Wordless Wednesday 71

You know you're a parent when...

In my blogging absence I often found myself lamenting via Facebook status updates about parenthood, using the phrase "you know you're a parent when..." as an opening line. It turns out Facebook has redesigned themselves giving you the nifty little tool to check your activity history. You can specify if you want to review only posts from you or on your timeline, photos, videos, comments you've made on any other wall, etc.  So I decided to see how far back these "you know you're a parent when..." posts go and was quite surprised to see the  first one was in March already. Since I am trying to resurrect my blog I thought it would be fitting to post a list of these on my blog and welcome any further additions to the list, so here goes:

You know you're a parent when...

• After 3 days without water, when it comes back on the first thing you think of is to bath the kids and put on a load of washing
• Your Google search history has phrases like 'frequency of poo' , 'stinky farts' and 'is it normal'...
• Just getting everyone ready and into the car to go out is an outing on its own!
• The CD playing in your car includes smash hits like 'hokey pokey' and 'the wheels on the bus'
• You find yourself cutting your own sandwich into 8 triangles out of habit
• You find yourself quoting lines and phrases from Cartoon Network and Cbeebies characters
• You can't use your front door because your foyer is used as a storage area for toys
• You have a conversation on the phone and mid sentence you start shouting and scolding and then just continue the conversation as though nothing happened!
• You develop stalker tendencies, like staring at little kids while they sleep or wanting to know what they are doing and where they are every second of the day
• Cleaning someone's face with your spit often seems like a good idea
• You think getting up at 8 am is sleeping in
• You look at yourself in the mirror and see dried baby cereal stuck to your forehead
• You find yourself having arguments about fashion first thing in the morning...with a 3 year old
• You refer to ears as ornaments
• You feel as proud of yourself as the person who just climbed Everest...because you got all the kids to bed before 9 without a fight
• You think something is wrong when the house is quiet
• The parties you attend serve candy floss, smarties, jumping castles and flings

Please feel free to add to the list :)

Wordless Wednesday 70

Rekindling the relationship with my blog

Dear Blog,

Remember me? I seem to have given you the cold shoulder over recent months, I do apologize for my absence. But as it turns out, 3 kids is no walk in the park. I also returned to work in August, and while I work part time, it requires precision juggling techniques, because I still have to play the stay-at-home mom role as if I had been at home full time. I am not complaining though, because I love that I have the flexibility to have an occupation  and still be there for the kids, and I am also super lucky to have a domestic helper everyday who is amazing with little Yusuf. Needless to say though, the blogging ball has been dropped. But I have missed you dear blog. I have missed sharing my reflections on the mum drum of parenting kids with such amazingly different personalities. So I have made a resolution to rekindle my relationship with you, my blog, and will endeavor to cherish the value you have to me since we first started this journey together 3 years ago.

Thank you for understanding, I look forward to meeting with you again soon.

Lotsa Love,

Tasneem