{"id":13415,"date":"2014-11-25T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T00:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momservations.com\/?p=13415"},"modified":"2014-11-25T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T00:25:00","slug":"appreciating-the-little-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2014\/11\/25\/appreciating-the-little-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Appreciating the Little Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Thanksgiving! While I’m trying not to burn the turkey and lump the gravy please enjoy this November Momservations<\/i>\u00ae\u00a0for Famtivity<\/a>:\u00a0<\/i><\/h4>\n

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Momservation: <\/strong>You know you\u2019re a mom when the top of your gratitude list includes locking bathroom doors for stealing moments to yourself.<\/p>\n

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\"thanksgiving\"It\u2019s the month of thanks, but for busy parents it can be hard to feel grateful when all you want for Christmas is a chance to sleep in and not have to drive anyone anywhere.<\/p>\n

In these hectic times of raising kids\u2014where there\u2019s a constant hunt for that missing part of a uniform, rushing to the store for the forgotten materials for a school project, and emergency arrangements for carpool because you just can\u2019t get there in time\u2014sometimes it\u2019s just enough to appreciate the little things.<\/p>\n

Like a seven hour school day releasing you from around-the-clock attention, supervision, and care given to a hyperactive preschooler.<\/p>\n

And the crock-pot\u2014for being able to check dinner off your list by 7 a.m.<\/p>\n

Or the microwave. Can\u2019t forget the microwave. Hot meals in minutes\u2014it\u2019s invention should be lauded right up there with the discovery of fire.<\/p>\n

Baby wipes. The affordable all-purpose cleaner, make-up remover, stain-lifter. They\u2019re not just for baby bottoms anymore.<\/p>\n

Costco. If you can\u2019t buy it at Costco, it doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n

Plus Target\u2014it\u2019s almost like that best friend that\u2019s always there for you.<\/p>\n

Last minute babysitters. Special place in Heaven for those who give up a relaxing night on the couch with Netflix when your emergency call comes in.<\/p>\n

Pizza. Or chicken that comes in the form of a strip, nugget, or finger. Go ahead and throw mac and cheese in there too. For those days when you just don\u2019t have the fight in you.<\/p>\n

Yoga pants. Because it looks like you\u2019re giving more effort than just throwing on sweats.<\/p>\n

Pre-graded cheese, premade salads, prepackaged everything. I don\u2019t know how my mother raised a family without them.<\/p>\n

Starbucks. Because damnit, I\u2019m worth it too.<\/p>\n

See? That wasn\u2019t so hard to find some glimmers of gratitude to shine through the never-ending demands and exhaustion of parenthood. It even makes it easier to appreciate the people in your life.<\/p>\n

Like the friends who will tell you when you have something in your teeth, that maybe it\u2019s time to ditch the yoga pant uniform, or who bring your kid home when you forgot soccer practice was over and pretend that was the plan all along.<\/p>\n

Your husband who pretends that left-overs is just what he was hoping to have for dinner, tag-teams nagging at the kids so you don\u2019t always look like the bad guy, and who still thinks it\u2019s funny when you point to the laundry basket when you tell him his socks are in the \u201cdresser.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grandma and Grandpa who show up and cheer at volleyball games where all the points are made because of serves that don\u2019t go over the net, who will take the kids to ice cream so you can shower and go to the bathroom in peace, who almost always are that last minute babysitter.<\/p>\n

Your kids. Because life is so much more colorful with them in it. They may make life messy, but if you didn\u2019t get messy in this life\u2014you didn\u2019t really live it.<\/p>\n

#Enjoythejourney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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