If a kid says you're good, you're good. Right? This is coming from the same kid who when I tell her I won first place, she asks follow-up questions like, "How many people were at the race?" And, "Does that include the boys?" She doesn't hand out a "so good" every time she turns around, so it's kind of special.
I'm pretty positive my son was hungry when he filled this survey out. Not only am I best at running, but I'm as pretty as cake. Last year, according to his Mother's Day survey, I was as pretty as hot lava, so I'm not sure if I'm being demoted or promoted.
My son provided one more runner mention on another page of his card. R is for runner, but also O is for overwhelmed. I would love to be a fly on the wall of his brain as he wrote this.
Anybody who goes to the store for the sole purpose of buying this much toilet paper is guaranteed to feel overwhelmed sometimes. Just cleaning the toilets after three boys with questionable aim is a full-time job.
But this weekend the boys (not so much my daughter) have their grandparents' farm in KY as their urinal, so I'm catching a little bit of a break. Although today we did have one pants crapping incident (from trying to just squat in a field and go) and one peeing on the porch incident. I guess when they go wild for so many hours, they start to forget that peeing in the bushes is not the same as peeing on the front porch. Not the same at all.
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We were lucky today that we didn't get any rain (even though the clouds threatened overhead all day) so that we could take full advantage of outside play. Plus we got to do a fun farm chore or two, like collecting eggs.
But the main purpose of our visit was to spend time with Grandma Skeeter (not her real name, but a childhood nickname that stuck). These kids really are the luckiest to have a grandma like Skeeter, who loves them so much that she will spend hours making origami animals (or whatever else they are interested in at the moment) with them just because.
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Men are what their mothers made them," and I have Skeeter to thank for my husband, who works so hard every day and gives his best to his family -- just like his mom.
Happy Mother's Day to all of you out there who are moms or stand in as moms when a kid needs you!
And even though my own mother will never read this because she is not on the interwebs, I thank her for all the love she gave me as a kid. Because of her confidence in me, I always felt I was capable of doing anything, and that was a priceless gift for a really shy kid.
Lovely! You and your family are all so precious. Happy mother's day to you!
ReplyDeleteHappy mothers day Lisa!! Your kids are adorable:) I have been cleaning a lot of pee and poo lately too! But I think I'll take the day off from all that today:) your awesome for handling 4 with such grace:) and I'm happy we're in the same birthday boat! 35 doesn't look so bad when your a runner!
ReplyDeleteThat's right! 35 looks awesome as a runner, especially because you get perks like extra minutes to qualify for Boston. This is the first time that I've been excited to get older!:)
DeleteHappy Mother's Day - I hope it is filled with pee only in the appropriate places!!
ReplyDeleteYour kids are super cute!!
Thanks -- I need that!
DeleteReminds me of me on my grandmas farm. I have three boys and a husband, all with questionable aim, any suggestions? Now you reminded me that I have to clean the bathrooms (2) today, thank you. ;0/
ReplyDeleteI need your suggestions because none of mine have worked. I've really gotten into letting them pee outside lately. Not sure how socially appropriate that is where we live, but I love it!
DeleteOh, and Happy Mothers day. I know the feeling when buying toilet paper.
ReplyDeletePretty sure pretty as cake is better than hot lava. Your kids are funny. Happy Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day! Your children are beautiful! Cake is most definitely better than hot lava because even though hot lava is pretty (especially at night), no one wants to spend time with hot lava. It's not worth being pretty if no one wants to spend time with you ;) Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha..great post as usual. Your kids are hilarious and SO cute! Sounds like you had a great Mother's day! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat post!! Happy Mother's Day!!!
ReplyDeleteI have 2 boys 13 and 11 and they still have questionable aim:( Their favorite thing in the world is too pee outside. I guess things don't change too much as they get older;)
ReplyDeleteHa....we've had so many peeing-next-to-the-road incidents in Hawaii this week. It's like it's a free for all. Or a pee-for-all!
ReplyDeleteYour kids are so adorable! I love the "O" for overwhelmed. My daughter told a newspaper reporter that I get fatigued and grumpy from my MS medication and it was published in our local paper yesterday! From the mouths of kids...
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness -- that is hilarious! Clip it!
ReplyDeleteI hope you had a wonderful mother's day! Your kids are too cute :)
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This was so precious. Glad you had a nice Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteYour kids are so cute! Love the cards you got from them.
ReplyDeleteomg. I love them. they are the cutest!
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