby food. I don’t make my own baby food because I’m granola, just because I’m too cheap to buy new clothes and too lazy to pretreat stains or do a bath after every meal.
#priorities
Today we’re celebrating 4 years since Danny’s adoption into our family. This afternoon Josh wanted to play outside with friends, but Danny wanted to look at a dinosaur book, so Josh stayed inside. When I asked him why he didn’t just go out to play without Danny he said, “It’s never any fun without Danny.” Couldn’t agree more.
#lovemytroublemaker
Hazard of being a toddler when your mom is pregnant: You are likely to get knocked over by your mom because she literally can’t see you.
#middlechildproblems
Sometimes I think my memory is failing me because I can’t remember things like how to convert ounces to pounds. But then I realize how many Pokemon characters I can name. My memory isn’t the problem, it’s the stupid stuff taking up all the space in it.
I know it’s not good parenting to laugh at your kids, but YOU try keeping a straight face when the five year-old gets mad at the two year-old and yells, “You FOOL!”
House full of toys, but the kids are arguing over who gets to play with the coasters. Figures.
Dear Summer,
I know the good moms are saying you’re going by too quickly and that you should slow down. Don’t listen to them. The rest of us think you’re doing just fine.
-One Exhausted Mom
We are working on completing what I think is our 9th homestudy in the last 8 years. I feel like they should make a punch card for this and after five or so you should get a free ice-cream cone or something.
#tipstopreventburnout
Sometimes “flesh colored” just isn’t.
#thatdisguisewontfoolanyone
Midwife gave me a birth plan to fill out. After our last traumatic birth experience, I wonder if this is how people who are recently divorced feel about trying to plan a wedding?
#awkward #cynicism #realist #stillhopeful