Ask me how to strap a giant whale to my minivan and drive 1600 miles home with it! I'll tell you how. Ask me to define the word sharing. It's different than what you might expect. Ask me how to get your child to learn there's more to life than pb&j. Wait, don't ask me that. Ask me what it's like to have an autistic child. I'll try to help you understand. Ask me to show you my Mom of the Year award! Oops, usually I'm out of the running for that about 10 minutes after getting out of bed.
Yet, it's all good. Sure, the paycheck is lost in the mail but I still wouldn't trade this life, quirks and all. In my posts, I'm hoping you'll find humor and honesty and that you'll be able to relate to my humble acceptance of motherhood's ups, downs and in betweens.
Welcome to my world!
Five Holiday (Break) Wishes From One Mom of Boys to Another
1. May they wait until AT LEAST 10:30 before asking when lunch is.
2. May AT LEAST one room in the house be completely free of forts (made with your favorite throws and held together with your favorite breakable dustables), spilled drinks (which they don’t tell you about and use your favorite throws to try to clean up themselves), and green army men (hiding out from the enemy inside the one Pottery Barn Voluminous Vase that hasn’t yet been shattered by indoor football games.
3. May they AT LEAST consider all the past and present “had to have” Christmas presents of legos, marble sets, K-Nex build-it-yourself roller coasters, and yes, even Wii games, before they announce to you that “there’s nothing to do” and they are bored (at 8:30 in the morning).
4. May there be AT LEAST one neighborhood buddy that does not go visit Grandma or Aunt Sally or Cousin George for the next 10 or so days.
and last but not LEAST…
5. May you get to go to Target just one time without the kids in tow (which, with kids following so closely at your heels that you actually have blisters, can and will result in $100 being spent on useless junk that you don’t need and $0 being spent on things you really do.)
Regarding 1) They are their father’s kids
Comment by CTB — December 21, 2008 @ 9:46 pmI hope you get your wishes!!!! All of these are applicable to girls, except insert ‘naked barbies’ instead of ‘Army Men’ (God, I wish for a non-accompanied trip to the store every stinking time….):-)
Comment by Dani — December 27, 2008 @ 7:23 pmDani