Basic Mom Week in Review - 03/26/17

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

1. While we were at the library, my 3-year-old asked me to build her out of Legos. So I made this:

Lesson: She was not impressed.

2. This conversation with my 3-year-old about Doritos:

Me: I had some of those the other night.

3-Year-Old: For snack?

Me: Yep.

3-Year-Old: Why do you have chips for snack so many nights?

Lesson: Take this one, Kimmy . . .

3. I read "Chicken in Space" to the kids before bed, and when I got to the spread below, my husband said, "I feel like that's us. I want to go to space, and you want to eat pie."

Lesson: Maybe this is why I have self-confidence issues (she typed while remembering fondly the two times she ate pie for breakfast this week).

4. This conversation while playing Uno, about 2 hours after a game of hide-and-seek:

3-Year-Old: I have on new underpants.

Husband: When did you change them?

3-Year-Old: I peed in my heart underpants.

Me: What? When?

3-Year-Old: While we were playing hide-and-seek.

Me: What?! Where?!

3-Year-Old (back to playing Uno): My turn?

Husband: Where did you pee?

3-Year-Old: Is it my turn?

Me: WHERE DID YOU PEE?!

3-Year-Old: Your room.

Lesson: Apparently, a puddle of pee on the bedroom floor isn't an urgent matter when (a) it isn't your bedroom, and (b) you have a game of hide-and-seek to finish.

5. This conversation right after my 3-year-old exited the bathroom:

Me: Did you wipe and wash your hands?

3-Year-Old: Yeah.

Me: I didn't hear you flush.

3-Year-Old: Well, there's a poop on the floor.