You know you’re a mom when…
Your kitchen island looks like this:
because your toddler continues to climb on to the wrought iron chairs and bangs them into the tiles. After being repeatedly told not to. And yes, we were dumb enough to leave them there knowing he could climb up on them, so it probably is our own fault!
You can read Goodnight Moon five more times, after already reading it twenty times, and never get tired of it
There is nothing better than the smell of your toddler freshly washed and snuggling with you in bed
You never tire of hearing the words “I love you to the stars, and the moon, and the sun and back”…his play on Guess How Much I Love You…from your normally monster-ish toddler
You finally break down and buy a mom style bathing suit…good bye bikini
You go to sit down on the toilet, and realize (after it’s too late of course) that your potty training 2 year old peed all over the seat
You kinda wish the fish that your son never pays attention to would die so you wouldn’t have to remember to feed it
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And so it goes…
I've been wanting to get a fish for my son since he is really into fish!
I'm embarrassed to say we don't own Goodnight Moon. I need to buy that stat!
I loved your Wordful Wednesday! Your girls are so cute!
And of course I love Our Mommyhood. I love the posts and all the resources. Thank you so much for everything you do!
Natalie, we have about 4 spots on our kitchen tile that would look just like that if my husband wouldn't have glued them back on.. after the 4th time I threw the chairs away and bought non swivel wood ones!!
I couldn't tell what was wrong in the kitchen til I looked longer. Then I laughed out loud. We used to read that Good Night Moon from memory- a fav here too. And you should totally do WW again. Loved the pics. I'll have to check out Our Mommyhood.
Hahahaha I had a good laugh at the kitchen counter, it reminds me of my mom's table! Oh we are a huge fans of Good Night Moon & Guess How Much I Love You
love the pictures of the twins…total sweetness!
pee on the seat? i see that in my future..great!
i am working on my mommyhood piece now. great community!
I've experienced the bathroom thing more than once! My favorite is when I sit down to go…and then he runs in and says that HE has to go, so I have to finish before I'm done. Ahh…the luxuries that I used to take for granted!
I read Good Night Moom and Guess How Much I Love You every night for years and although my boys are almost 11 and 7 now, I could not bring myself to give those two away when I was gathering up books to donate a few months ago. I think I'm gonna cry now…
Kyran has been exceptionally hard on this house. WE won't talk about my long gone 3 pendant lights over the island. they were fun to clank together and break…sigh.
Girl, all three of our fish that we've had forever now died last night. Something in our tank went terribly wrong and we've been sneaking around this morning trying to clean up the crime scene. We've learned it's less drama that way. Not sure how it's all going to end, though. My poor babies are going to be devastated.
I relate on ALL levels..(especially the fish!)
Oh, Good Night Moon, I love you.
Favorite line? Good Night Nobody. Could you have guessed that?
And I hear you on the fish. That tantrum will be EPIC when that fish dies though. Be prepared.
I love, love, love those books and though my babe owns over 200 those 2 are still my favorite.
I love those books…and the tile is just classic!
Bummer about your tile!
WE used to have Goodnight Moon and the bunny book, and now I'm wondering where they went. Truth is, Maggie was gentle and NEVER destroyed a book. Max has found a way to pretty much rip apart every book we own. Boardbooks included! It's so irritating.
I'm feeling the same ill will towards our hamster.
Oh how I can relate! I bought the "mom" bathing suit this year. sigh….
Ps. I LOVE your blog!
Ok, the bathroom one is classic. I haven't gotten to experience that one yet, but I have two boys to potty train, so I am sure the opportunity will present itself.
I loved your wordful wednesday. Those pictures are so wonderful and so sweet.
oh, your poor counter! i love these posts…and love that book Guess How Much I Love You. can't wait to check out OMH!
I wouldn't have thought the tiles would break off like that! You have the same taste in bedtime tales as I do!
I have yet to sit on the potty seat, but I know it's coming. The anticipation is almost worse.
I am so with you on the last one.
I've done the sit in pee thing very recently myself. And I love Our Mommyhood! Always great articles.
Oh, the bye bye bikini. It really stinks, doesn't it?
Love those two books more than anything and in just one short year I've read them both dozens of times, but like you said, still not tired of them. Ask me again in three years.
Bikini weather makes me want to hid under the covers. Blech!
I like your list.
Goodnight Moon. Wow that book will never fade away. That was my favorite nighttime book as a wee one.
Oh my gosh!! We have those iron chairs too. Can we just say DAMAGE to the hard wood floors!! We have those pads on the bottom…but let me tell you…when one of those things gets knocked over…well, lets just add one more big scratch or gouge to that lovely wood. I'm not sure why we haven't got rid of them!!
I love those books too. Have you ever read I love your through and through? Another classic!
I'll be sure and check you out on our Mommyhood!
Great Shout to OM!
I gave an audible gasp at your photo. Do you think saying "little nut brown hare" and "big nut brown hare" is kind of a mouthful?
i laughed at the fish one, and am so excited you got a mommy bathing suit! ha, ha!
Okay, judging from that first photo, your toddler has some crazy strength. You should start signing up for sports now!
Ha Ha your poor tile! We have barstools, too, but the very first time the boys climbed them they went ahead and climbed onto the counter top and started dragging dishes out of the cabinets which went crashing and shattering to the floor. They knew they would be in trouble so they were obviously a little on edge, and when I walked into the kitchen screaming it scared them so bad they won't go anywhere NEAR the barstools now. YAY for psycho mom tactics!
Have you ever seen the Goodnight Moon HBO movie-type-thing? If you haven't, Google it. My boys LOVE it.
I love Guess How Much I Love You too! When we gave away alot of the baby books, this is one that I kept (for my grandkids of course!) It is also one of my must-have baby gifts for others too. Love your posts Natalie!
Jules
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You know your a mom when… you can read Goodnight moon with your eyes closed. "Mommy… wake up!"
Oh no! The poor tile.
I think I need to get the Goodnight Moon book.
The broken up tile sucks…just another thing to add to an already over flowing to do list….
Have you ever read Good Night Goon? It's cute too.
Oh wow . . . Sorry about your island's tile. The sweet times with your son sound wonderful. I need to email you back on Porgy and Bess. I was in training all day today.
I seen the pictures of your tiles on that AWESOME blog "Shit my kids ruined." I submitted a picture of my son's crib (which he chewed to hell and back), but it never made it onto the blog.