Unmentionables. It was another day of laundry, nothing out of the ordinary right? Except that pair of lacy, black underwear (the ones you keep hidden from your kids went into the wash but didn’t come back out. I went through the now-folded load again to find them but to no avail. I convinced myself maybe I hadn’t really put them in the washer.

Then, the next day I find myself at my son’s elementary school. I’m there to volunteer in his class. As I’m approaching his classroom my eyes catch a pair of lacy, black underwear lying on the floor in the middle of the hall. Horrified I realize they’re mine! With no one else in sight I quickly pick them up and stuff them in my coat pocket. On the drive home from school I ask my son if he knew anything about them. Apparently while putting his coat on to go out to recess he felt something stuck in the sleeve, and, well, you can guess the rest. – Anonymous

Snake Charmer. My son got a snake catcher as a gift last Christmas (you know…long pole with a pincher on the end and a few mornings ago he was playing with it. I decided to get in the shower and to distract him while I was away I told him to find some snakes around the house. A few minutes into my shower he came running in and yelled, “Mommy, I got something.” I threw open the shower curtain fully expecting to see a toy in the snake catcher, but he caught something else. The snake catcher was down his diaper snapped around, err, ummm a “snake.” Let’s just say it hurt coming off. – Fairborn, OH

Button Button. My son is 14 months old and has recently become fascinated with his belly button. One day at his Little Gym class during bubble’s time, he lifted up the shirt of one of the little girls and started looking for her belly button! I was so embarrassed. Luckily the other mommy thought it was hysterical. – Leawood, KS

There is a certain kind of embarrassment that only a Mom can truly understand. Our MomMoments column is filled with these war stories of motherhood. We’d love to hear your stories so please share with us!