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March 25, 2013 by: Shell

You Know You Have Blogger Kids When…

It’s true that you can tell a child has a blogger for a mom when their lives are typed out in (sometimes embarrassing) detail. But there are other tell-tale signs that you can pick up, even if you don’t actually know that mom has a blog.

Like when the kids do not understand why both FedEx and UPS drove past the house without stopping(which could also be a sign of a child of a shopaholic, but it’s a blogging thing, too!).

Or when they make mess and mom has to take a pic before cleaning it up because it will make a great blog post.

Or maybe you have a conversation like this:

Hubs(on the the drive home from picking me up at the airport after a blogging conference): Your hair looks really wavy. (his way of saying “Did you do something permanently weird to your hair, because I really don’t like it, but it’s different enough that you’ll probably get cranky if I don’t say something about it.)
Me: I had it curled by V05 yesterday. They were doing hair in one of the suites.
8 year old: Does that mean you have to write about your hair now?

Um, no.

Except that I just did. But not because I felt I had to. But thinking that way is a sign of being a child of a blogger!

wavy hair

What I look like with wavy hair. Which I would do more often… if I always had someone else to do it! Instead, I’ll stick with a messy bun.

How else can you tell that someone is a blogger’s kid?

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Comments

  1. JDaniel4's Mom says

    March 25, 2013 at 7:50 am

    My son has this same way of thinking! Your hair looks awesome!

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 3:04 pm

      Thank you! 🙂 

  2. Alison says

    March 25, 2013 at 7:56 am

    Haha! I love your son’s perspective. 
    I like your hair, very cute. 

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 3:06 pm

      It cracked me up ! 

      Thank you! 

  3. Kim@Co-Pilot Mom says

    March 25, 2013 at 8:32 am

    Your hair looks great! My oldest has started to predict when I am going to take photos – it’s pretty funny! 

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 3:06 pm

      It’s a side effect to being a child of a blogger. 

  4. Dianne says

    March 25, 2013 at 9:08 am

    That’s awesome! Your hair does look great! 
    My kids haven’t started asking me if I’m gonna blog about something, yet. I’m still new to the blogging game. 

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 3:06 pm

      They’ll get there! 😉 

  5. Julia says

    March 25, 2013 at 10:37 am

    I love the wavy hair. My son always asks me to “take my picture” which i think is a sign of a blogger mom cause I”m always photographing everything.

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 3:07 pm

      I love getting pics of everything! 

  6. Runnermom-jen says

    March 25, 2013 at 11:08 am

    You look gorgeous!!! I love your hair. I agree, I wish I had someone to do my hair all the time! Messy buns it is 😉 

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 3:07 pm

      I need help with my hair for sure. 

  7. Ilene says

    March 25, 2013 at 11:10 am

    My kids know I am up to blogging because I take photos everywhere.  Then they go, “Are you going to blog about this?” 
    You’re hair looks AWESOME. 

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 3:09 pm

      Who knew “blog” would become such a part of their vocab?

      And thank you! 

  8. Keri says

    March 25, 2013 at 11:31 am

    LOL My kids often ask me when we sit down to dinner if I need to take a picture before they start eating!

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 3:16 pm

      Ha! Must instagram the food first! 

  9. Jenni Chiu @ MommyNaniBooboo says

    March 25, 2013 at 1:10 pm

    So true. Also, wavy hair looks awesomely beachy on you.

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 3:34 pm

      Thank you! I needed to take those V05 girls home in my suitcase so I could have nice hair. LOL

  10. Jennifer says

    March 25, 2013 at 1:28 pm

    Every time we go somewhere to do something fun my daughter asks, “is this a blog thing?” No sweetie, sometimes momma actually has to PAY for you to go to the movies. Most times actually.

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 3:35 pm

      Unfortunately, yes, most times we’re paying! 

      I think I started it with my kids by explaining different things we’ve been able to do or get are b/c of blogging- to try to get them to understand part of why I’m on the computer!

  11. John (Daddy Runs a Lot) says

    March 25, 2013 at 1:51 pm

    My kids have both started making faces for the camera (if they even let me take a picture).  Little do they know that it makes for even better blogger fodder.

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 3:35 pm

      Mine like to make crazy faces for the camera. I can only catch a smile if I sneak. 

  12. Jen says

    March 25, 2013 at 1:52 pm

    My kids always try and think of things to do so that I can “Put it on my website!”

    They like being the stars of my little internet show. 🙂

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 3:36 pm

      Good thing they like it, right? 

  13. Leigh Powell Hines @Hinessightblog says

    March 25, 2013 at 2:20 pm

    Your hair looks great.  My kids pose.  Guess that’s how you can tell in this house.  LOL!

