Basic Mom Week in Review - 08/23/15

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

1. My 6-year-old built this tower entirely out of construction paper and Scotch tape.

Meanwhile, I accidentally sewed the right front-part of the strap to the left back-part of the strap of my 6-year-old's dress.

Lesson: The whole brilliant-kid-and-scatterbrained-mom thing doesn't just occur in sitcoms - it's my life.

2. My toddler was running her hand up and down my stubble-ridden leg. I asked, "What does Mommy's leg feel like?" (expecting her to say something like, "Hairy").

Instead my 6-year-old chimed in with, "Squishy!"

Lesson: Apparently, I need to up my squats game. And shave my squishy legs.

3. My toddler got ahold of my phone and made a string of nonsense calls. Also, apparently, one phone call to someone in Ontario, Canada.

Lesson: At least now if someone were to look at my call history, I'd seem a bit more interesting (Hmmm, she talks to her brother . . . the pharmacy . . . her mom . . . Ooh, she knows someone in Canada!).

4. My 6-year-old was playing nicely and seemingly admiring a baby at the mall play place, so I asked her if she needed another baby sister.

Her response: "No. Toddlers are rascally." Then she looked at the baby's mom, pointed to my toddler, and said, "Especially this one."

Lesson: My 6-year-old is not above calling out her sister to complete strangers.

5. My toddler escaped from my attempts to get her dressed after bath time. I found her nakedly playing the mini piano in her sister's room.