Top Ten “Not-So-Perfect Parent” New Year Resolutions

10. Give up on the Toy Closet – it will never be organized

9. Stop screaming “STOP SCREAMING” to my fighting children

8. Refuse to participate in my kids’ school fundraiser (Christmas is over and I still have 47 rolls of wrapping paper left!)

7. Four (okay maybe three) home-cooked meals per week

6. Boycott Chuck-E-Cheese

5. Throw out the coupons and rebates that you have from three years ago and stop thinking that you will ever, in your lifetime, actually redeem a coupon.

4. Create an emergency stash like my grown-up friends who keep diaper bags in their cars complete with diapers, wipes, Band-Aids, Chapstick, sunblock, sunscreen, toenail clippers, goggles, antibacterial wash, highly processed snacks, anxiety pills, rain poncho, toys, and miscellaneous items that seem so random yet are somehow produced when someone asks for a shower cap.

3. Read one book per month (cardboard versions with lots of pictures don’t count)

2. Switch to Red Wine (if I am going to drink, at least it should have some health benefits)

1. Relish every moment with my kids – make them promise to never stop giving messy kisses and morning snuggles – take lots of pictures and stop worrying if they never make it into an album – pray with them, sing to them, and remember that procrastination is acceptable for cleaning out closets but not for tossing the baseball or battling with Light Sabers. Constantly remind myself that parenting is a privilege and a blessing that cannot, should not, be taken for granted.

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