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 3:36 pm

      So cute! 

  14. Emmy says

    March 25, 2013 at 2:21 pm

    Lol!  That is so so true!  My kids will even sometimes ask for me to take funny videos of them and ask if I am going to put them on the blog, so yea they totally know. 

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 3:37 pm

      Oh, mine love video! 

  15. Janmary, N Ireland says

    March 25, 2013 at 2:47 pm

    My kids know to hesitate before diving in to eat any baking or cooking. They often ask “is this for the blog or for us?” The answers is usually both!!

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 3:37 pm

      We have to instagram those meals before they can eat! 😉 

      • Janmary, N Ireland says

        March 25, 2013 at 4:27 pm

        Oh yes – Instagram too! Although now the girls are teens and they and their friends are on Instagram, Pinterest etc they find it embarrassing having a mum who blogs, instragrams, pins etc!

  16. Southern Angel says

    March 25, 2013 at 2:53 pm

    LMBO yeah so true. My boys are always MOM you are not putting this on the blog are you??? BWhahahaha.. I love your hair like that. I wish mine would do that but nooooo I get the unruly white girl with a fro curls all the time..

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 3:37 pm

      I could never get it to do this without someone else doing it for me! 

  17. xo, Dee says

    March 25, 2013 at 3:01 pm

    Always having the cellphone camera ready to catch a blog worthy moment or a blog-spiration (this is extra true if that mom blogger doubles as a /diy blogger).

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 3:38 pm

      So true! 

  18. Carolyn Y says

    March 25, 2013 at 3:35 pm

    Ha too true. When I take a picture of my girls , Julia asks “Will that go on the computer now?”

    BTW, love your hair

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 3:38 pm

      And yes, of course it goes on the computer! 😉 

      Thank you! 

  19. Mary @ A Teachable Mom says

    March 25, 2013 at 4:03 pm

    My kids now think the same way! Great picture – you look gorgeous! Wavy hair suits you (as does having someone at your beck and call to curl it!) 😉

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 7:46 pm

      I wish I always had someone else to do it! 

  20. Rach (DonutsMama) says

    March 25, 2013 at 4:18 pm

    Your hair looks gorgeous. (And P.S. I totally would’ve driven out to see you at Blissdom but I know you all had such a hectic schedule.)

    You know I’m blogger b/c when I talk about my friends, they all have online names, usually their blog names. I must sound crazy to people outside the blog world!

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 7:46 pm

      I wish you could have! It was crazy busy, but I would have loved to get to meet you! 

  21. Stacey @ Life So Lovely says

    March 25, 2013 at 5:50 pm

    With my kids it’s not so much the blog part of it…but every time I take a picture, my youngest is always saying, “Are you putting this on Facebook?? I don’t want to be on Facebook!”

    Your hair looks great, by the way 🙂

    • Shell says

      March 25, 2013 at 7:47 pm

      I imagine my kids saying that to me as they get older- and telling me not to tag them! 

  22. Christine @ Love, Life, Surf says

    March 25, 2013 at 7:56 pm

    I love your curly hair! Yes, my kids are always checking for packages and always asking if I have to take a picture first before we eat/clean up/play/etc.

  23. Jayme says

    March 25, 2013 at 8:05 pm

    ROFL! One of my twins just asked me why the brown truck didn’t bring me a package when it drove by earlier today!

  24. Adrienne says

    March 26, 2013 at 9:07 pm

    Yes! The UPS/FedEx thing is a big deal here. The other day we got a box of cereal via FedEx. Oh the excitement. LOL My youngest has no been dodging the cameras, and begging me NOT to write about little happening in his life. “Mom, You cannot blog about this!”

  25. Justin Knight says

    March 26, 2013 at 9:07 pm

    This is funny and hits a little too close to home for us since both my wife and I have blogs. Our 6 year old will random ask, “So how many followers do you have now?” Or “Are you doing a giveaway?” Think they’ll be permanently damaged?
    Justin- Writing Pad Dad
    Writing Pad Dad Blog
    Writing Pad Dad on Facebook

  26. Xiomara| Equis Place says

    March 27, 2013 at 9:20 pm

    I love that your son asked if you have to write about your hair now. My son isn’t yet old enough to understand the whole blogging thing, but you’ve given me something new to look forward to. P.S. I think your hair looks great with waves!

  27. Amanda Jillian says

    March 28, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    Cuteness lol. My kids aren’t to that stage yet, mostly cause they are 4 and almost 2.

  28. Stephanie @ Babe's Rockin' Mami says

    April 7, 2013 at 3:30 pm

    Nathaniel now asks if I want to/will I take a picture of him for my friends haha

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