A Day in the Life of a Mom

While cleaning out my computer files - I came upon this. It cracks me up! This is something I did for church several years ago on Mother's Day. Its not in perfect sentences, but still a good read. Any mom will identify. And believe it or not - the girls are a few years older, but we are still just as busy... This is back when I worked 6:30 - 3 & actually got here on time!

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MOM

- alarm goes off at 5:45 – I hit snooze twice
- Get up, get dressed, brush hair/teeth, say quick prayers, out the door
- Go to work for 8 – 9 hours
- Leave work, stop to get gas, go pick up the kids
- Have a short conversation with MIL – were the kids good today, did they go potty, what/when did they eat last, thank you for keeping them, love you , bye
- Get baby in her car seat, get 1 whiney 4 yo in her car seat
- Argue all the way home b/c she wants to stay at grandmas & why don’t I let her do whatever she wants like grandma, she can’t hear the radio, she’s bored, and would I please pull over and get the marker she dropped in the floor board.
- Whiney 4 yo cries b/c the baby is laughing at her and its not nice to laugh at people, and she’s STILL bored, and it only takes 5 minutes to get from MIL to home
- Stop & get the mail, 4 yo wants to sit in my lap & help pull the car from the driveway to the garage, so I let her
- Get home, unload whiney 4yo & baby that’s still laughing at whiney 4 yo. Try to get both kids, shoes that have been kicked off, 2 lunch boxes, diaper bag, purse & mail all in 1 trip
- Feel like a pack mule – open the door with one my pinkie and foot, finally get in and pile everything on the bar
- Try to go to the bathroom by myself – FAT CHANCE – both kids follow me to see what I’m doing
- Make 4 yo go to bathroom while we’re in there, wash hands, change diaper, wash hands again, go fix snacks
- Pick up baby’s snacks from off the floor, get her out of her highchair and shake her a little bit to let all of the cheerios fall back on the floor that I just cleaned
- Put the baby down for a nap, thank God that she is easy to get to sleep
- Play game with 4 yo
- Start load of laundry, try to convice 4 yo that folding towels can be fun
- Hubby calls to see whats for dinner, OOPS, I haven’t even thought about dinner
- Hurry to thaw chicken, make salads. 4 yo wants to help with the salads, she spills bacon bits all over the floor
- She doesn’t want to sweep them up, but does.
- She tries again with the bacon bits and spills them again. She is adamant that cleaning makes her arms tired, so I sweep them up this time.
- Get chicken cooking, salads are made put them in the fridge
- Baby wakes up, I put her in her highchair w/ cheerios to keep her quiet.
- 4yo goes out to swing on her swingset, so the baby wants to go too. So – we go swing.
- YEAH! Papa comes over so I hold him hostage – he plays school w/ the 4 yo while I put the baby back in her highchair and give her more cheerios.
- Wonder if its possible to OD a baby on cheerios, figure surely not or there would be a warning on the box, so I go ahead and give her another handful.
- Finish up dinner, say bye to Papa
- Hubby calls – oops changes have to be made in time to show the clients in the morning, hopefully he’ll be home before midnight.
- Girls & I eat dinner WHY AM I EATING STANDING UP?, put hubby’s dinner in fridge.
- Try to straighten up the kitchen while kids are occupied
- I realize I have not sat down since I got home
- Baby starts crying, its bed time, but her fingernails need to be clipped & she has peas in her hair
- Put both kids in the tub. Hurry & wash baby’s hair.
- Fight w/ 4yo who is convinced if her hair doesn’t stink, she doesn’t have to wash it
- I decide I can take another shot at the towels that need to be folded while girls are playing in the tub
- Tell 4yo not to feed the baby bubbles by the spoonful
- Tell the 4yo not to waste shampoo. Reminds me to call my mother and apologize for all the shampoo wasted while my sister & I made shampoo burritos
- Get baby out, diaper, lotion & pjs on, tell 4yo to dry off next time before she gets out
- Wipe up all water that is tracked from the bathroom
- Put baby to bed, thank God again that she is easy to get to sleep
- Get pjs on 4yo, brush hair, dry hair, braid hair, brush teeth, turn on computer for her to play games
- She asks how many games she can play, I say 2, she plays 4
- While she’s busy with that, I go ahead & make lunches for tomorrow, lay out clothes, pack diaper bag, tape a note to the door to remind hubby not to forget meds in the morning
- Tell 4 yo to go to the bathroom, piggy back ride to her bedroom, OOPS, I forgot to get her water – in the ELEPHANT cup, she takes FOREVER to pick out which stuffed animals she wants to sleep with, finally we are all set.
- I tell her a short story or read a short book, we say our prayers, kiss goodnight & go to heat up the baby’s bottle
- I get 10 steps away from the 4yo room and she has to go to the bathroom AGAIN, and I forgot to turn on her fan
- I put her back to bed & tell her don’t call me again unless its an emergency
- Remind her that an emergency qualifies as blood, barf, or bathroom
- Go back to heat the baby’s bottle up, get baby up & feed her & change her diaper
- Put the baby back to bed, thank God AGAIN that she is easy to get to sleep
- HA! Now its my time! I get to take a shower & dry my hair in peace. But..
- Oops – I forgot to feed the dog. I let her in, and runs straight for under my bed.
- I coax her out from under the bed w/ a piece of turkey
- The dog eats and I put her back outside so she can go to the bathroom. Feel like the bathroom police b/t the dog, diapers & forcing the 4yo to go
- Bring the dog back in & put her in her kennel
- I wonder how many times I Have bend over to pick something up & wonder how people do it with more than 2 kids and with no family to help/hold hostage
- The day’s been so busy – I want to call my friends w/ no kids and warn them! Tell them how jealous I am of them that they can go to sleep when ever they want and don’t have to make anyone go to the bathroom
- But – instead of calling I decide to finally finish folding that load of towels that I’ve been trying to get to all evening.
- I find a hairclip that got washed with the towel. I smile and think of when the 4yo had the towel wrapped around her like a cape.
- I step in the shower and see a bucket & ladel & think of the shampoo concoction that was made in there just an hour or two ago. I smile.
- I go to brush my teeth and see all the toothbrushes arranged to spell part of Haley’s name – I smile
- I bend over to pick up a cloth diaper for what seems like the 200th time that evening, but this time I smile b/c I think of how the baby holds it when she sucks her thumb
- And a transformation takes place in just a few moments. I’ve gone from wanting to call my friends w/ no kids to warn them, to wanting to call them and ask them what they are waiting on – they should be envious of me!
- How I’m amazed that God has given me 2 beautiful, healthy girls & how astounded I am of the love I feel for them as I kiss them goodnight while they are sleeping.
- While they are asleep, I think I want several more kids – just like the ones I’ve got!
- Hubby finally gets home and tells me about the crazy evening HE’S had
- I’m asleep before my head hits the pillow and before I know it, I’m hitting snooze on that alarm again.


So the moral of this story is – kids & dads – today – give your mom a long hug & a good smooch – then let them go take a nap – they are exhausted!!!