Basic Mom Week in Review - 03/01/15

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

1. My toddler was starting to get the hang of her shape sorter. Then she got caught up on the last shape, so she took off the top, placed the shape in the container and put the top back on.

Lesson: Where there's a will, there's a way. And my toddler certainly has a strong will.

2. This double mom brain moment:

Me (trying to rush out the door to take my 6-year-old to ballet): I can't find my phone, will you call it?

Husband: Sure.

[Buzzing from my purse]

Me: Oh yeah, I put it in my purse.

10 minutes later . . .

Me (stepping out of the car at the ballet studio): Oh shoot, I missed a call from Daddy.

6-year-old: Call him back.

Me: [calls husband]

Husband: Hello?

Me: Hi, what's up?

Husband: What do you mean?

Me: I missed your call.

Husband: Are you serious?

Me: Ohhhhhhh yeah, I lost my phone. I'm a moron. Love you, bye.

Lesson: I thought of one earlier, but I don't remember what it was . . .

3. I told my 6-year-old to meet me in my room to read a book before bed. This is how I found her:

Lesson: There isn't room on the bed for a lowly book-reader when the book-readee thinks she's a princess. 

4. My mom came to pick up my 6-year-old for some special grandma-granddaughter time. This was my toddler's reaction when they left without her:

Lesson: Being left at home with Mom and Dad (a.k.a. the people who feed, clothe, and shelter you and attend to your every need and want) is devastating.

5. While eating a steak and potatoes and drinking a craft beer, my husband uttered this phrase:

"I'm really excited about those khakis."

Lesson: I am married to the whitest man in the world.