Basic Mom Week in Review - 04/24/16

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

1. The kids and I were happily singing and dancing along to music from Teen Beach Movie while my husband annoyedly drove us home from dinner. We had this exchange when he hit approximately the 7th red light in a row:

Me (teasingly): Ever wonder what it's like to hit a green light?

Husband: Ever wonder what it's like to be child-free and single?

Lesson: There's only so much Teen Beach music a grown man can stand. (Surely, his question had nothing to do with my terrible singing or annoying dance moves.)

2. I found this in my 7-year-old's bed.

Lesson: Perhaps we have watched The Little Rascals a few too many times since Netflix made it available a few weeks ago.

3. My 2-year-old woke up in the middle of the night and insisted that I find her Flounder toy. It was in this toy bin:

For scale:

Lesson: It's no fun to wake up in the middle of the night to go fishing.

4. I found a half-eaten pretzel crisp on the bathroom counter, and was shocked to learn that it was my 7-year-old, and not my 2-year-old, who abandoned it there.