Basic Mom Week in Review - 05/29/16

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

1. This logical conversation:

2-Year-Old: [yawns]

Husband: Are you sleepy?

2-Year-Old: I not sleepy. I just tired.

Lesson: I'm pretty sure my daughter thinks "tired" means she has an excuse to act like a brat and "sleepy" means she wants to go to bed.

2. I got to help make butter in my 7-year-old's "after school science" program, and then I talked about how cool it was for days (we literally just shook heavy cream until the butter milk separated from the fat, and for some reason this absolutely fascinated me - also, it was delicious).

Lesson: If you come to my house this summer, you may be asked to take a turn shaking the cream . . . Because we will be eating fresh butter ALL. SUMMER. LONG.

3. When I said, "Let's go in the pool!," my 2-year-old replied, "You're too big, Mom!"

Lesson: Just when I'm feeling semi-confident in my bikini for the first time in years, I can count on my 2-year-old to bring me down a notch.

4. My 2-year-old had a meltdown because we made plans to go to the library, and we discovered that it was closed for the holiday weekend when we got there.

Lesson: I would be like #proudmommoment if I thought this meltdown was due to her love of books, but deep down I know it was because I promised we would look for a Star Wars DVD.

5. My 2-year-old walked up to me with a straw in her mouth and started trying to stick the other end in my mouth. When I asked her to stop, she said, "It's okay. I am a doctor."

Lesson: It was almost as reassuring as this: