Mommy Ninja Skills

There is an amazing phenomenon that occurs when you have kids... well, there are a lot of amazing things that happen, but right now I am going to focus on just one:

Ninja Mommy Skills

First and foremost, REFLEXES. I can, with out looking, stick my hand up and catch a ball in mid air. If a child at my side stumbles, I am able to swoop them up before they hit the ground. When something is rolling off the table I can snatch it the moment it leaves the surface with out blinking an eye. I have cut my hand numerous times but never my foot...
 if the knife falls my leg jolts out of the way.

My speed of everything has increased ten-fold. I have learned to shower in record time- including full leg shaving (not just to-the-knee) When a child needs to be saved on the slide, I am there before the second wail. I can whip up something to eat in moment and eat it in seconds. What happens when a little one wakes with a bad dream? My speed and agility get me up the stairs in just a few strides! My sister has dubbed me Flash. Why, thank you!

Agility is another good one! Being able to be pulled in several directions at once is a great example of what having kids will do to your body. You can bend and stretch in ways you never have before. 

Have you ever stood at the oven with the door open, bending over to turn the tater tots while extending a leg straight out to keep a curious toddler from touching the hot oven door? Pfffft- who needs yoga classes?!

Pads on my feet? Hardly, but I can sneak up on anyone at any time completely undetected. Gets 'em every time! I have learned how to dart up the stairs and down the hall with out making a sound.

(yeah...it's kind of like this!)

Sonic hearing is probably my kids least favorite.

Or maybe it's having eyes in the back of my head...

 That's right Herdlings... I hear and see everything.

Know it, be scared and behave!

 

The most positive change in me since becoming a mother is ferociousness. Not in a brass or vulgar way, more like a Mama Bear instinct. One of my favorite quotes is "There is no more dangerous place on earth than between a mother and her child" I am able to stand up for myself, my kids and for what is right. That is something that I struggled with prior to having kids... I was too afraid of upsetting others. But I am my cubs best advocate, and if they can not count on me,

who can they count on??

(anyone from our high school days who is reading this should appreciate the grizzly cub reference!)

ON A SIDE NOTE:

Mommy Ninja Skills are not to be confused with:

MAD DANCE SKILLZ

OMG.... I can not even believe I am putting this on the WWW. That is love people- pure love.

Mad Baking Skillz

besides being with my family, I think working in the kitchen makes me happiest!

 My Mad Comedy Skillzzzzz

I am HILarious! (SORRY about this one Linds!!! shenanigans I tell 'ya!)

OR My Mad

"My-Shenanigan's-Tend- to-Make-Mike-Mad"

 SKILZZZZZZZ

(Believe it or not, it has happened more than once...)

It never lasts long... he loves me (Shenanigans and mad skillz and alike!)

And I think Both Mr. Head of the Herd and the Herdlings appreciate all that I have to offer in one way or another! Be it the Mommy Ninja Skills that keep the little ones safe, or the fun that my other atributes bring to our life! HA!

My family always knows they are loved!

Comments

[Lindsay B]

Those are some mad photo bomb skillZ I was showcasing HAHAHAHAH