Moms Are Pack Horses

Why are moms like pack horses, you say? Because children are like hobbits.

It's totally true. You could see that on your SATs and it would be something like:

'A mother is to a pack horse as a child is to a hobbit.'

The reason I say that is that I, as a mother, end up hauling loads of food around for my daughter. All. The. Time. She is in need of breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, luncheon, afternoon tea, etc. I'd even venture to say that she is fairly Hobbit-sized as well. 


This little girl turns into an inconsolable monster if her blood sugar gets too low. You don't want to see that folks. It's not a pretty picture. Just today for a small trip to the park I took a snack cup full of gluten free pretzels, a snack cup with corn chex, a banana, and a sippy cup with almond milk. (Yeah, we live with food sensitivities at our place. It's not pretty sometimes. And it's not cheap.) After about 20 minutes playing around in the sun it was time to down the sippy and munch away on snacks. That was her 2nd breakfast. We're now home and she's at the table taking care of her elevensies.

And this hasn't even begun to cover the OTHER stuff I end up carrying around. Stuff like diapers, wipes, sunscreen, basic meds pack for toddlers, and the spare outfit for the unforeseen  diaper blow outs. There have been too many times I've had to dip into the diaper bag to use the spare outfit when we've been out and about for me to ever forget it.

Ever.

Do you want me to say it again? Diaper blow out!!

So, yeah. Mom's are pack horses because children are like hobbits.

With poopy bums.