Things I know...

1. If there are Crayons in the house, there will be drawing on the walls. No matter how well you think those Crayons are hidden.

2. Carpet really does lower the volume level in a household. Tile, wood floors, cement, and vinyl flooring just cause a whole lot of echo.

3. Kids are very resourceful. A chair stacked with books, pillows, and a few other household items is the perfect stepping-stool for the cookie jar.

4. There will always be in every store, every restaurant, every park, and every public place, a mother who is having a difficult day with her children. Show her some sympathy, you have been or will be there someday too.

5. Hugs heal boo boos. Not just kid boo boos, but mommy ones too.

6. No matter how much work I have to do with the house, or my job, I always have time for a game of Cars with Jesse, Blocks with Elizabeth, Snuggling with Alison, Crafts with Annie, or Story Time with Becky.

7. A six- year - old has a lot more to say than one might think. Especially a six - year - old girl, named Becky.


8. I don't like buttered popcorn. Used to, but don't now. Yes, I know why, don't ask.

9. My little boy can sleep anywhere.

10. Don't ever tell a child about an upcoming exciting event too far in advance, unless you are prepared for a minute by minute countdown.

11. Target is Dangerous. Even more so with a Target-issued credit card.

12. I will never go to Wal-mart again. Never. Ok, well not to the one on 35th avenue and Southern anyway.

13. Airport food costs way too much, and tastes way too little.

14. You will always find the thing you are looking for, once you replace it.

15. You will never find the thing you are looking for if you ask your six-year-old to help find it.

16. Laundry multiplies in the hamper, and disappears in the dryer