I am a lazy mom. I don't follow "mom rules" case in point I do NOT allow my kids to only watch one hour of TV a day. My three year old has a TV in his room, all of my kids have Netflix on their tablets, and I pay $4.99/ month for an app called kidoodlehttps://www.kidoodle.tv/. Normally I am kind of okay with that, because let's face it- if they are not yelling at you for milk you're happy.

Until last night. Last night, after said 3 year old discovered the LEGO movie, I had a cartoon nightmare. In my nightmare my 9 year old son's LEGOs came alive like Emmett and tried to kill me. It was awful.

Good moms have dirty dishes, messy floors, and happy kids right? Does that also include brains rotting from too much TV???

When you're a mom you have such a crazy life, and there are times when you want to pull out your hair. Moments like those can be when you clean your house and then a toddler dumps a bucket of toys on the floor, when your child is trying to get something out of the fridge to eat and ends up breaking a dozen eggs on the floor, or when you pull up into the carpool lane and block traffic because your kids are busy picking up all their trash that comes flying out. 

Then you have the amazing moments that make everything better- when your kiddo puts their tiny little hand in yours and looks at you with so much love and trust in their eyes that you want to melt.... when they hug you and say they love you, or do something cute like brush your hair.

Of course their are also times that your child does something and you don't even know what to think. I just had that moment. My adorable potty trained three year old ran off to go potty and then yelled "MOOOOOOOOOOMMMMYYYYYY come help me wipe my butt"!!! Of course he was so proud of himself, and it was great that he went, hahahaha, but isn't the point of potty training so I don't have to wipe butts anymore???

Today was a normal day.... I woke up after pushing the snooze 3 times, woke up my daughter, went to wake up my sons, came back upstairs to wake up my daughter, closed my toddler's bedroom door, and sat down for the 2 minutes of peace before they came alive. Those two minutes are so nice. I can have coffee and sit on the good side of the couch, and think about the things I want to get done today. Then it is backpacks flying, yelling for socks, arguing on who actually has P.E. today, groaning about school lunch and then of course the always exciting west side story version of how to get into our minivan and off we go!
But Today would be a good day because my husband was home. Anyone who is a stay at home wife knows that the stay at home days are like rainbows- not often and so amazing. So I spent the day doing his laundry, making him breakfast, making fresh buns for his cheeseburger, and listening to stories about people I don't know. Wait! How does that happen??????
Secretly I don't mind, because it is his dad to entertain the all boy and all 3 year old all day. He gets to play trains, and be the jungle gym and watching makes my heart melt so much that I don't even care that it is 2:30 PM and I am covered in flour and have to go face people to get my kids at school. 
Some moms wear lipstick and high heels.....today I wear food and sweatpants. I;m guessing I am the last person they would expect to be their PTO president but HERE. I. AM. a glorious, flat broke and worried about money, homeless looking and pretty awesome

Today is Sunday.... for most people Sunday is the best day of the week filled with relaxation and calmness. For me it is my husband nagging at me to be up at 7am to get the kids ready for church, and then after an hour we make it to the end and then Sunday school. Lucky for me I get to have breakfast with my in-laws and the three year old where I can eat sitting down. But then there is laundry to get the kids ready for school, making sure dinner is ready, clothes are put away just so they can end up in little piles all over the house, homework done, friday folders signed, reading assignments ready to go, notes to teachers signed, and of course making sure the husband is ready for his work week. Oh yes Sunday is so relaxing!!!

Yesterday I went to my son's basketball and then realized I was THAT mom. I looked around to see other moms all pretty with their makeup on, cute outfits, and nicely polished. Me? I am in yesterday's sweatpants, I forgot to wear makeup, and my dirty hair is in a ponytail and a headband. At least I was cheering on my kid, right?