Basic Mom Week in Review - 04/10/16

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

1. This conversation with my 2-year-old while she was playing with a flashlight:

2-Year-Old: [shines flashlight directly in my eyes]

Me: Please stop shining that in my eyes.

2-Year-Old: [lowers flashlight for two seconds, then raises it back to my eyes]

Me: STOP shining that in my eyes!

2-Year-Old: I not! I just shining it at your glasses.

Lesson: The politician is strong in that one.

2. This is what a portion of my camera roll looked like after I let my 2-year-old play with my phone during our grocery shopping trip:

Later that day, she took a burst of SEVENTY photos of the side of her sister's backpack.

Lesson: My phone storage problem is 90% my 2-year-old's fault.

3. I tried to make a Play-Doh monkey for my 2-year-old.:

Lesson: My attempt at a Play-Doh monkey terrified my 2-year-old:

4. While watching my 7-year-old perform gymnastic feats in the basement, I started chanting, "Go Isla, it's your birthday. Go Isla, it's your birthday."

She stopped what she was doing, stared me down with a look of mixed confusion and annoyance, and just said, "Why?"

Lesson: I've become old. Not to mention, an annoying mom.

5. I threw on some jeans, old Uggs, and a winter coat over my pajama top to take my 7-year-old to the bus. When I got home and took off my coat, my 2-year-old very concernedly asked, "Why you wear that to the bus stop?"