Basic Mom Week in Review - 01/09/16
/5 Things That Actually Happened This Week and the Lessons I Learned
1. This interaction while ordering dinner for my 2-year-old at a restaurant:
Me (to Server): She will have the mac and cheese with . . .
Me (to 2-Year-Old): Honey, would you like broccoli or green beans?
2-Year-Old: French fries.
Lesson: My 2-year-old likes to undermine the "good-mom" illusion I try to present to the public.
2. My 2-year-old was playing nicely in her room, so I decided to go out to the living room and begin taking down the Christmas decorations. About 3 minutes later I turned around to see that she had located the box of kinetic sand in her sister's room, dragged it into the hallway, and started playing with it (a.k.a. sprinkling it on the floor) precisely in the path I would need to walk dozens of times in order to complete my task.
Lesson: This is why it takes three times longer than it should to get anything done.
3. The ceremony for the PTSA Reflections art contest that my 6-year-old entered fell on the evening of my wedding anniversary. In the car on the way to school that morning, my 6-year-old said, "Going to the Reflections thing after dinner is like my anniversary treat for you and Daddy!"
Lesson: There's nothing more romantic than sitting in a high school auditorium for 2 hours while dozens of awards are handed out one by one.
4. My 6-year-old won an Award of Excellence for the poem she entered in the PTSA Reflections contest:
Lesson: It turns out, sitting in a high school auditorium for 2 hours while dozens of awards are handed out one by one is a treat when one of those awards goes to your kid and you get to see the giant proud smile on her face.
5. This conversation with my husband at approximately 10:00PM, two days before our 4th wedding anniversary:
Husband: Is it bad if I have a sandwich?
Me: No. How is that different from any other night?
Husband: Okay.
Me: Besides, it's not as bad as the nine servings of ice cream I'm about to have.
Husband: Well, I'm going to have a sandwich and then probably some Sour Patch Kids.
Me (scooping ice cream into a bowl): Don't care.
Husband: Is this why we got married? So we don't have to take care of ourselves?
Lesson: Unconditional love is a beautiful thing.