So I saw this article on Parenting.com and thought I would share of few tips they had on how to enjoy being a mom. These were my favorite 12.

1. When you're tired, hand your kids a brush, point to your head, and tell them to play beauty parlor. When you're really tired, pretend that you're Sleeping Beauty.
2. At the end of every summer, take a family photo for the holiday card (you'll be happy to have this accomplished once December comes). Every year, add a framed 11-by-14-inch print to your front hall. Your kids will be proud now and laugh later at the funny styles.
3. On St. Patrick's Day, dye the milk and eggs green and turn the furniture upside down so your home looks like total chaos. When your little ones wake up, tell them that the leprechauns came.
4. Play Freaky Friday with your husband and switch roles for a day. Enjoy his renewed appreciation for his Super Mom wife.
5. . In the dead of winter, fix some snacks, get under warm quilts, and watch Happy Feet on DVD. Tell your kids you love them even more than the penguins love their chicks.
6. Use your kids as an excuse to do the things you want to do, like going to silly feel-good movies, eating mac and cheese for dinner, and jumping in the moon bounce. Use your kids as an excuse to get out of things you don't want to do, like going to a wedding or office party.
7. Every Mother's Day, have a picture taken with your kids. Keep the photos all together - along with special cards, ticket stubs, mementos, and anything else that makes you feel good about being a mom - in a shoe box. (Of course, you must get those new shoes you love in order to do this correctly.) Every year, look through your Goddess Mom box and see how much your kids have grown.
8. Give your kids quiet time every day. Let them learn to be by themselves with books, crayons, or blocks.
9. Let your whole family take a day off and hang out in pj's all day long.
10. Pitch a tent in the backyard. Use it as your outdoor reading room. Or when there's a full moon, plan a family camp out with sleeping bags, a transistor radio, and s'mores, of course.
11. Invent a house fairy. Give her a name, and tell your kids that she is always watching them and counting up their good deeds.
12. Listen for the deep, happy sighs that come after your kids play or laugh really hard. Tuck them away in your heart.