Top Ten Most Fun Parts Of Being A Mom

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22 Jul 2006 07:03 AM

Being a mom is so much fun! In the midst of the daily grind, it's easy to forget that. Not only is it fun, but an hour spent devoted to enjoying your children is an investment that will impact the future generations. When we take time to play with our kids, we win their hearts and we build memories that they will cherish forever. I made out this top 10 list for a friend a few years ago. I'm sure she wouldn't mind if I shared it with you all. This is just to put things in perspective and to help us moms remember the really fun parts of raising children.

Top 10 most fun parts of being mom

10. You have unlimited access to toys.

9. You have someone whose almost always ready and willing to cuddle.

8. You get to learn the highly sophisticated language of cries. For example there's the typical "I need to drift off to sleep cry" and there's the "I'm outraged and I'm about to clobber this other kid over the head with a fire truck" cry. It's a fascinating field of study!

7.You can stick with the kiddie rides at the amusement park and nobody will think you're a wimp.

6.You can buy a family pass to the amusement park and ride roller coasters all summer long!

5. Your kids won't think you're rude if you stuff your mouth full of gum and blow humongous bubbles. While grown ups would smirk in astonishment, kids will laugh hysterically and beg for more when the bubble pops all over your face.

4.In the event that your kid gets stuck, you get to climb the play equipment at McDonald's to rescue them

3. A little bit of knowledge goes a long way in impressing your kids. For example, if you can make a doll diaper out of a paper towel, you're the smartest mom in the world!

2. If you can make cupcakes in an ice cream cone, you are a culinary genius.

1. You can spend an entire day playing, coloring, reading books or building forts, and it is a wise investment of your time.

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Christina Huffman is a wife, a homeschooling mom with four children, and a freelance writer. Christina and her husband Joshua have been married for ten years.

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Megan Bayliss (3586) 24 Jul 2006 04:42 AM

This made me laugh Christina. It's so true. I have four kids and I am the biggest reader of kids books amongst us all. When we go to book shops the kids get embarrassed and walk away from me because I sit on the floor, in the aisle, with enchanting books spread all around me. If I get caught out reading aloud I simply look up into the alarmed eyes of the giraffed strange adult towering down upon me, smile, and say, "Oh sorry, I thought you were my daughter." The giraffes generally stare down dissaprovingly and then race off to chew out their cud and ensure they not dare touch any of the books, let alone sit on the floor and read them. Oh dear, how sad that kids can't be kids in book shops and that us Mum's can't quickly infect the constipators with a good dose of literary diarrhea. My kids may feign embarrassment but gee they love telling their friends about how their Mum chooses the books. When I grow up, I want to work in a book shop but for now I love being a mum.

Christina Huffman (1406) 24 Jul 2006 09:58 AM

I'm the same way! My children have an entire library of books and I love them as much as they do. It sounds like you are a 'mum' who really does enjoy her children!

Melissa K. (163) 24 Jul 2006 10:22 AM

It is so fun being a mom!!!!

Myra Turner (1560) 26 Jul 2006 08:01 AM

I like number 1 and 7. It's great to be able to spend all day coloring, making crafts and generally having fun. I am I am the biggest wimp around, so I love being able to go on the kiddie rides (although I screamed like a baby on the kiddie roller coaster at Six Flags N.O).

Jaime Egan (2178) 02 Aug 2006 03:33 PM

I LOVE number 10. I keep telling my sister that I can't wait until my daughter is old enough to play with Play-Doh (right now, she would probably eat it) because we didn't really get to play with it when we were kids.