- Be willing to improvise: Shoes = erasers for sidewalk chalk.
- Don’t pigeonhole yourself: It’s perfectly acceptable to change your favorite color daily (or even hourly).
- Never give up: Ask for chocolate chips repeatedly…somewhere around the 30th time you shall receive.
- Stand firm in your beliefs: Firm blueberries are delicious but soft ones are disgusting = FACT.
- Dress for success: Dresses rule and jeans drool… just saying.
- Women can do anything a man can do: I saw that little boy eat food off the floor… so I did it too, and you know what? It was delicious.
- Be in touch with your emotions: It’s perfectly acceptable to cry if your waffles are cut into little pieces. And it’s perfectly acceptable to cry if your waffles AREN’T cut into little pieces. It’s perfectly acceptable to cry if you don’t have a waffle or if you do…go nuts.
- Forgive: I just smacked you in the face and yelled… now let’s hug and snuggle.
- Take time to smell the roses: When mom says we’re in a hurry that means – put on your shoes, they feel funny, take them off and put them on two more times til they feel less funny, ask for a snack, ask for a different snack, eat some of the snack, find a toy you forgot about and play with it, when you do get to the car remember you need to go potty, play with the toilet paper roll for at least five minutes before wiping, when you wash your hands be sure to pretend they are submarines diving into the ocean, admire your reflection… yes you do look good when you’re in a hurry.
- Delegate: You can find someone to do almost anything – sister will carry socks upstairs, Mom will clean up the toys (if left long enough), Dad will carry me when my legs don’t feel like walking anymore…
- It’s okay to allow yourself to be human: If you toot, announce it to the world, loudly.
- Don’t believe everything you hear: If you ask your mom what she’s eating and she answers “broccoli” don’t believe her, it’s chocolate. Corner her in the laundry room til she gives you some.
- Pamper yourself: When no one is looking be sure to add 8 or 9 more pumps of soap to the tub.
- Believe in magic: My mom sat on my imaginary friend but he’s fine, just a little squished.
- Love can make you brave. I can do almost anything if I’m holding my mom’s hand.
