Joanna Gaines may design perfect, gorgeous homes for her clients and whip up delicious looking treats for her restaurant and bakery, but when she goes home, she's just your average mom. Jo serves frozen pizza for dinner when she's in a bind, lets her kids play with plastic cups and toilet paper if it's keeping them busy, and finds piles of laundry all down the hallway leading to the washing machine — further proof that no mom can escape the life.
Whether you're already obsessed with Joanna like we are, or are just beginning to fall in love with the Gaines family, you'll appreciate these totally normal mom moments that prove that, at her core, Jo's one of us.
Sometimes it's just easier to give in.
As it turns out, these plastic cups kept her kids and their cousins busy for a whole week. That's impressive!
But that's a pretty cute request, so she rolled with it.
The age gap between Jo's kids hasn't affected Crew's initiation into the family in the slightest.
Yup, that looks familiar.
This foosball table was only about five times smaller than she expected it to be.
Sometimes that's all you have the bandwidth for, and that's OK.
Move over, Jo — Ella may be the next big thing on HGTV!
We all know those all too well.
Kids in costume 24/7 is pretty much the norm (a husband in costume, maybe not as much).
Of course it mentions unicorns.
Typical.
But totally ate sh*t (how the hell do kids balance on those things?!)
Bedtime can wait until the rabbit princesses are situated.
Sometimes the simplest things remind us about the basics of parenting.
That is quite the DIY costume!
At least they're playing outside?
And even though it's homemade, gourmet-looking macaroni and cheese, of course it's macaroni and cheese.
Just a normal day in the life with kids.