Basic Mom Week in Review - 06/19/16

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

1. While my 2-year-old was supposed to be napping, I caught her making Barbie and Prince Eric kiss.

Lesson: I am totally unprepared for situations like this (and by situations like this, I mean learning that Prince Eric is not 100% faithful to Ariel, of course). 

2. I found these thrilling and entirely unique entries in my 7-year-old's first-grade journal.

Lesson: Sometimes you just need to borrow your own material.

3. This conversation with my 7-year-old about the Charlotte's Web movie:

7-Year-Old: I think you'll like the rat, Templeton. He's kind of like you.

Me: Oh, yeah? How?

7-Year-Old: He's like . . . grumpy-ish. 

Me: [narrows eyes]

7-Year-Old: And . . . funny.

Lesson: My 7-year-old has learned the fine art of the "nice save."

4. While my husband was carrying my 2-year-old around the mall, she started licking her fingers and then rubbing them on his face, insisting she was cleaning him.

Lesson: My husband has a higher tolerance level for my daughter's weird antics than I do. (Also, it's possible my 2-year-old was a cat in a former life.)

5. While at a 7-year-old's birthday party, I participated in a 20-minute conversation with a group of moms about head lice.

Lesson: I have reached peak basic mom level.

Happy Father's Day!