An Adult Like Momma

Today Abiah was explaining to Hazel the cycle of life. Well, what he knows about it. He said, "Everyone starts out as a baby. Then they are a kid. Then they are an adult. Like Momma." Inside I'm thinking, "Huh! An adult? Momma doesn't feel like an adult." But, you see, he and I have two very different definitions of that word.

To him that means:

• Staying up late.
• Eating chocolate and candy.
• Drinking soda.
• Drinking coffee.
• Driving a car and going wherever you want.
• Watching adult movies (In our house that means movies he can't watch. Not "Behind The Big Red Curtain" movies.).
• Eating nachos for lunch instead of burritos (burritos are, in theory, cleaner).

To me that means:

• Staying up late to regain sanity and finish cleaning up from the day.
• Feeling guilty over the candy and chocolate consumed an hour after my morning walk.
• Full responsibility for three kids, one husband, one house and three vehicles .
• A constantly dirty right shoulder and thigh which, today, is compliments of the a fore mentioned theoretically cleaner burrito and the toddler who sits next to me at the table and uses me as a napkin.
• Slug like snot trails on my shoulders and legs from children.
• Loving nap time and bedtime way more than the kids.
• Missing the kids as soon as they are down for nap time or bed time.
• Eating nachos instead of burritos because I like the spicy nacho sauce that's too hot for the kids.

Are there split definition words in your house?