{"id":3778,"date":"2014-04-17T14:34:18","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T14:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/mom-is-funny\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T21:56:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T03:56:49","slug":"mom-is-funny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/mom-is-funny\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom is Funny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-3776\" src=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/facebook_bear_socamom.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/facebook_bear_socamom.png 400w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/facebook_bear_socamom-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My kids swear I am the funniest mom ever \u2013 they probably mean sarcastic, but thanks to me, they can\u2019t really tell the difference. Some lovely people from Huffington Post Parents noticed that I was sharing some of my funny mom moments on Twitter, and I ended up having my tweets featured in their &#8220;Best Parenting Tweets&#8221; for a few weeks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>My oldest is frowning and shoveling. Looks like he has realized that there comes an age when snow isn&#8217;t as much fun anymore. That age is 14.<\/p>\n<p> \u2014 SocaMom (@SocaMomDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SocaMomDC\/statuses\/433970908047609856\">February 13, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>How many times do I hafta say, &#8220;Get your finger\/hand out of your nose\/mouth&#8221; in a day? Cheezus. Now I just say it whenever as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Eva Loves (@WhatEvaLoves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhatEvaLoves\/statuses\/430413810479153153\">February 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>I told the kids, who were initially excited, but after week 2, they were like&#8230; but you are always funny &#8211; that&#8217;s just YOU. What they don&#8217;t understand is, I&#8217;m not the funny one. \u00a0They are a HUGE part of what makes me funny. \u00a0I just have internet access, and they don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>People who know me and my crew, know that this is just the tip of the funny bone.\u00a0 I can honestly say that I have a wonderful time joking around with the kids and listening to them as they develop their own sense of humor.\u00a0 Their knock knock jokes are painful at best, just not funny at worst, but their spontaneous moments, conversations, and observations are fantastically funny.\u00a0 Every now and then I\u2019ll ask them, \u201cwhere\u2019d THAT come from\u201d when they say something particularly amusing.\u00a0 They always say, \u201cwell, my Mom is funny, sooooo\u2026..\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you say so.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-3777\" src=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dad_is_fat_socamom.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Dad is Fat  ::  Socamom.com\" title=\"Dad is Fat  ::  Socamom.com\" width=\"400\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dad_is_fat_socamom.jpg 400w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dad_is_fat_socamom-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This post was inspired by the novel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0385349076\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0385349076&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=socamom-20\">Dad Is Fat<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=socamom-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0385349076\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> by comedian Jim Gaffigan who talks about his adventures co-parenting 5 kids in a two bedroom Manhattan apartment. Join <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fromlefttowrite.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From Left to Write<\/a> on April 22 we discuss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0385349076\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0385349076&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=socamom-20\">Dad Is Fat<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=socamom-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0385349076\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> . As a member, I received a copy of the book for review purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My kids swear I am the funniest mom ever \u2013 they probably mean sarcastic, but thanks to me, they can\u2019t really tell the difference. 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