Are you stuck in a parenting rut and looking to add some thrills/extreme terror to your day?
I hear you. Sometimes, especially being a stay-at-home mom, it seems like my day is made up of the same routines, day in and day out.
Where did the spontaneity go? The excitement? That sudden rush of danger that makes you feel alive?
Well, look no further!
Here are a few guaranteed ways to break out of that boring rut and bring back the thrills:
- Skydiving
- Taking a long car ride during rush hour when your toddler has skipped her nap that day
- Bungee jumping
- Running out of your toddler’s favorite food at home
- If you’re in Toronto, going on the CN Tower’s EdgeWalk
- Grocery shopping at 5:30PM when your toddler has molars breaking through
- Paragliding
And for the ultimate adrenaline rush, simply spend 2.5 hours attempting to put your overtired toddler down for a nap, then hover awkwardly over her while she sleeps and try to delicately trim her toenails, which have turned into talons because she has developed an extreme aversion to the nail clippers for about, oh, six months now.
Repeat daily.
That should do it!
How do YOU bring the excitement back into your day?
Do you like swimming with sharks, or do you prefer to lose your child’s favorite toy while out running errands? Let me know in the comments!
Today, I let my kid get close enough to a hazardous cleaning product that my heart rate went way way up, not sure if that counts, but there were nerves firing that I wasn’t even aware of.
I also enjoy letting everyone cry at the top of their lungs and seeing how much audio pain my ears can handle. A lot it turns out.
Oh, that definitely counts! Nothing like seeing your child near an extremely dangerous object to test just how fast you can move. (VERY VERY FAST WHEN NEEDED. OTHERWISE PRETTY SLOWLY.)
When I feel like living dangerously i wont pick up the mega bloks all day. Then at night while carrying my son to sleep I’ll walk over them nearly breaking my neck! What excitement! But seriously clipping my sons toenails is right up there with avoiding a minefield of mega bloks. Great hysterical article!
Liz Talton/Pitter Patter of Baby Feet
Holy cow, Liz. THE MEGA BLOKS. I’m staring at probably about thirty of them on my floor right now. I think they multiply during the day. I live dangerously sometimes by not picking up all of the toys off of the ground before I go to sleep and risking that my dog may decide to chew on them during the night. We’ve lost many a piece of plastic play fruit to the dog and also one very sad stuffed Ernie.
I live dangerously by telling my strong-willed daughter NO! Yep, nothing like an over emotional 5 year old girl running and screaming through the house, hell bent on reigning terror with anyone in her path.
You brave, brave soul. Sometimes I’m too terrified to tell my almost-two year old “no”—the emotions are STRONG! But it turns out two year olds aren’t super into compromises, weirdly enough. All roads lead to meltdown. (This is one of my daily mantras.)
oh, and I love the 80’s GIF’s! I may or may not be stalking your site! I love it! We need more funny mom blogs 🙂
Stalk away, my friend— you’ll find gifs to your heart’s content! So happy you like the site and YES for the funny mom blogs—I need reassurance that I’m not the only one who’s lost my mind.
Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting!