Are you a Supermommie?

This post is officially a rip off of another person's blog.  Here is that blog.  I'm adjusting it to actually include some other things that come along with being a twin parent and a parent of a child with special needs...okay, and the mom of an 8 year old adult wannabe.

Are you a Supermom or Superdad?

• Do you love your kids?
• Do you feed your kids?
• Do you try to feed your kids even if they insist that the only thing that they want to eat is yogurt and french fries?
• Do you feed yourself during/between attempts to feed your child?
• Have you ever been dressed as a princess, monster, Pinkalicious, Fancy Nancy, mad scientist, ballerina, and/or Dr Seuss and not complained?
• Are you proficient in adjusting classic nursery rhymes so that they aren't morbid, mean, or just plain crazy?
• Has your kid broken your car/phone/window/television/laptop/arm and is still alive?
• Has your kid ever hacked into your Amazon account so he can order everything on his wish list and lived to tell about it?
• Are you saving money so your child can attend a college that is more expensive per year than twice your annual salary just because she watched a football game one time when she was 3 and is forever a fan and would rather not attend college if she can't go there?
• Can you quote any children's book because you've read it 382 times?
• Have you ever cleaned up puke that is not your own without being paid before/after?
• Have you ever been awakened by the sound of someone short puking and bathing them while holding their head out of the water because they already fell asleep?
• Have you ever been overjoyed by a bouquet of dandelions handed to you?
• Have you ever smiled and accepted the gift of a poisonous plant then rushed your child to the bathroom to bathe and soak them in calamine? 
• Do you pretend to be scared whenever you hear the word "Boo!" no matter how long you've known your kid was around the corner giggling?
• Do you pretend to be scared as your child refines her growling technique so that she can scare away even the biggest boys?
• Do you wake up to little arms and legs crawling over you far earlier than any alarm should ever go off because someone took the last bowl of the little person's favorite cereal and you are the only one on earth who can make it better?
• Have you ever stared at two little faces squished together sleeping wondering if it will last long enough for a quick shower?
• Have you ever played referee for an argument over something completely insignificant to anyone but the 5 year olds doing the arguing?
• Have you ever clapped because your kid can do something that pretty much any kid can do?  Like say mama? Blink?
• Have you ever cried because your child finally said a single word besides no?
• Have you ever taken your kids out to Mc Donalds (or whatever fast food restaurant that you absolutely hate) just because they went to the bathroom on their own?
• Do you have Cheerios or a napkin or a Dora/Transformers Band-Aid in your purse?
• Do you have crayons in your purse/briefcase/car?
• Have you ever brought your child to the doctor for something you didn't do to them?
• Have you ever brought your child to the doctor for something that was probably your fault but it totally wasn't on purpose?
•  Does your child have a toothbrush?
• Does your child use that toothbrush for something other than grossing out his sister?
• Do you cry when you read about children going off to college when yours has 18 years to go?
• Do you cry when you find out how much sending that child to college is actually going to cost?
• Do you let your children win at games sometimes?
• Do you let your children lose at games sometimes?
• Have you ever felt prouder to lose when your child legitimately beat you at something?
• Have you ever let your child try to build something that probably isn't possible to build and may cost you money to replace the things he takes apart to have all the pieces for it?
• Have you ever spent over an hour in a mall looking for a decent dress for an 8 year old but styles prohibit you from allowing your child to buy anything so you end up determined to sew her something? 

Okay, I'm going to stop there, but there are about a million other things that could make you a Supermom or Superdad.  If there really was an easy way to determine these things then parenting would be a lot easier.  The fact is that you can be a super parent and not do any of these things but one.  You have to love them.  The things that we do as parents are different because our kids are different and we are different.  God knows what our kids need and what we need and puts us together in these little things we call families.  I don't know the words to Goodnight Moon.  I've read it once or twice, but I can't say that I've memorized it.  Still, I know my kids' favorite Bible verses and what they want to be when they grow up.  I know that Micah knows a lot more than he shows most people and that both he and Becca are still trying to figure out what God wants them to do to serve Him.  I can't say I'm the best mom in the world, but I can say that I'm the best mom for my kids.  I am Supermommie.