10 Things I Love Being About a Mom

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You can’t really write a blog about being a mom and not write a post in honor of Mother’s Day. So to all the moms out there who have stopped by to read Loud Mom, Happy Mother’s Day to You!

I’ve decided today, since it’s a busy day filled with visiting hubby’s mom and of course my own mom, to spin off an article I wrote and published last year, so hopefully you will enjoy it.

The 10 Things I Love About Being a Mom:

1. An Excuse: Kids are wonderful excuses. Showing up late? It’s the kids fault. There’s chocolate all over my shirt? That’s from all the sticky hugs and kisses I get. Want to get out of somewhere you don’t want to be? Oh geez, the kids are really getting tired/hungry/restless – we gotta go!

2. On Demand Hugs: While this might change as my kids get older, for the time being I can always get a hug or a kiss anytime I ask for one.

3. Handmade Gifts: Who needs fancy store bought gifts when I get the best presents of hand drawn cards and dandelions picked out of the backyard? This year for Mother’s Day my son wrote a book all about me. Apparently he loves me the most because I go trick or treating with him. (Hard to believe he’s thinking about that in May!) He also wrote that I was a few years younger than I actually am and only weighed 95 pounds. Smart kid.

4. Watching the Kids Sleep: No matter how much your kids annoy the crap out of you during the day or what they’ve managed to destroy or make impossible to do, when you tuck them in at night and they fall asleep, there’s just nothing cuter or more rewarding.

5. All the Great Books: If I didn’t hae kids no doubt I would miss out on reading fantastic stories such as IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE and others.

6. Great Movies: It’s always relaxing to snuggle up with the kids watching a good movie or cartoons. We just watched Meet the Robinsons which ended up being a great little movie I liked more than the last 10 adult movies I’ve watched.

7. A New Language: Kids teach you all kinds of new words that you wouldn’t know otherwise. I doubt few people beyond moms would understand words like Boppy, binkie, bubba, gamote (remote) and elegator (elevator).

8. My Mini Van: I can’t believe I drive a mini-van and love it. It is seriously scary to me, since I thought as a teenager I would never drive one. But as the guy at the car dealership said, “Nobody wants to drive a mini-van, but you’ll be glad you do!” It’s super comfortable, the kids love it, and it’s got a built in DVD player to entertain them and lull them to sleep on those long car rides.

9. Let’s Play: I get to play with all kinds of cool things all the time. Legos, play dough, tea parties, pirates. I doubt if I didn’t have kids I’d be enjoying those things half as much.

10. I’m never lonely: Kids like to follow you everywhere and getting a minute to yourself can be tough. It’s good to know that even when I want to be alone I usually never am. I can’t even take a shower or go to the bathroom without some company usually!

If you’re a mom, share what you love about being a mom in the comments below, or what you love about your mom. Have a good one everyone!