... when your daughter yells, "Mommy! You gotta come see! It's the BIGGEST poop ever!!!"

... when your 3 year old walks by you and says, "Mommy? Can you get me some coffee?"

... when your son runs up to tell you, "I just felt like I was flying!" and then remembers that means he was doing something he's not supposed to do.

... when your daughter tells you she has to put in her contacts when she gets out of the shower, pulls a contacts case out of the drawer, fills it with water, uses one finger to dip into the filled cups, puts her contacts in (exactly like you do) and then tells you, "Now I can see better!"

... when your son says, "Look at me Mommy!" and he is now wearing his sister's earrings.

... when you set up the sprinkler in the yard and your son immediately takes it over to the driveway so it will make a big puddle for them to stomp and ride their bikes in.

... when you are trying to teach your kids a lesson about wasting money and they go and get excited about having to use their allowance to replace the brand new shampoo they dumped out in the bathtub.

... when you ask your kids to help carry their stuff in from the car only to have them say, "My hands are full because I have to carry my cup and a piece of gum."

...when you tell your child that if they don't pick up their toys you are going to throw/give them away and they look at you and say, "Ok, that's fine."

... when you are at Chick-fil-a and your youngest child tells you that she is pretending her big brother is a mean monster in the play area only to have a child more than twice her age run out and tell her mom she heard there was a monster on the playground!

... when your daughter is more into sword fights and guns than your son.

...when you are at a playground and your child tells you they have to go potty, you are nowhere near home, there is nobody around and you help her pee on the ground off to the side only to find out she really had to poop.