Lately, my two year old daughter and four year old son have been playing TOGETHER. Quietly. Nicely. With very few hissing, spitting, scratching cat-fights. It has been marvelous, let me tell you.
It's been so marvelous, in fact, that I have allowed myself to succumb to winter induced laziness and have actually let my guard down, while they are playing so sweetly TOGETHER, to do things like doze off while watching the Today Show in peace and quiet, and sometimes take a bath at two in the afternoon.
But I have paid the price. Nothing comes free where two toddlers are involved. Over the course of the last week:
Laura sliced Garrett's thumb with a pair of scissors, which miraculously involved NO blood.
Two rolls of toilet paper have been used to make "trails" throughout the house. And they were DOUBLE rolls.
There was a mid-morning popsicle fest, in which I realized that the children must be semi-well trained, as the trash was in the trash can and they had eaten them in the kitchen, on plates. Score!
Laura popped a balloon with a STEAK KNIFE AND THEN RAN AWAY FROM ME WITH THE KNIFE OH MY GOD.
Laura placed the remains of popped balloon in her mouth and refused to unclamp her jaw for me to dig it out. Hello, number one choking hazard.
My counter is covered in marker drawings. Washable markers, my friends. They are a gift from God and Crayola.
Laura got into the bathtub (there was no water in it) and couldn't get out. I found Garrett trying to "rescue" her with the hose on my vacuum cleaner. Um, he may be watching a little too much "Diego".
Whew! This mom stuff is really exhausting. No wonder I need naps.
It's been so marvelous, in fact, that I have allowed myself to succumb to winter induced laziness and have actually let my guard down, while they are playing so sweetly TOGETHER, to do things like doze off while watching the Today Show in peace and quiet, and sometimes take a bath at two in the afternoon.
But I have paid the price. Nothing comes free where two toddlers are involved. Over the course of the last week:
Laura sliced Garrett's thumb with a pair of scissors, which miraculously involved NO blood.
Two rolls of toilet paper have been used to make "trails" throughout the house. And they were DOUBLE rolls.
There was a mid-morning popsicle fest, in which I realized that the children must be semi-well trained, as the trash was in the trash can and they had eaten them in the kitchen, on plates. Score!
Laura popped a balloon with a STEAK KNIFE AND THEN RAN AWAY FROM ME WITH THE KNIFE OH MY GOD.
Laura placed the remains of popped balloon in her mouth and refused to unclamp her jaw for me to dig it out. Hello, number one choking hazard.
My counter is covered in marker drawings. Washable markers, my friends. They are a gift from God and Crayola.
Laura got into the bathtub (there was no water in it) and couldn't get out. I found Garrett trying to "rescue" her with the hose on my vacuum cleaner. Um, he may be watching a little too much "Diego".
Whew! This mom stuff is really exhausting. No wonder I need naps.
9 Comments:
Rolling.
On the floor.
Laughing....my ass off!
DOUBLE ROLLS!
Diego.
You are so funny.
And yes, washable markers, how I love thee.
LOL Sounds like my week. B has been rather inventive with the crap he has gotten into. How in the hell do they come up with this crap?
Hillarious what kids will get into, lol. Brian has told me that one day his ex-wife was napping and got ticked off when she found out the kids had discovered baby powder, lol.
Sounds like they are growing perfectly independent. Now just leave them a box of Honey Nut Cheerios on the kitchen floor and show them where to find bowls, and you can sleep an extra half hour every morning.
But I wouldn't know anything about that.
Also, it sounds like you need to keep your toilet paper under lock and key. Haha
My children waste so much toilet paper and Kleenex it's not even funny. The money we're saving in diapers is being spent on the above mentioned items. Drives me nuts. Obviously, I need your sense of humor!
LMAO! Just wait until there are 3!
LOL! :) I feel bad for u!
Oh my goodness. Yet again, hilarious. I can relate in sooo many ways it's not even funny!
Usually when I write LOL, I don't really mean that I'm ACTUALLY laughing out loud.
This time really. Laughing. Out. Loud.
By myself.
In front of the computer.
Laughing my ass off.
(thank you)
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