Happy Thanksgiving! This is late. This is very very late. And there was a HUGE gap between this post and my last one. And Somee Saturday didn't happen at all. Congratulations! You now can know for certain that I am a real mom and not just some childless person who dreams up cute things about imaginary kids while I drink my soy latte on the way to Pilates, on the way to yoga, all the while thinking that parenting is really not that hard after all if you just have sense of humor :P Moms make Thanksgiving happen. And they get a full week afterward to send out all the greetings they normally would if they were simply regular humans.
We traveled home to Kansas this year for the best Thanksgiving on earth. My kids, as always, were adorably weird. And though I took some notes so I could share the wonder, my brain decided that I could either remember these epic stories or make it home alive. Our home still contains four living people, so I think I made the right call. Nevertheless, I feel like I owe you something, so here, in unfiltered glory, are my Mommy notes, the Thanksgiving version:
11/23/2013
A- "Mom, can you show me how to lay?"
M- "I think you pretty much have it"
A- "No, I'm flaggling. I need you to show me how to lay"
D- "Go to sleep Abbie"
A- "But I wanted Mommy to show me how to lay!"
11/26/2013
* "Children sense weakness. Fruit snacks. Wish for candy popsicles and a sudden cookie tragedy from 12 hours before at 11:30pm"
* "Wish on KS stars"
* "Do you want to wish for a self-folding blanket Aunt Maggie? Mom, meanwhile, is almost comatose"
Lol, oh my gosh when I read those it seems like a life that should definitely only be explainable with, "gosh I was so drunk last night…!" Someone should do a side by side with drunk texts and Mommy notes. Seriously.
I also wanted to share:
Count My Blessings- 2013
- I'm thankful no one ate 25 tiny boxes of raisins and had diarrhea all the way home, (happened in 2011).
- I'm thankful no one had explosive diarrhea in an Amish restaurant. I'm thankful that poo didn't drip off the high chair and land in giant piles. I am thankful that my brother didn't have to wrap his shirt around my child and carry her to the car with his arms out straight, while I left a $40 tip for the waitress that was still not enough, (happened 2010).
- I'm thankful no one threw up even once, (happened…a lot!).
- I'm thankful for amazing weather that never once made me wonder which part of the ditch would be the safest to slide into.
- I'm thankful we all got to, as Abbie says, "stick together" this year.
- I'm thankful for Aunt Maggie, who joined the brave sisterhood of Aunt Sarah, Aunt Candace, Aunt Ellie and Aunt Lillie. These women have braved cross-country trips with my children, riding between my children, and I love them forever!!!!
- I'm thankful for my two, beautiful little weirdos, who teach me about how funny life is every single day, (even when I'm not in the mood to listen!)
- I'm thankful for my guy, who didn't loose his mind even once our whole trip, or even this entire year, though pushed to the very edge!
- I'm thankful for Jesus, who somehow helped us all learn a lot about what it means to be "fun to be with", and who liked us enough to make it possible.
We traveled home to Kansas this year for the best Thanksgiving on earth. My kids, as always, were adorably weird. And though I took some notes so I could share the wonder, my brain decided that I could either remember these epic stories or make it home alive. Our home still contains four living people, so I think I made the right call. Nevertheless, I feel like I owe you something, so here, in unfiltered glory, are my Mommy notes, the Thanksgiving version:
11/23/2013
A- "Mom, can you show me how to lay?"
M- "I think you pretty much have it"
A- "No, I'm flaggling. I need you to show me how to lay"
D- "Go to sleep Abbie"
A- "But I wanted Mommy to show me how to lay!"
11/26/2013
* "Children sense weakness. Fruit snacks. Wish for candy popsicles and a sudden cookie tragedy from 12 hours before at 11:30pm"
* "Wish on KS stars"
* "Do you want to wish for a self-folding blanket Aunt Maggie? Mom, meanwhile, is almost comatose"
Lol, oh my gosh when I read those it seems like a life that should definitely only be explainable with, "gosh I was so drunk last night…!" Someone should do a side by side with drunk texts and Mommy notes. Seriously.
I also wanted to share:
Count My Blessings- 2013
- I'm thankful no one ate 25 tiny boxes of raisins and had diarrhea all the way home, (happened in 2011).
- I'm thankful no one had explosive diarrhea in an Amish restaurant. I'm thankful that poo didn't drip off the high chair and land in giant piles. I am thankful that my brother didn't have to wrap his shirt around my child and carry her to the car with his arms out straight, while I left a $40 tip for the waitress that was still not enough, (happened 2010).
- I'm thankful no one threw up even once, (happened…a lot!).
- I'm thankful for amazing weather that never once made me wonder which part of the ditch would be the safest to slide into.
- I'm thankful for Aunt Maggie, who joined the brave sisterhood of Aunt Sarah, Aunt Candace, Aunt Ellie and Aunt Lillie. These women have braved cross-country trips with my children, riding between my children, and I love them forever!!!!
- I'm thankful for my two, beautiful little weirdos, who teach me about how funny life is every single day, (even when I'm not in the mood to listen!)
- I'm thankful for my guy, who didn't loose his mind even once our whole trip, or even this entire year, though pushed to the very edge!
- I'm thankful for Jesus, who somehow helped us all learn a lot about what it means to be "fun to be with", and who liked us enough to make it possible.
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