1. Unexpected moments of humour. You really never know what they are going to say. Or do. Or care if they are in public or not when they do or say it. 2. Movie choices. Would you have seen Spy Kids 1, 2, and 3 on your own? 3. When facing them with the comment, 'I do everything for you, I cook, clean, buy the groceries, etc., the least you can do is get me my shoes from the closet', chances are, they will do it. 4. You get to buy snack foods like twinkies, and blame it on your kid's ...

I remember the day. Oh, do I ever. I was probably about 7 months pregnant at the time; bitchy, big, and on the verge of being sick yet again. I suppose I was taking my uncomfortableness out on her and I was not very nice to be around, most likely. In fact, I must have been downright untolerable for her to have done it to me. To give me the curse. Yeah, you know it. That curse that accompanies parenthood that goes like this, "I hope that you have a kid who is just like you ." My daughter Kole,...