A Stay-at-Home-Mom's Christmas Guide to Awkwardly Explaining to People What You Do All Day

Ah yes, holiday small talk when people have no idea what to say to you. Just keep this blog in mind for when people do the awkward you-stay-at-home-all-day-and-I-have-no-idea-what-to-say-about-that nod.

Talk about how you like to do fun educational activities with your children.
Have a mental list ready of the Pinteresty or educational activities you've managed to complete in the past few weeks. Don't mention how it ended in you screaming at your children about getting paint on the ceiling (HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET PAINT ON THE CEILING??).

Talk about how you like to include the children in running errands and grocery shopping so they can have lots of learning experiences.
Don't talk about how it takes you two hours to leave the house because little Suzy pooped her pants and had to take a bath and then Tommy's shoes took an hour to locate (HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO LOSE ONE SHOE FROM EACH PAIR OF SHOES YOU OWN??). And then you can't find your car keys and by the time you find everything, it's snack time. And then you decide it's not even worth it to leave your house.

Talk about your moms' groups and what activities you do there.
Don't talk about how socially awkward you've become because 90% of your socialization comes from infants/toddlers/preschoolers. No need to mention it, it's already painfully obvious.

Talk about the nice playdates you set up for your children for socializing.
Don't mention that you have to spend five hours furiously cleaning the house if someone is coming  over because having small children means you are in an infinite, soul-crushing cycle of cleaning that somehow still leaves your house looking like you don't do anything all day.

Talk about self-improvement hobbies/books/videos/etc. you do while the children sleep.
I'm using "self-improvement" very loosely. Anything that helps you relax so you can spend another day taking care of little humans without wanting to kill something/someone counts.

Merry Christmas!
Now I just need to do three more loads of laundry...