Motherhood is a blessing!  It is also a LOT of work.  The rewards come in small ways that sometimes we don't always see them.  What are some of the perks of motherhood?  There are countless perks, but one that we will focus on in this section is- Humor!  Humor and funny things our kids say and do make our sometimes mundane lives have a little extra spark.  So, lets get on with the funnies! 


My Dad is Mexican and tans easily while out and about during the day.  While living in Germany, I had my fifth baby and my parents came to visit.  We went to the Schwimmbad (German for "pool") to swim and my dad joined the grandkids in the pool.  When Benjamin (age 4) saw him he came up and looking at Grandpa's "farmer's tan" asked him in a concerned voice, "GRANDPA!!  What happened?  Your Mexican ran out!!!"

Shopping with Madison (age 2 who we found out later is autistic) is always an ordeal.  I thought the first two times she did this, it was by chance or accident...now I know different.  While shopping in Hobby Lobby, she was running around like a mad woman in her little cheerleader outfit.  Then we pass by a guy who was in a Hobby Lobby pinafore, bending over organizing a shelf.  Madison stops and looks up at him and smacks him on the butt!  The guy turns around like whoa! and I apologized for her.  This is the THIRD time she's done this to guys bending over in the store!  Talk about embarrassing!!

-Shiloah Baker

One day, my brother-in-law, Greg, was holding my 3-year-old nephew Zak.  Since it was his day off, Greg hadn't shaved. Zak rubbed Greg's face and said, "Oooooh, Uncle Greg, you're SPICY!"
-Bethany Menard, Sandy Utah

My nephew, Alex, is just learning to use the potty. He is ok to pee on it, but he's shy about doing anything else. One morning, his mom (my sister) was wondering when it was going to be time to try to poop on the potty, since she was sure he would have to "go" sometime in the next hour or so. In the course of their morning, my sister took the kids outside for a minute so Taffy the dog could do her "business" in the yard. The next thing you know, Alex is squatting down right next to the dog, pooping in the yard!! "Look Mommy!" he says gleefully, "I poop in the yard just like Taffy!"

- Maggie Haley

My children are 3, 2, and 10 months and all three of them are always talking and saying cute things (yes, even the baby, who can say uh-oh with the best of them!!) The other day, my son, (3) asked me for a glass of water before bed. I gladly gave it to him and with a huge smile and a nod, he said "Thanks mom, you're a cupcake!" Just so many cute things!!
Another favorite is also by my son. My mother had recently found out that she was diabetic. We were talking about this in front of my son. He obviously was listening quite carefully when he remarked to his friend at church- "did you know that my nana is alphabetic???" Sweet kids.

-Jaelle Kaylor, Hannibal Missouri

When my oldest son was three, I was trying to calm him down one day when he was frustrated about something. He always found the "Piggy Toes" (This little piggy went to market...) very funny. On this particular day he wasn't at all amused by my attempt to soothe him. When I got to the end of the rhyme, I was about to say "and this little piggy went wee, wee, wee all the way home", but as a sly look came over my son's face, he quickly interrupted me and interjected his own ending; "and this little piggy was shot from a cannon and went wee, wee, wee all the way home!"

My son is 11 now and we still talk about that and it has become the official ending to that rhyme in our home.

-Lori Dudas


When my youngest was 4, we went out to breakfast one Saturday morning.  The waitress came to our booth and asked us if we'd like coffee... Matthew stood up in the booth, with hands on hips and a hoity-toity voice said, "OUR family doesn't DRINK coffee."  The waitress asked him, "Well, how do you wake up in the morning, then?"  To which Matthew replied, "Well, first I go pee."  Mortified, I heard the man in the booth behind me spit and spray something into his glass while chuckling... Matthew is 8 years old now, and he's never going to live this one down!

Susie Clayton
South St. Paul, MN

My oldest daughter, who was 2 at the time, was sitting with us in a restaurant. We were sitting close to the bathrooms. This man dressed in "biker" stuff with a Mohawk, chains, etc. walks by. Right as he passes us my daughter yell out, "Mommy, look!! It's a scary man!!" I could have died!

-Shiloah Baker

My three year old son was dreading his first day as a Sunbeam. We tried so hard to prepare him, and make it sound so exciting for him. While in Sacrament Meeting he said, "Mom, I don't want to go to Sunbeams." I said, "Why? It'll be fun." He then said very seriously "I don't want to be a Prophet." Needless to say, he went to Primary and came out fine. He did not become a Prophet. :)

-Michelle Hammons

My son, age 4, is very inquisitive. Well, one day, he approached my sister-in-law, and asked her if her baby pees in his pants. She answered, "Yes, he does go potty in his pants, he's a baby. You're a big boy; where do you go potty?" He replied, "I pee in the driveway."

-Bethany Menard, Sandy Utah