Basic Mom Week in Review - 05/24/15

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

1. While reading one of those books that has lots of pictures of common things, I asked my toddler to point to the bed.

She pointed to a picture of a cardboard box.

Lesson: My toddler either understands sarcasm and was expressing her feelings toward the restrictiveness of her crib or was a hobo in a former life.

2. We were having an after-dinner dance party in the kitchen, and when my toddler heard the beginning of Gangnam Style, she ran and grabbed sunglasses for her and her sister.

Lesson: I need to find a video of Psy being polite and practicing good public etiquette to show my toddler.

3. I was wearing ballet flats (without socks, obviously) when I took my toddler to gymnastics, and I didn't even think about the fact that shoes aren't allowed in the gymnastics room until we got there. Other parents were going barefoot, but, as much as I'm into being barefoot at home, I don't so much like being barefoot in public. Lucky for me, a pair of my 6-year-old's socks were in the diaper bag.

And they fit. 

Lesson: I probably could have saved dozens of dollars in my adult life by purchasing my socks from the kid's department.

4. This conversation while watching Sprout Sunday morning:

6-year-old: Okay, we have to change it.

Me: Why?

6-year-old: Caillou's on next.

Lesson: I've won at parenting.

5. My kids spent more of Saturday morning than I'd like to admit playing with the dust motes floating over my bed. In fact, my 6-year-old kept trying to teach my toddler how to jump on the pillows to "make more snow."

Lesson: I may not get an award for house-keeping anytime soon, but when the sun hits the filth floating around my room just right, my kids can pretend they are in Arendelle, which makes everyone happy.