Basic Mom Week in Review - 02/28/16

5 Things That Actually Happened This Week and the Lessons I Learned

1. I found a video on my phone of my 7-year-old panning in and out on herself while making weird faces. In the background, you can hear my husband say something about "the voice of our demon baby" and my 2-year-old screaming delightfully, "I'm naked!"

I spared you the audio (and all 32 seconds of my daughter's weird video-selfie) with this gif:

Lesson: If you want a real snapshot of my life, don't look through my Facebook feed, just ask me to send you this full video.

2. There was a snow day. This is what my 2-year-old's room looked like by 8:02AM.

Lesson: Kids don't understand that snow days are for sleeping in and relaxing.

3. I let my kids order chocolate cake to split after lunch on the snow day. I asked my 7-year-old if I could take a picture of her eating her cake. She posed like a pro:

Then I asked my 2-year-old to show me how she eats her cake so I could take a picture. Here's her first pose:

Lesson: Next time I will remember to say, "Please smile at Mommy's phone while you hold your fork" instead of "Show me how you eat your [food item]" to my very literal 2-year-old.

(Don't worry, I got a good one eventually):

4. My 2-year-old fell asleep on the way home from lunch. So my 7-year-old sang "Let It Go" as loud as she could in her sister's ear to see if she could wake her up.

Lesson: A 7-year-old screaming in her ear will not wake up my 2-year-old. Nor will the walk through the snow to the house. Nor will removing her coat and boots. However, she will definitely wake up if I gently lay her down in her bed, which will result in a 7-minute nap for the day and a grumpy afternoon.

5. My 7-year-old drew a picture of two people putting on a stage production of "Romeo and Juliet" for her sister.