Mom Fail

My life as a mother is full of what we all like to call mom fails, or hash tag our pictures and posts with #momfail. I can't even begin to write about all of them because yes, there are that many. Now there was a time that I maybe would have been "ashamed" to talk about them, but trust me when I tell you, I'm over it, as a matter of fact, I embrace them! Every single time I mess up, I show my kids that we all fail, and then I show them that we just keep it moving.

My kids, well more so the older two, swear that I am the only mom that forgot the book fair. Now, this can't be, can it? So I say, "Well how am I supposed to know about the book fair?", to which they reply, "It was on a piece of paper in my folder." Hmmmm, well considering they come home with 8,000 pieces of paper in their folders daily, I'm sure it was in the stack I tossed without reading, because lets face it, who has time to read all that crap? #momfail

Apparently I'm also the only mom that forgets to send love notes on a napkin on "love note Tuesdays". Now this is partially because I can't think straight that early in the morning, but also because there are rarely napkins in this house. I have 4 kids, napkins don't last long ok! So I pry, asking him about each child in class, well does their mom send one, the answer to every child, yes. What the heck, who came up with this junk anyway, really, in the midst of attempting to refill my Keurig, pack lunches, make breakfast, yell out commands to brush teeth and put shoes on, do hair, calm the krakin (my 2 year old), I'm supposed to remember to write a love note on a napkin!?!? I haven't even had my coffee, I haven't even been awake 45 minutes yet, I haven't even peed yet!!  #momfail

Here's another one, as I was running, in flip flops and a skirt, pushing a double stroller, down Merrick road, screaming "STOP" and chasing the bus, I could have sworn I was the only mother that had missed getting their child off the bus. In a sweat, and out of breath I walk 4 blocks back to my house, yes I chased the bus that far, and threw my younger 2 in the van, yes I threw them, I race over to the school. I run to the door where I'm directed to the courtyard to wait for the bus. I sit in the 98 degree heat with the 2 kids for an hour waiting for that stupid yellow bus, but what do I found out?!?! I'm not the only one!!!! I mean out of the whole school there were only three of us, but I wasn't the only one. #momfail

I forget to put their lunches in their bags regularly, I lose important papers, I forget special events, I don't have pajamas for pajama day, I find really old sippy cups in mysterious places, I put them in sneakers without socks, I never remember to pack a change of clothes and I'm lucky if I remember the diapers.... I yell at my kids, I get frustrated, I get angry, I lose my cool, I get too busy, all #momfails. Amidst all of these these are a lot of wins, I really hope and believe that my kids will remember and hold onto the laughter, and the love, and raw honesty of our lives. I know that the love we share as a family will surely overcome all the missed book fairs, right??

 I could just write forever about all the times I fail, I've got 4 kids, so there are plenty of stories to tell, but I want to hear yours! Share your mom fails, because we all have them! We might as well laugh about it, because lets face it, if we don't laugh, we'll cry! So please, share with us your #momfail stories, I know you all have them, I see some them on facebook.