So... This Is Parenting?!

We stayed 5 minutes too late, Jellybean was screaming in his car seat completely inconsolable. Windows down, bass cranked, I was banging on the car - using it as a drum, and making up a song about how Jellybean is so hungry he could eat a dinosaur, a monster, and whatever else I could come up with to rhyme. Roman was laughing hysterically at my bad poetry and weird song. I thought to myself - if anyone we knew saw us it would be pretty funny! The 3-minute car ride seemed to take forever and we laughed to ourselves - So, this is parenting?!



We tend to say this a lot since instant parenthood is such a weird thing you have to just break it down into moments. Some moments are hilarious, some are heartwarming and some- you just have to survive! Here are some examples:

Experienced:

• Running with the stroller through the rain at the zoo so you can make it in time for the penguin feeding. 
• Family snuggle time watching a movie-suddenly I have tiny fingers in my nose and I hear a new word- "nose" yes little mister, that IS my nose. 
• Sitting in a puddle in view of the playground screaming because the playground is too far away

Observed: 

• A dad with two kids on bikes at the park "WE are done with the bikes. WE are running away. WE are whining. WE are done." 
• Any screaming kid at target
• The dad at the pizza place who commented the slice was bigger than his daughters head- and she decided to put the pizza on her head to test his theory. 

What are your favorite "So... this is parenting!?" moments?