Writer’s Workshop: 15 Ways to Be Awesome
Doggie boy and me
There are many ways that you can be awesome as a parent. By being a parent you are already taking on an additional job which has no off days and compounding responsibilities.
Here are 15 ways which show that you are awesome.
- You are able to balance a 14kg toddler in your hands without any carrier or support devices while holding on to the elder two boys at the same time.
- You have been surviving on 4 hrs of sleep each night and countless interruptions/disruptions through the day for the past 10 years.
- You allow yourself to listen to the same CD over and over again in the car as the kids love it. ( Luckily their choice of CD is the latest album by Super Junior and it’s still bearable as compared to hearing nursery rhymes)
- You let your kids choose what to watch on TV even though you are dying to watch the new episode of CSI or the latest Korean drama.
- You can cook a 5 course meal in an hour (including food preparation) while monitoring the kids doing their homework at the same time.
- You able sense if the kids are misbehaving or up to mischief and take action when it suddenly gets all too quiet around the house.
- You are able to transfer a sleeping child from your bed to her bed without waking her up.
- You can get all the kids fed and dress within an hour (including yourself) so that you can go out of the house on time.
- You force yourself to get out of bed when the alarm clock rings every morning as you want to ensure that you kid wakes up and gets ready for school on time.
- You take note of all the little details and try your best to make each day special for your love ones.
- You are able to concentrate on driving even though the baby is screaming her lungs off and the two brothers are fighting with each other in the back seat.
- You place everyone’s favorite foods in the supermarket trolley first together with the essentials before contemplating of adding treats for yourself.
- You willingly share your food with the kids and go hungry as your child shows more interest in eating what’s on your plate then his.
- You set aside time each day just to play and have fun with the kids.
- Need for Speed Most Wanted and Angry Bird Space are among the games that you play as that is what the kids are playing.
How are you Awesome as a Parent?
Do your kids agree with you being awesome?
May 30, 2013 @ 10:48 am
It’s good the keep reminding ourselves how awesome we are because to the outside “non-mum” world, it just seems that us home based mums are doing day to day stuff. Rock on!
May 30, 2013 @ 12:36 pm
You are a super woman!
I used to sleep less than 5 hours. Can’t really make it now. Feeling tired forever. Have perpetual panda eyes
Take my hats off you. I can’t do point no 5
May 30, 2013 @ 4:14 pm
My mom is awesome! I think all moms are awesome!!! 🙂
May 30, 2013 @ 4:54 pm
I also sometimes wonder how I am able to function with just a few hours of sleep. And I don’t even take naps.
May 30, 2013 @ 6:13 pm
The list is oh so true, and LOL at the last one. Angry Birds has become a personal fave. 🙂
May 30, 2013 @ 8:04 pm
My mothering years were before Angry Birds but I spent much time playing Hungry Hungry Hippos — if that doesn’t drive you crazy, nothing will!!
May 30, 2013 @ 8:49 pm
Pleas tell them I’m an ‘ELF’ too. A mom who listens to SUJU is a super duper cooooooool mom! :)))
May 30, 2013 @ 9:24 pm
Coming in from Mama Kat’s writers workshop. I agree all of those things are pretty awesome and definitely things we don’t think about doing as parents because it just comes naturally. Love the pic at the top..
May 30, 2013 @ 10:21 pm
11. If only other drivers knew what was going on inside our cars! When my son was a baby, he would projectile spit up by the gallon. Several times it happened while I was commuting to work in Los Angeles, driving through the Valley on the 101. I would have to veer across six lanes of traffic to exit the freeway and clean him up a bit before heading on to daycare. Bleh!
May 30, 2013 @ 10:36 pm
A study came out that concluded that having children in the backseat is more distracting than using your cell phone while driving. And every mother everywhere said: DUH. Great list!
May 30, 2013 @ 10:48 pm
I totally identify with #13. I’m always sharing my food and drinks with my girls!!
May 31, 2013 @ 2:43 am
This is a great list! I think my kids think I am pretty awesome, but I am going to print this list and put it on my fridge to remind them. LOL. BTW- all though I can do some of those things, I didn’t do three kids at a time. My children’s ages have big spreads. Have a wonderful weekend. Thanks for linking up.
May 31, 2013 @ 4:06 am
Great reminder! Moms are awesome!
May 31, 2013 @ 5:21 am
Something even us grandparents can take to heart!
May 31, 2013 @ 8:21 pm
hahaha, you are not only an awesome mom but a supermom…imagine you can do all those 15? amazing!
June 1, 2013 @ 10:22 pm
Parenting is an awesome challenge that God has given us, isn’t it? It definitely teaches us how to multi-task! It sounds like you have learned how to do this well!
June 2, 2013 @ 11:51 pm
Great list! You sound like you are an awesome mom!
June 8, 2013 @ 6:07 pm
You are a brave woman.
You are beyond awesome, you are brilliant.
Beautiful examples of being a terrific parent.
I like to think I am not only an awesome parent but an awesome grandparent too!
Thanks for linking.
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