Mom's doing things differently... how do you recognize a mom? Try these!

1. Parent
Ministry Ideas
- Really a Mom
Mom's doing things
differently... how do
you recognize a mom?
Try these!
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2. You know you’re a mom
when…..
• You count the sprinkles
on each kid’s cupcake
to make sure they’re
equal.
• You want to take out a
contract on the kid who
broke your child’s
favorite toy and made
him/her cry.
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3. You know you’re a mom
when…..
• You have time to
shave only one leg at
a time.
• You hide in the
bathroom to be alone.
• Your child throws up
and you catch it.
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4. You know you’re a mom
when…..
• Someone else’s kid
throws up at a party and
you keep eating.
• You consider finger paint
to be a controlled
substance.
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5. You know you’re a mom
when…..
• You mastered the art of
placing food on a plate
without anything
touching.
• Your child insists that
you read “Once Upon a
Potty” out loud in the
lobby of the doctor’s
office, and you do it.
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6. You know you’re a mom
when…..
• You hire a sitter because
you haven’t been out with
your husband in ages, then
spend half the night talking
about and checking on the
kids.
• You hope ketchup is a
vegetable because it’s the
only one your child eats.
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7. You know you’re a mom
when…..
• You can’t bear the
thought of your son’s first
girlfriend.
• You hate the thought of
his wife even more.
• You find yourself cutting
your husband’s
sandwiches into unusual
shapes.
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8. You know you’re a mom
when…..
• You fast-forward
through the scene
when the hunter
shoots Bambi’s mother.
• You obsess when your
child clings to you upon
parting during his first
month at school, then
obsess when he skips
in without looking back
the second time.
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9. You know you’re a mom
when…..
• You can’t bear to give
away baby clothes–it’s
so final.
• You hear your mother’s
voice coming out of
your mouth when you
say, “Not in your good
clothes.”
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10. You know you’re a mom
when…..
• You stop criticizing
the way your mother
raised you.
• You say at least once
a day, “I’m not cut
out for this job,” but
you know you
wouldn’t trade it for
anything.
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11. You know you’re a mom
when…..
You read that the
average five-year-old
asks 437 questions a day
and feel proud that your
kid is “above average.”
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12. Holiday Collection
Games and Activities in Celebration
of common Holidays.
Creative Holiday Ideas has over 300 pages of
ideas to help you plan your next New Year’s
Day, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s
Day, Halloween or Fall Festival, and
Thanksgiving event. If you’ve ever wondered
what you’re going to do for all these holidays
and how you’re going to do it, this resource is
for you.
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