This is my first submission for Mommy Monday Link up on You Just Can’t Google Everything (http://can’t googleeverything.blogspot.com/2013/01/mommy-Monday-1.html)
Little Miss Toddles has learned some new tricks this week. Honestly, I feel like she learned them in a 48 hour period and the only thing that came to mind, as I was being schooled by my toddler on her new talents, laughter. Welcome to my inner dialogue:
First thought, sheer laughter.
Close second, what is happening?
Lastly, did you really think you’d mastered this stage?! Newb!
Let me preface by saying, the toddler stage is my favorite. It is truly fascinating to watch someone learn and watch her master new talents. She pretend plays with tea cups and spoons, or “drinks” from the baby doll bottle. She walks around with our cell phones in hand saying hello and babbling with it clenched between her squishy cheek and shoulder as if she’s been chit chatting in the phone for ages.
I love all this, I’ve come to truly appreciate my phone being stolen away occasionally for a pretend conversation or finding it in her discovery box in the kitchen. Said discovery box has random empty kitchen containers for her to play with and keep occupied with while I cook and it was the contents of this box that led me discover her new ability or discovery, I haven’t quite figured out how to label it just yet.
The scene: Mommy washing dishes while toddler plays quietly with discover box. (I added in the “quietly” as creative license, we all know toddlers don’t play quietly). Busy toddler all of a sudden whizzes by and into our bedroom and remains quite for entirely too many seconds. Again, toddlers don’t play quietly, they get into trouble quietly. I decide to investigate the reason for the silence.
The discovery: Discover box containers in toilet and a good portion of the toilet paper roll unraveled and being guided into the trash can. :: insert gasps and flashing visions of cartoon like germ characters crawling the walls of the bathroom and Little Miss Busy Bee::
Must disinfect bathroom, play toy and child…immediately
What actually occurred, a quick soapy rinse of the hands and face, container tossed out and calling the now excess toilet paper strand a loss.
Other new tricks: Throwing everything into the trash can including toys, clean diapers and actual garbage. Unrolling the toilet paper and throwing it into the toilet opposed to trash can is said item is confiscated. Depositing toys into decorative vases or narrow crevices.
Needless to say, the roaming-the-house- talking-on-cell-phone days may be numbered, it may mean we find one swimming in the toilet. Lesson of the weekend, don’t get too comfy Mama’s, it means something new is on the horizon.
