Being a Mom is my Super Power

Mar 31, 2017
4 min read

Whoever said that multi tasking is impossible clearly has never been a mom! I mean setting aside the Proverbs 31 woman (who clearly had superhuman powers) just look at the life of any good mom. I say 'good' because I have had the occasion of coming across some moms that I was like "Uhhhh.. that's NOT ok." See I'm not talking about the mom who has a nanny AND a baby sitter. No ma'am. Neither am I talking about the mom who allows the TV to raise her kid while she is consumed with "living her life." I'm talking about the dinner cooking; carpool driving; uniform washing; hair fixing; permission slip signing; grocery shopping with kids in tow-ing; argument settling; discipline giving; homework helping; boo boo kissing; snot wiping mommas out there that get up everyday ready to tackle the beast that is their life!

I recently was able to celebrate my 37th birthday (YEA!) I took the day off from work (which I NEVER do because we mommas have to save those days for when the kiddies are sick). Did I stay in bed all day.. .No way man! I was determined that I was going to maximize the day to the fullest! I woke up at my regular time to get my household up and on with their day. After getting HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES and morning kisses from my husband and older sons (Elijah age 12 and Jeremiah age10) I start preparing baby Noah for daycare. Yes I took him to daycare because it was MY birthday and I wanted to! Every time my husband called me he was amazed at what I was doing:

- 8:15 Breakfast at Panera (Thank you Panera for going clean! Now I can enjoy your Ham, Egg and Cheese Power sandwich with a clear conscious!)

- 9:30 Workout ( Light full body because I just got my hair done)

- 11:45 Carb-filled lunch (Thank you Captain James for your CRAB FRIES! It was so delicious I had to order some for my sister-in-law... she loved them too!)

- 1:00 Mani/Pedi (I must admit that I was a little avoid when the technician kept banging the cheese grater on the towel when scrubbing my feet. "Ooookkkaaayyy lady I get it! Winter is just passing! You don't have to let everyone know that my feet are a mess!")

- 1:45 Shopping for makeup at the mall (AMAZING!! Every mom with boys knows that a trip to the MAC counter or Victorious Secrets is such a treat! "Mom this is really inappropriate for us." - Eli)

By 3:15 I am back in mom-

mode! Pick up the boys: barbershop (check), school (check), daycare (check). Go straight home for after school snack, and to get ready for the boys' 5:00 piano lessons (check). Well as I said before today is MY birthday. My Boo called to say that he is taking me out on a DATE... wait...that means right after piano lessons (ending at 6:00) I have to drop all the kids off at some friends' house (prearranged by hubby!) and be ready to go by 6:30.

So I do what any mom in touch with her superpower would do. I kick it into high gear! I get home from picking up the boys at 4:15. I take 5 minutes to fix their snack. I carry the one-year-old upstairs with me to stand in the bathroom squealing as water droplets sprinkle on his face while I take a lightning fast "mom-shower"...smh. I iron and put on the clothes I brainstormed wearing while driving home; change over my "purse necessities" from my 'mom-purse' to my 'fancy purse', and pick out the new makeup that I want to wear tonight on my birthday DATE. By 4:45 the boys and I are are in the van... snacks, water bottles, and toys packed a ready.

When we get to piano lessons I drop the boys off at the door and me and 'Little Bit' stay in the van while I:

1) Do my makeup.

2) Learn how to do a subtle SMOKEY EYE from YOUTUBE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3BFX-WvQlY)

3) Feed Noah his GERBER PUFFS while he walks around the van looking at this and that.

By 5:55 I am done and go inside to get the boys. I knew when Mr. Douglass took a double take that my birthday look was complete. "Wow I didn't recognize you without your mom uniform on!" Deciding that I did not have enough time to read too deep into what he was trying to say about my sweats, t-shirt, tennis shoes, and natural ponytail I smile and tell him that today is my birthday and I have a hot DATE! I get the boys in the van, and to the friends' house where they whoop with joy upon hearing they were eating pizza for dinner. I am home at 6:15 freshening my makeup when my husband walks in the door. By 6:35 we are on our way to a great evening... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!