Basic Mom Week in Review - 08/28/16

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

1. My 2-year-old was having trouble with the pooping part of potty-training, so my husband suggested we move her potty to her favorite place to poop - under the kitchen table.

Lesson: Good thing there aren't residential health inspections.

2. This conversation between sisters at dinner:

7-Year-Old: Stop combing your hair with your fork.

2-Year-Old: It's a dinglehopper!

Lesson: There's a Disney princess in all of us.

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3. My 7-year-old and her buddy wore dress-up clothes to go on a walk through our neighborhood. While her buddy went with an elegant look, my daughter went with "straight-from-the-'80s."

Lesson: It's about time I invest in some "I dressed myself" stickers.

4. While my 7-year-old was rubbing her eyes and face, my 2-year-old told her,

"You look like a face-swap person."

Lesson: Perhaps I let my 2-year-old play with Snapchat too much.

5. My 2-year-old found a Star Wars book at Barnes & Noble that she really wanted. When I said that we didn't need to buy it, my 7-year-old said that she had brought money and she wanted to buy it for her.

My 2-year-old was very grateful:

Lesson: Parenting isn't all bad table manners and poop; sometimes it's realizing that you might be getting some parts of it right.