JANE STINE
PARENTING, TRAVEL, AND LITTLE JOYS
A is for Advil
For better or worse There’s one bottle for home And one bottle for purse. B is for baby wipes Cleaning up butts And faces, and hands, And all of your stuff. C is for coffee Unless you drink tea Then please take your healthy self Far away from me. D is for dry shampoo Gives you the power To get through the day When you can’t take a shower. E is for eye-cream Like all women should If I put it on twice Will it work twice as good? F is for Facebook Where your kid looks clean And their clothes sometimes match And you never scream. G is for Gogurt Thought you were above it But you buy it for them And you secretly love it. H is for hip-check The way you close doors Cause you’re holding a kid Who’s allergic to floors I is for ice cream It’s dairy, okay? That’s a real food group. Get out of my way. J is for jiggle Your whole body needs Spanx. But that’s okay, they have them At TJ Maxx. K is for keys Your baby’s just storing Them deep in the couch Good luck in the morning. L is for love Which you feel without trying. You can’t even watch Dog food ads without crying M is for microwave Can I microwave plastic? Am I poisoning us? Ding. You’re being too drastic. N is for Netflix Your friend true and cheap. “Netflix and chill” means Ten minutes ‘til sleep. O is for onesie So soft and so sweet. Learn to unsnap one-handed And you can’t be beat P is for ponytail Morning ‘til night Thank God that elastic is Holding on tight Q is for quiet Like when you start peeing It lasts for three seconds Before you hear screaming. R is for running late That’s who you are now Now come on, please, can we just Get in the car now. S is for stain wipes That have saved your closet. And also for “shower crying” ...but we don’t talk about it. T is for take-out Here’s a freezer cooking tip! Order three times as much And freeze ‘til you forget. U is for underwear One size up, and black Throw the other ones out ‘Cause they’re not coming back. V is for videos ‘Cause YouTube is free And your kid only shuts up If he’s watching TV. W is for wine Other moms never judge If they can’t see your wine In a big coffee mug X is for Xanax But if you can’t get it There’s Twizzlers Or Hulu or Kylie’s new lip kit Y is for yoga pants Or “pants” as we call them Oh, you still wear jeans? Just where did you come from? Z is for zebra stripes Your new badge of honor You could get them lasered, But why would you wanna? You read the whole thing! Good job! Go you! Now, it’s been like 2 minutes… What’s your baby up to?
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#nailedit
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3/5/2020 08:09:23 am
Technically I didn't read the whole thing, - but I scanned it! You are a creative mama :)
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Shree
3/5/2020 08:35:10 pm
Love it!!
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