Murphy's Law For Moms, #26

If you leave town for the weekend and plan to work on the resulting mountain of laundry come Monday morning, you'd better factor in the two hours in which your electricity will be off for no apparent reason (and which will mockingly turn off as you are sorting the above-mentioned mountain).

Murphy's Law For Moms, #25

Just when you finally consider yourself caught up on laundry, the baby will have a big blowout, trashing both his outfit and the bassinet sheet.

Murphy's Law For Moms, #24

Unless you scrub your skin raw, the sticky residue left from medical tape will stick to your skin longer than will the remnant of umbilical cord to your newborn.

Murphy's Law For Moms, #23

If you leave town for 4 days and don't have time to pick your garden before you go, figuring you will just catch up when you get back, on the first day you are back home, it will rain ALL DAY LONG.

Murphy's Law for Moms, #22

Just when you start to rejoice that it has dried up outside and you don't have to worry about the kids bringing mud into the house anymore, they discover that there is sand in one of the unused horse stalls, and suddenly you find yourself battling sand in the shoes, sand in the clothes, sand in the diapers, sand in the hair.

Murphy's Law for Moms, #21

No matter how many times you disable the web capability on your cell phone, somehow your 21 month old knows just how to enable it whenever he gets a hold of that phone, even though it would take you 5 minutes to figure it out.

Murphy's Law for Moms, #20

If you start to clean the bathroom, 2-3 children immediately will need to do something in that very room, especially if you have already squirted toilet cleaner in the bowl.

Murphy's Law for Moms, #19

If you move to a new house, try to unpack as much as possible within the first few weeks, because after that unpacking inertia tends to set in, and the boxes will stay where they lie.

Murphy's Law for Moms, #18

If you try to get your house ready for your realtor to come and take pictures, be prepared for the fact that your children can mess up the house faster than you can clean it.

Murphy's Law for Moms, #17

If you take 4 small children with you when you go shopping at Wal-Mart(by yourself!), you will find yourself becoming frazzled, frustrated, flustered, and exhausted.

Murphy's Law for Moms, #16

If you give little girls in pretty little dresses glasses of red punch to drink, you will be sorry on laundry day.

Murphy's Law for Moms, #15

You know your 2 year old is sick when, without saying anything to Mommy, she goes to her room, lays down on her bed and falls asleep.

Murphy's Law for Moms, #14

A crawling/cruising baby can always singlehandedly destroy a room faster than Mom can pick it up.

Murphy's Law for Moms, #13

Double the number of days gone on a trip to find your prep time, but triple the number to find your recovery time.

Murphy's Law for Moms, #12

Baby wipes are either too big (when you just need a little wipe) or they are way too small, for those stinky messes that require a full body hazard suit and a bath for everyone within 10 feet.

Murphy's Law for Moms, #11

The baby always seems to know just when Mom is dropping off to sleep and emits a loud cry, causing Mom to start up with pounding heart.

Murphy's Law for Moms, #10

All the kids want to "help" Mom when she is making cookies.

Murphy's Law for Moms, #9

The less sleep the Mom gets at night, the less willpower she has the next day to resist the Easter candy.

Murphy's Law for Moms, #8

Pretending to sleep is a great game, but going to sleep for real is no fun at all!

Murphy's Law for Moms, #7

To a crawling baby, an open bathroom door is like waving a red flag in front of a bull. Charge!