Parenting Is......

One of my favorite books when I was little was a Peanuts book.  It is called Happiness Is A Warm Puppy.  It is an adorable read and it talks about all the little things that make little kids happy.

Awww how sweet!

My sarcastic ass thinks that there should be a book that describes parenting in this format.  You know...not the warm fuzzy moments (everyone already knows about those!).....the real aspects of parenting.  It should be in the bassinet at the hospital.  It's a work in progress but here are a couple tidbits  :)

*Parenting is discovering closed captioning/subtitles for the TV and appreciating their usefulness.

*Parenting is forgetting to shut the bathroom door at a friend's house because you are unaware that phenomenon is even possible anymore.

*Parenting is realizing that crafts with toddlers is not for the weak of heart.

*Parenting is waking up to someone staring at you in the middle of the night and not being allowed to scream or react violently.

*Parenting is having a potty in the middle of your living room and reveling in its usefulness as apposed to its grossness factor.

*Parenting is planning a bunch of things to do when the children finally go to bed and not doing any of them because you passed out yourself.

*Parenting is being drooled, spit up, peed, and pooped on all in the same day.

*Parenting is debating on whether or not leaving the house with the kid(s) is worth going to get the particular item you need and usually deciding that it is not.

*Parenting is getting your child a band aid for a fake boo boo only to have said child scream bloody murder and run off after you take the band aid out of the wrapper.

*Parenting is being able to find a stuffed animal in 5 minutes flat, but taking 3 hours or more to find your car keys.

*Parenting is having poop get under your fingernails.

*Parenting is explaining why light bulbs cannot go in your mouth.

*Parenting is explaining that you can actually dance WITH your clothes on and then losing that particular battle.

*Parenting is pretending to eat your baby's toes only to remember that they stuck their foot in their poop during the diaper change.

*Parenting is realizing that more food is on the floor then in their bellies.

*Parenting is wishing that bedtime would come sooner.

*Parenting is spending hours planning a "super, fun, AMAZING" activity for your child only for them to say they don't want to do it.

*Parenting is choosing between washing your hair or shaving your legs because you will only have enough time to do one or the other.

I'm sure I'll think of many more but I feel it is a good start!  :)