The following things are OK
(At least as far as I'm concerned)
It's OK to get scissors and physically cut stuff out of your kid's hair if it's just too sticky and too much of a pain in the ass to brush it out. You can't get away with this forever, but if she's only 19-months-old, you still can.
It's OK if sometimes you have to confer with a calendar to remember the last time you showered.
It's OK if someone gets your kid a present, and then you put it away because your kid has enough crap, and then you bring it out one day when your kid is being really good, and then you take all the credit.
It's OK to secretly hope that you win at Candyland even though you're playing with kids.
It's OK when your kid says "Look! Look at me!" to sometimes reply "That's great!" but not really look because you are busy and it's probably not anything all that great.
It's OK if you see the people who work at the market more than you see your friends.
It's OK if you are between purchasing a fake PRADA purse or a real purse of a lesser name to go with the real purse that is not a PRADA because not only are fake purses lame, but YOU will know it's a fake and most everybody else will too.
It's OK to want to eat candy for breakfast, but you shouldn't because breakfast is very important and candy is not good for you. Eat cake instead, it has eggs in it.
It's OK to be jealous of your little one who has no issue walking around with her belly all hanging out.
It's OK to agree to accept the Facebook "friend requests" of your friends' kids because your friend wants you to spy on them; it's also OK not to tell her that you are a worthless spy since you hid those kids from your Facebook feed because their status updates are stupid and annoying.
It's OK to throw down a little "BECAUSE I SAID SO!" every now and then, even though you always swore that you never would.
It's OK to leave your kids in the car, strapped in their car seats, while you run into a restaurant to pick up carry-out. OK, that is really not OK--but it used to be, a long time ago, and it's OK to sometimes wish that it still was.
Let's not forget that not only does cake for breakfast contain the incredible edible egg, but it can have milk in it as well. And, we can take it a step further: carrot cake. Carrots and cream cheese. I'm so down with cake for brekkie!
ReplyDeleteIt's okay to say, "I'm the mom. That's Why." Love the blog!
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Robin from NY
I have to do the 'look at me' one quite a bit. It gets kind of annoying after a while. :oP
ReplyDeleteFake purse NEVER okay!!!
ReplyDeleteGood G-D, girl...you are funny! I love the last one. I think, and it's really not ok, but ok.. to leave them in the car at the Dry Cleaners, too. No?
ReplyDeleteHow about if you just run down to the bus stop...to pick up your older kid, and the baby is asleep in the crib? Ok? LOL!!!
JHW!
I am loving your blog!
I just found you through my dear friend Jen W. and I think you are hysterical!! So, is it okay to actually BUY the PRADA bag using your kid's college fund money? Is it okay to be a really sore loser when your kids legitimately win at board games? I'm talking about flipping the board and sending pieces flying everywhere. What's your opinion on cheating to beat your own kids at these same games? Not that I would ever sink so low (ahem). When do we draw the line and exactly when does it become "not at all okay"? Nevermind. I don't want to know. I figure I crossed that line long ago.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, is it okay to subscribe to your blog? I think I'll do that regardless ;)
you don't spy for my mom, do you? (I only ask because I'd hate to have those annoying status updates). No, I know it's because as soon as we met, we were best buds. I remember it well - we painted our nails on my cabin porch and had a heart to heart, which became a kind of tradition. Even though at the time, I was probably around 11, and you were just a teenager and "Cody's really cool girlfriend." (What's that? You weren't teenaged? But you still look so young and hot and fabulous, you MUST have been!) Anyway, I love catching up with the ladies via the blog and am definitely treating this as a kind of parenting manual (for some time in the far, far future) and it's witty and candid and very enjoyable. Miss you and your lovely family so so much. xoxo
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