Give a Mom a Break.

Alright, I'll admit. This is a selfish 2do. I have two preschoolers. They are awesome. but quite honestly...I just want to be alone for an hour.

I want to grab a cup of coffee...alone. I want to peruse a music store...alone. I want to lay on my lazy-boy and watch reality tv all by myself.

A bath would be really nice too. A long bath. With bubbles, smelly stuff, magazines and maybe even a glass of wine. I took a bath a few weeks ago. I used my kids' blueberry bubble bath, laid down and cringed as I tried to lodge a pirate ship out of the small of my back. Ahhh...relaxing. Ug.

After unloading tiny pirates, tub crayons & squirt guns I decided to take a shower instead so it would at least drown out my darling cherubs who were pounding on the door in unison, "let us in...let us in", they chanted. So much for my 15 minutes of "me-time".

Want to do something nice for a busy mom? Ask her if you can babysit for an hour. Take the kids to a fast-food place. Stop in unannounced and give her a latte. If you are feeling really creative, give her a babysitting coupon and tell her she can redeem it when she needs some "me-time".

If you are one of my Montana readers and want to fulfill this challenge, drop me a note. Otherwise, find another frazzled mother and give them a break. They aren't hard to identify. Just look for the woman with hairy legs, a unibrow, spit-up stained sweatshirts that smells like stale coffee and blueberry bubblebath.