Basic Mom Week in Review - 11/13/16

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

1. While getting out of the car and gathering my things to take my feverish 3-year-old into her doctor's office, I dropped her water bottle under the car.

Lesson: If you drop a water bottle while your hands are full and you don't want to be late and your kid has a fever, it will inevitably roll to the hardest-to-reach place possible.

(For curious minds: After a half-hearted attempt to reach the water bottle while lying on the asphalt, I abandoned it there until after her appointment. Then I backed out a bit until I was able to grab it from in front of the car.)

2. I asked my 3-year-old to put her shoes away.

Lesson: Nailed it.

3. This conversation with my 3-year-old:

Me: You need to clean your room before dinner.

3-Year-Old: You can clean my bed, Mom.

Me: I can? Or are you going to ask me nicely if I will?

3-Year-Old: You will.

Lesson: I think my daughter has begun trying to use the force on me.

4. I spilled an entire container of sprinkles on the freshly-swept kitchen floor.

Lesson: It doesn't matter how many times I sweep the floor, I'm pretty sure my feet are going to look like the cover of A Million Little Pieces after walking through the kitchen for a while.

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5. This exchange at the family dinner table while trying to figure out our plans for Friday evening:

Husband: What's the game plan?

3-Year-Old: I'm gonna get naked.

Lesson: This girl is going to cause me some serious trouble, isn't she?