Oy Vey!  This video brought me to tears.  Not for sentimental reasons.  But because, FINALLY, I can see I am not alone.  All these years, I figured I had to be on some hidden camera show.  The "What To Expect When Raising A Child" books didn't cover the issues I had and have to endure.  It could only mean that I was on some long dragged out prank show.

The books don't tell you:

  • Kids will wake you up, standing over you, 2 seconds from puking all over you!
  • Kids will pick objects off the floor and swallow them...at the age of 10!!!  (I can safely say that, after 14 months of waiting patiently, the paperclip finally passed on 6-2-15)
  • Older siblings will, in fact, try to launch their 5 year-old sister like a canon ball
  • No matter how quiet the kids are...right now is NOT a good time to go to the bathroom!
  • While you are sunbathing in your favorite lawn chair, the potential, of having ice water dumped on you when you aren't expecting it to happen, is pretty high!
  • How many times you will fall for your kid saying "Mum, guess what" and you reply "What?" and they say "Chicken Butt"!!!  The score is: Kids - 85,632,145,678  Me - 2

But, like the video shows...at the end of all of it, it is so worth it (note sarcasm and eye roll)

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