First of all, I absolutely HATE what they did to Heidi Klum’s face on the cover of the May issue of Good Housekeeping. They gave her AlienFace! It’s a combination of bad makeup, bad lighting, and bad Photoshop. And the puppy’s face is all “OH NOES! They put me with AlienFace!!” Anyway, yes, Heidi is the cover girl and the interview is half decent. You can read the full thing here – Heidi talks extensively about her family and her career juggling. Whenever I read anything about Heidi, I just get exhausted – she does everything. Maternity lines, show lines, perfumes, she has four kids, she has a husband, she does Project Runway, she hosts another show on Lifetime, and on and on. Meanwhile, I sometimes forget to feed for my dog, and he’s literally my only responsibility. Here are some highlights from the interview:

On her AOL blog site, Planet Heidi: She covers parenting as well as cooking, nutrition, fashion, and interior design. A regular reader of other mom blogs, Klum hopes that her site will become an educational forum for mothers. “Apart from sharing my tips on toys or snacks, I’m open to hearing new ideas from other moms,” she explains. “I want to learn, too.”

She is most proud of: …The job she has done of raising considerate kids, ones who say “please” and “thank you” without prodding. “I’m very happy when I see them just doing it by themselves, because it takes a few years,” she says. “For the longest time, you just sound like a broken record, but you have to be consistent when teaching kids.”

Consistency: “Keeping it all together as a modern woman means multitasking, especially when you work,” she says. “I think you always need to try your best, but at the same time you can only do what you can do, and you don’t need to beat yourself up about it. I’m not white-picket-fence perfect.”

She misses out on everyday milestones in her kids’ lives. “There are moments that I wish I was there for,” she says. “For example, when Lou almost fell over and little 4-year-old Johan caught her.”

But: “Family comes first,” Klum insists. “You’re the only thing they have.” (Perhaps this is why one of her favorite charities is an orphanage in Germany; she wrote a book about the tooth fairy, the proceeds of which benefit the parentless kids there.)

On her childhood: Klum did have an awkward phase. “I had a lot of pimples,” she insists, grimacing at the thought because she still gets the occasional zit. “I was a good kid,” Klum recalls. “My parents laid rules out for me, and I followed them.” Her mother gave her one rule she has never forgotten: “Don’t rely on anybody,” Klum says. “I saw that you have to work to get what you want.”

No regrets about the past: “I’ve been married before. I’ve had boyfriends. I’ve been cheated on. I’ve been heartbroken. I’ve broken hearts,” she says. “That’s part of life, and it’s part of figuring out who you are so you can find the right partner.”

On marriage and renewing her vows with Seal every year: “It’s very romantic,” she says with a dreamy look in her eyes. “It’s a sacred, special moment for us where we tell each other how we feel about each other. I get asked so many times,” she continues, “that I ask myself, Why does [our marriage] work so well? Maybe it’s just because it’s real. We love each other. We love our kids. We have fun with each other and in all the stages in our lives we go through together. What I wanted in a partnership is that I could still be who I am. There are many days where I don’t want to put on makeup. I want to be loved just as me.”

On Seal: “He’s the most charming, loving, fun, gentlemanly, inspirational man I could have wished for,” Klum gushes. “He always makes me feel I’m the only woman in the world. “He always puts family first, too. It’s about being Dad every day.” She is equally thoughtful, planning getaways when they are visiting her parents in Germany and the kids are taken care of. “We may be parents, but we can still make time to be a couple,” she says. “We’ll go shopping together. The kids think that’s the most boring thing on the planet.”

On having a large family so quickly: “Every time I left the hospital with a big smile on my face and a baby in my arms, I said to the nurse, ‘I’ll be back next year!’ ” she giggles.

On spirituality: “As my husband would say, ‘How can you make a child and then think there is no God?’ ” Klum continues, awed by the blessing and responsibility of being a mom. “Giving birth is a huge spiritual thing. And what I put in the world — meaning our kids — I try to make as good as I can.”

On pregnancy weight: “When you are a fit and healthy person to begin with, you most likely go back to what you were before,” she says.

Beauty advice: Her best advice for keeping a youthful appearance and the energy to get through the day is also the simplest: Get plenty of sleep. “If I don’t have plans with my husband, I go to bed right after the kids at 8:30.”

[From Good Housekeeping]

Heidi cracks me up. Can you imagine leaving the hospital, having just given birth, and yelling out “I’ll be back next year!”? The nurses were probably like, “Crazy German woman.” But I’ll admit it – I get a sugar rush from hearing Heidi gush about Seal. I buy their sweetness. I think they adore each other, and I think their marriage is solid. At least I hope it is. Fingers crossed!

Oh, and I kind of think she’s pregnant again. It just feels like she’s due to be knocked up again.

Additional photos courtesy of Fame.