Discombobulated

Gracie asked me, "What's your favorite word?" Without pausing for my answer, she said, "Mine's discombobulated."

Discombobulated: Thrown into a state of confusion.

Of course my children are intimately familiar with that word. My last name should be discombobulated.

My kids probably think my favorite word is "stopbickering," but the word that popped into my head when Gracie asked me her question was "Mom." Despite periodic urges to knock my kids' heads together ala the Three Stooges, the best part of my life, truly, is Being Mom. (And that, folks, is why we're adopting).

Although I have to say, I've always really liked "cumulonimbus" as a word, too.