First off, I love being an adult, and I’m pretty darn happy with how my life is right this very moment. But some days…
Some days I wish I could go into a room by myself and enter the land of make-believe like I did when I was little. When I’m paying bills and the debits are close to exceeding the credits, or when that work-morning alarm pulls me from slumber at 4:30 a.m. I am more than eager to shirk my responsibility and just go play.
I love my children to pieces, and would desire nothing other than being their mommy, but sometimes I’m jealous of them. Sometimes I wish I could get to do just some of the stuff they do on almost a daily basis, and not get slapped upside my head by another responsible adult.
Here’s 50 things my kids do that I wish I could get away with:
1. Walk around naked all day.
2. Hit people when they make me mad.
3. Cry openly and loudly when someone hurts my feelings.
4. Throw all my stuff in the floor when I’m done with it.
5. Eat cookies at bedtime without fear of it going straight to my thighs.
6. Throw myself in a heap on the ground when someone tells me “no.”
7. Bite people who take something that belongs to me.
8. Play in the bathtub as long as I want.
9. Have people read my favorite books to me.
10. Have my meals and snacks served to me all day, every day.
11. Change my mind at a moment’s notice without repercussion.
12. Get rewarded for pooping in the potty instead of my pants.
13. Sleep whenever I want.
14. Have people encourage me to nap.
15. Get a reward when I act good.
16. Take whatever I want.
17. Dance in public places not normally associated with dancing.
18. Look adorable when I have food all over my face.
19. Get a treat for eating all my dinner.
20. Get complimented for gaining weight.
21. Be forgiven immediately when I say sweetly, “I sorry.”
22. Have someone rock me to sleep.
23. Get tucked in at night.
24. Have my mom hold me after I’ve had a bad dream.
25. Have my bad behavior excused because “I’m sick.”
26. Never worry about this thing called “money.”
27. Have complete control of the television.
28. Look cute naked.
29. Get all new shoes every six months.
30. Decide in the middle of a meal that I want something else. And then have someone get it for me.
31. Have someone else clean up my messes.
32. Use the bathroom without interruption.
33. Look adorable when my thighs rub together.
34. Not look ridiculous in pigtails.
35. Get a toy after my dental appointment rather than a bill.
36. Get paid an allowance for doing chores around the house.
37. Have someone chauffeur me around everywhere.
38. Play all day.
39. Speak whatever comes to mind, no matter how inappropriate.
40. Have people think it’s cute when I get mad.
41. Get placed in timeout.
42. Scream at the top of my lungs when I don’t like something.
43. Meltdowns.
44. Stay at home when I don’t feel good.
45. Refuse to do something I don’t want to do, but am obligated to do, with no other reason than, “I don’t wanna!”
46. Have people overlook my faults because I’m so darned adorable.
47. Wipe my boogers on people.
48. Pick my nose without shame.
49. Sing out loud with the confidence of Mariah Carey.
50. Cry just because.
Wouldn’t that be nice? While bonking all the mean kids on the grown-up playground would be cool, I guess I’m stuck with grinning and turning the other cheek for now. At least I can eat ice cream without getting permission first and stay up as late as I want in my adulthood. That’s gotta count for something.
What’s something your kid does that you wish you could get away with?
meltedflowers amy garren says
Wait..we are not supposed to wipe our boogers on people? Now you tell me…excuse.me while I throw a fit and kick the wall about it.
brieann.rn@gmail.com says
April Vanderford says
Hide my face and not speak when spoken to by someone else or better yet, just hide all-together!! I can think of more than a few times in my adult life when this childhood “trait” would have been beneficial
brieann.rn@gmail.com says
Yes, yes, yes!