16 Best Posts of 2016

My mother-in-law says that every mom needs one "un-doable," and for me, it's writing. Almost everything else I do as a mom is eventually undone: right now the floor is as dirty as ever, the windows as smudged as always, and the laundry pile is teetering ever-higher.

But every December I can still look over what I've written and say, "Aha! Evidence that I did, in fact, do something over the last 365 days!" These are my 16 favorite pieces of writing from 2016... is your favorite one here?

#1:

No One Cares About Your Messy House

April 13, 2016

Sure, you can't see the because of all the scattered toys and there's a pair of preschooler-sized underwear of questionable cleanliness in the corner, but I have two words for you: So. What.

#2:

20 Indoor Activities When You're Stuck Inside With Kids

February 8, 2016

 A sarcastic look at what to do when trapped at home with a houseful of stir-crazy kids. (Spoiler alert: Contains no useful information.)

#3:

Things You Find in The Bathroom Once You Have Kids

November 16, 2016

Your bathroom used to be the most boring room of the house. Then you had kids, and now you never know what you're going to find in there...

#4:

13 Funniest Marriage Moments

June 20, 2016

Sometimes you've just got to laugh, especially if the last 13 years of your marriage have been filled with moments like these.

#5:

Why I Don't Care Anymore about Being the Fun Mom

October 31, 2016

I thought the best way to keep my kids safe was to make my house into the cool house where they always wanted to hang out with their friends. I was wrong.

#6:

Realistic Virtue Names for Your Baby

October 19, 2016

Charity and Grace are nice, but let's do ourselves a favor and call a spade a spade, okay?

#7:

A Preschooler's Guide to Visiting a Port-a-Potty in 8 Simple Steps

August 1, 2016

Summertime means outdoor fun, but unfortunately for the parents it also means more trips to the Port-a-Potty with your preschooler than you'd like to make in a lifetime.

#8:

19 Things All Moms Know

September 19, 2016

Motherhood comes with messy buns, a gigantic purse filled with Cheerio dust, and these 19 hilarious truths that literally all moms know.

#9:

To the Mom of the Boy Wearing Mismatched Pajamas at the Library

August 3, 2016

Sometimes, we don't have it all together. It's okay, Mama.

#10:

Thoughts after the First Baby vs. the Fourth Baby (and Beyond)

August 25, 2016

Around Baby #4, a switch flips: you are now an expert at parenting babies, and everything changes. 

#11:
20 Things Motherhood Has Forced Me to Say

August 22, 2016

As a mom, you find things coming out of your mouth that you never dreamed would be necessary to say out loud.

#12:
My Natural Hospital VBAC after Placenta Previa

June 1, 2016

From the moment my fifth child was born via C-section due to placenta previa, I knew that if we had a sixth child I wanted to try for a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean.) Here's what happened.

#13:
9 More Signs Your Kids Read Way Too Much

April 27, 2016

Is it possible for kids to read too much? If you have a bookworm kid, you know that the struggle is real!

#14:
How Motherhood Is Just Like Being In the Mafia

April 20, 2016

Goodfellas. The Godfather. The Sopranos. Believe it or not, their family business is a lot more like ours than you'd think.

#15:
Funny Stock Photos That Have No Clue What Babies Are Actually Like

March 23, 2016

Ever see those perfect baby photos in magazines and wonder what they're missing? Their hilarious captions, of course.

#16:
In Me Ye Shall Have Peace (and Other Scriptures I'm Bad At)

February 22, 2016

Here's how you can find peace when it feels like you don't have any, from a Mormon who admittedly doesn't have all the answers.

Enjoy, share, and comment on your favorites! And tell me, what's YOUR "un-doable?"

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