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- Because you have adapted to living on 4 hours of sleep (on a good night)
- Because you wake up with a foot in your face every morning
- Because your toddler decided smashing strawberries and using them to “paint” on the wall was a good idea
- Because your husbands coworkers are coming over and you have to take off the yoga pants and put on jeans
- Because your son found a packet of soy sauce and squirted it all over the carpet
- Because every day from sun up to sun down you hear – Mom, Mom, Mama, Mother, Mommmmmmmm
- Because what is that smell in the car
- Because you just cleaned the playroom and your four year old walks into the room
- Because you watched the same episode of that whiney Caillou for the 5th time today
- Because your child found a sharpie and the couch
- Because bath time with your son makes it look like a hurricane just hit
- Because you wrestle a screaming alligator every diaper change
- Because of Daylight Savings Time (enough said)
- Because your child protested his nap and then your in-laws showed up unexpectedly
- Because you found your toddler standing on the coffee table pouring out the salt
- Because as soon as you sat down to eat your daughter needed another glass of milk
- Because you haven’t ate a warm meal in the past 2 years
- Because your child just stuck his hand in his own poop and smeared it all over the wall, again
- Because you don’t know the last time you went to the bathroom alone
- Because you envy your husband for going to the bathroom alone
- Because it tastes better than your salty tears
- Because you are hiding in your closet for a moment of silence and wine pairs great with that Snickers. Right?
- Because you son is potty training
- Because of the Legos you step on daily
- Because your husband is working overtime
- Because you just went grocery shopping with 3 kids
- Because the Holidays are coming (just thinking about it makes you want to drink)
- Because you haven’t showered in 3 days (but who’s counting)
About the author: Melanie resides just south of Pittsburgh with her fiancé Jon and their two sons: Jace (who will be two in December) and Jaedyn (who was born in July). They are a cloth diapering, baby-wearing, breastfeeding, semi-crunchy family.

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- Yarn Christmas Tree by Busy Bee Kate! A super cute idea where you create a tree out of yarn with the help of your kid(s) and then have them decorate it using various odds and ends from your craft box!
- I Spy Ornament by Krystal’s Kitsch! Have your kid(s) help you fill a clear plastic ornament with shredded gum wrappers, glitter and more to create a personalize I Spy ornament!

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