Learn how to remove the child safety knob from the inside of your bedroom door. - Check
Wake your parents and younger sibling at 6 AM with the proclamation: I wake up! - Check
Demand crackers and juice by repeating the words over and over and over and over and over until you are finally seated and served. - Check
Wet your new pull-up diaper within five minutes of, well, pulling it up. - Check
Pee on the floor. - Check
Demand to be let into the bathroom where your mother is getting ready to take a shower. - Check
Squat on toddler-toilet and do nothing. Yet, refuse to get up. - Check
(Meanwhile, your sister will be crawling her way across the kitchen floor and - whoops -slide down in the mess you made, thus dampening the sundress your mother just put on her.)
Throw a tantrum when your father removes you from the potty so that your mother can take a shower. - Check
Refuse to put on a new pull-up. - Check
When all else fails, scream and bang your head on whatever surface is nearest. - Check
In the car on the way to your memere's house, ask "Momma? Boo boo?" and then point to the bug bite on the back of your mother's arm. - Check
Ask, "I kiss?" (and proceed to blow kisses) - Check
Sit back and watch as your mother's heart melts. - Check, check, check.
Wake your parents and younger sibling at 6 AM with the proclamation: I wake up! - Check
Demand crackers and juice by repeating the words over and over and over and over and over until you are finally seated and served. - Check
Wet your new pull-up diaper within five minutes of, well, pulling it up. - Check
Pee on the floor. - Check
Demand to be let into the bathroom where your mother is getting ready to take a shower. - Check
Squat on toddler-toilet and do nothing. Yet, refuse to get up. - Check
(Meanwhile, your sister will be crawling her way across the kitchen floor and - whoops -slide down in the mess you made, thus dampening the sundress your mother just put on her.)
Throw a tantrum when your father removes you from the potty so that your mother can take a shower. - Check
Refuse to put on a new pull-up. - Check
When all else fails, scream and bang your head on whatever surface is nearest. - Check
In the car on the way to your memere's house, ask "Momma? Boo boo?" and then point to the bug bite on the back of your mother's arm. - Check
Ask, "I kiss?" (and proceed to blow kisses) - Check
Sit back and watch as your mother's heart melts. - Check, check, check.
Labels: Kids, Motherhood, The Boss
8 Comments:
Wow, Mella. I don't know how you do it. But he does sound like a complete sweetheart at heart. :) Lila is crawling already? Why is it that they are only babies for moments?
Oh, I know. She's not only crawling, but attempting to walk already - anything to keep up with her brother. She climbs and stands on the toy piano bench, her brother's toddler seat, anything she can.
Basically, I spend my days either catching her pre-fall, or soothing her post-fall. She's always on the move.
Makes me long for the days of cuddling and immobility.
And, yeah, The Boss is a complete sweetheart. Just high energy much of the time. He almost always has good intentions (or at the very least, entertaining ones...)
I am consistently moved by the simplicity of your blogs. I always know they will leave me feeling better.... It's nice to see someone who appreciates all the blessings life has given her.
Book signing soon?
Great post!
THanks for sharing
Mary
Attempting to walk, already! I guess it makes sense, playing catch up. She sounds like Lily--one determined little girl!
And thank you so much for your comments. It's such a breath of fresh air to have any kind of correspondence with/from someone who completely understands where I'm coming from. And I feel that you do. And I'm learning so much from your posts about The Boss.
Ha!
Well, there's my grin of the day!
I'm giving you an award in the AM!
Mary
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