Basic Mom Week in Review - 10/04/15
/5 Things That Actually Happened This Week and the Lessons I Learned
1. I caught my toddler using her spit to draw on the front window.
Lesson: Either my toddler has no regard for living in a clean house, or she cares deeply about living in a clean house and wanted to give me a reason to wash the windows (I'm pretty sure it's the former).
2. While my 6-year-old was supposed to be cleaning her room, she was mixing together water, glue, and glitter. Then she ran out to the kitchen, and proclaimed proudly, "I made sticky water!"
Lesson/Sarcastic comment: Because what the world needs is a way to make glitter stick to everything.
3. I took my toddler to a planning meeting for my 6-year-old's school Fun Run. She kept herself entertained by emptying the contents of my purse, eating my protein bar (note the chocolate around her mouth), and unwrapping my tampons (and throwing them on the ground).
Lesson: I can't take my toddler anywhere (which is a real problem, because I have to take my toddler everywhere.)
4. I gave my toddler bubble gum for the first time after a conversation that went something like this:
Toddler: Bubble gum me!
Me (knowing this would be a mistake): Okay, but you have to chew it. DO NOT swallow it. Just chew it.
Toddler: Yeah.
Me: So you are just going to chew it?
Toddler: Yeah.
Me: Are you going to swallow it?
Toddler: No.
Me: You promise? NO swallowing it! Just chew it.
Toddler: Yeah.
She swallowed it about 30 seconds later.
Lesson: Sometimes I give my toddler too much credit.
5. My toddler fell asleep during an important phone call.
Lesson: Being a rascal is exhausting.
