Why...

- does your newly potty-trained kid have a bad bout of diarrhea just after you've given away the remains of all the diapers you have left?

- is any adorable moment between your children followed by fighting and screaming a la banshee?

- don't I know how to remove crayon from a new white t-shirt? (answer please?)

- did I stay up until 3am last night watching "Elizabethtown" when I really should have slept? It wasn't worth it, believe me.

- does my Replay TV keep bugging out and recording kids' shows instead of my own? I'll finally have a moment to myself to watch a quick episode of Jeopardy (yes, I record it) when I'm instead greeted with the theme song from "WonderPets," drawing my kids from across the house like the Pied Piper.