What it Means to Me
Posted February 02 2010 by Crystal in Daily Life - 6 Comments
Parenting is:
- running on 5 hours of sleep, if I’m lucky
- a permanent imprint on the bottom of my foot of a car/block/the hell was that?
- repetition, repetition, repetition
- cleaning puddles of pee out of the carpet
- kissing imaginary boo-boos
- little hands everywhere, in everything
- partaking in the hundredth game of peek-a-boo
- a slimy coating of snot and spit
- never eating in peace unless the kids are in bed
- same with using the bathroom (see above)
- a movie watched in 10 minute non-consecutive spurts
- always being “on”
- taking bizarre satisfaction from digging boogers out of a nose
- dealing with more bodily fluids than I ever thought possible
- keeping a supply of super glue on hand
- fighting over/under/through/just eat your goddamn dinner
- happy streaking
- sneakily extracting batteries from the jam-pencils-in-my-ears toys
- having at least one “I GIVE UP!” moment a day
- a house decorated in cheap, colorful plastic
- “Is that poop? Or chocolate? I hope it’s chocolate. Here, smell it.”
- calculated by the number of uses you can find for baby wipes
- a lot of potty humor
- mostly guessing
- fickled, questioning, frustrating
- accepting, ridiculous, the best gig I’ve ever had
I'm Crystal. A 30-something mom to 3 young kids living in the Midwest USA. When I'm not chasing my children, I'm a freelance writer and web designer. I like to tell stories from our days and share what we enjoy...
6 Responses
on February 02 2010
Yup. You nailed it.
on February 02 2010
New to your blog and loving it! I died over the boogers. I spent way to long yesterday pinning my 15 month old down while digging in her nose…ending with me rising the treasure above my head and shouting, “Yes! I did it! I got the little sucker!”
Mamacomedy,
http://www.livingforthelaugh.blogspot.com
on February 02 2010
Wonderful! I especially loved the poop vs. chocolate situation. The boogers for me are not as good as when totbuckets would let me use the bulb syringe. DAMN…that was satisfying! Also mine wants kisses on ouchies but he also wants ice. (We use a bag of peas). So there is crying and kissing and then “PEAS ON IT! PEAS ON IT!”
.-= Tina´s latest blog post: Maintenence Required =-.
on February 02 2010
Amen to your list.
I just went to the bathroom and I had company.
.-= Amber´s latest blog post: Is It Sad? =-.
on February 04 2010
oh how i agree with everything on this list!
on February 04 2010
Oh, yes, to all of these! To boogers/bodily fluids, I would add, “Just wipe it on my shirt, kiddo, whatever it is.”
(And I love “Baby Mama”!)
.-= Stacia´s latest blog post: Give Me a P … Give Me an A … =-.