It's Hard Being a Mom

This post was inspired by a little 4 year old girl that said those exact words to me this morning.  Here's the kicker...it wasn't my 4 year old girl!  My girlie had her BFF sleepover last night (not because we normally have 4 year old sleepovers but in this case it was pretty much like having family over and because her mom and dad needed a sitter :)  At any rate, I was brushing their hair this morning and the girls were chatty and needing twin hair.  So, admist our conversation she breaks out..."It's hard being a mom."  I said yes, sometimes it is.  And she said, yea, you have to cook supper all the time...and drive a car."  I said, yes, and lots of other hard things sometimes too. After I chuckled at the very grown up comment, I started to think...

It is hard being a mom.  I mean it's also one of the most rewarding jobs in the world as well.  Recently one of my new co-workers asked me if I only worked part time and I said yes and he said what about your husband?  I said he works full time, normal hours.  And he said, oh, so he's the one that brings home the bacon and you sort of just work a little in the morning and then do whatever.  And I thought to myself...kid...if you only knew...but then politely said, well, I work in the mornings and then I go home and run kids around, do homework, make supper, I'm a mom!  and he kind of looked at me and said, oh. and that was it.  Yea, I just screw around for 6 hours in the morning at work and then head to the spa the rest of the day...NOT!!!  It is SO much more than that!  If I could even make it to the spa one day this year that would rock!  and for those moms that work full time...I can't even imagine how hard that is and I probably will have to some day but that just makes your job a a mom even more hard work!  I'm not mad, nor do I have anything against this little 22-23 year old guy who really is a nice guy, just needs a little world reality check!

I'm not sure anyone really knows or appreciates moms until they are one.  I know the minute I became a mom I appreciated my mom ten times more than I ever did.  It's just a new look on life.  It's exhausting, rewarding, crazy, fun, awesome, frustrating, disgusting, surprising, and many other things and the best (or sometimes worst) thing is that it's never the same thing 2 days in a row!  There are many times where I look at my friends or family members that have chosen not to have kids or who don't have them yet and think...ah...smart move.  And then think about those days before we had kids and all I could do was count down the days til we could have kids or dream about having some.  It was just never a thought to me that I didn't want to be a mom.  I don't think I would change my mind now if I could even though I think I've had the worst 2 weeks of my life with my kids lately...I've probably had thousands of good weeks that outweigh the bad! 

So, to all you moms...it is hard to be a mom and that's ok because in the eyes of a 4 year old...driving a car (so all those millions of trips you have to make a day) is hard work!  and as you are making supper tonight, know that at least one child thinks you are working hard!  (even if you are just throwing in a frozen pizza!)  It was nice to hear that someone (other than another mom) understands...even if it wasn't my own children.  (although I did make sure she was listening :)

Happy Birthday?

To you?  Did you know Oct. 5 is the most popular birthday?  I guess if you think about it...you can think back as to why that might be the case and well...I guess lots of couples really do enjoy New Year's Eve, huh?  Anyway, you can listen more about that and the least popular birthday (Feb. 29 of course) here. There are some interesting facts!

So... my birthday is in a couple weeks and I was a couple weeks late according to my mom.........:)  I know...gross...sorry!!  :)