I always come across sounding like I hate my children. I actually love them very much.

I have this fancy Givenchy bag. I don't know what the Kardashians have in their bags - I bet they have really expensive products or six cellphones or something. I have a cellphone and some lipstick for me, and the rest is just filled with stuff for the kids - sunscreen and lip balm and little Ziploc bags of pretzels and cheese sticks.

We've had four or five casts in three years. There was a point when I thought the Department of Children and Family Services was going to show up at my door!

I was class mom at the preschool one year and I was pretty much asked not to do that again!

At restaurants, I carry paper and markers and tell everyone to draw a picture with a unicorn, an octopus and an explosion. That keeps kids still for a minute.

My husband is very funny and his humor has gotten us through a lot. He's good at defusing me.

I use an app called ChoreMonster. The kids earn points for brushing teeth or picking up the dog poop. It's genius.