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Gift Ideas for Mommy’s Birthday, According to a Preschooler

1. Baby toy
2. Some zebras (the “real” kind)
3. Flowers
4. Ariel figures
5. A play mat for animal figures
6. A notebook
7. A stopwatch
8. A scarf
9. A ballpopper (As in the Hasbro Playskool Busy Ball Popper, a popular toy around here)

Oh, and Madeline told me a few days ago with obvious pride, “I’m gonna go poop for you, Mommy. I’m gonna poop for everybody’s birthday.” I’m not sure how everybody else is going to feel about this gift idea, but considering the constant cajoling required to get her to poop on the potty, I’m really, really excited about this birthday perk.

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· March 7, 2008 · · Filed Under: Tales from the Trenches

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  1. Heidi Hess Saxton says

    March 8, 2008 at 4:27 am

    And now we know why mothers don’t have birthdays … besides the fact that we don’t WANT to look a year older!

  2. Sarah says

    March 9, 2008 at 4:02 am

    Sheesh, Kate. I’m laughing so hard I think I may…

    Um, excuse me.

    Gotta go.

    You know.

    And, btw, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

    (I’ll go poop for you too) :)

  3. Dan and Janet Brungardt says

    March 10, 2008 at 7:44 pm

    Isn’t it great how excited you can get over some pooping? We’re trying for some twin potty-training around here. Whew!
    Janet

  4. Andrea says

    March 11, 2008 at 5:52 pm

    Happy Birthday and I’m laughing entirely too hard! The joys of mommy hood!

Hi, I’m Kate

I’m a wife, mom of five kids, writer, speaker, storyteller, bibliophile, runner, eating disorder survivor, and perfectionist in recovery. I'm the author of Getting Past Perfect: Finding Joy & Grace in the Messiness of Motherhood  and Weightless: Making Peace With Your Body.

I’ve tried a lot of things in my life – anorexia, bulimia, law school, teaching aerobics, extended breastfeeding, vegetarianism, trying to be perfect and failing miserably at it – and through it all I’ve been writing. And learning to embrace the messiness of life instead of covering it up, making excuses for it, or being ashamed of my brokenness or my home’s sticky counters.

Nowadays I’m striving every single, imperfect day to strike a balance between keeping it real and keeping it joyful.

 

“She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.”

―Flannery O'Connor

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