Good Idea, Bad Idea

With Brad unfortunately back at work, I thought I would give a slice of what life is like with just Mommy and the Tes.


- Eggs and yogurt for breakfast. Every breakfast. Hardly falters. Starting to gross Mom out - not such a good idea.

- Small tantrum because mean mean Mommy tells her she cannot wear all twenty pairs of her barrettes today. Easily sidetracked with prospect of putting on her favorite chammas (shoes). Ahh! Good idea, Mommy!

- Tesfanesh decided she needed to make a few calls, and there is no better place to do so but the cat's hammock. Not such a bad idea, Mom is just glad she is occupied for the moment.

- Tes gets stuck in the cat's hammock - Mom thinks this is quite funny, and definitely photo worthy. Tesfanesh on the other hand, not so amused. Fischer is just glad to have his seat back once she is pried out.
- Had a wonderful playdate with a neighbor! They have fantastic toys, Tesfanesh has learned to play with other kids quite well (for a two year old...) - Mom and Child on both sides had a wonderful time, and Tesfanesh only decided she needed to check out their bathroom twice. Good idea! Accidentally stayed a bit too late, ran into both Tes and neighbor's nap time, Tes got lethargic and crabby, neighbor kid became strangely animated and probably ran around the house for a good while after we left. Oops. Bad idea.

- Back home, Tesfanesh decided she needed to shuma (potty) again. At neighbor's house. Could not possibly understand why Mommy said no. Small tantrum #2. Bad idea, Tes. Bad idea.

- Three viable options for lunch: Dabo and Peanutbutter / Hot Dogs and Ketchup / Spagetti-O's. Mommy getting really tired of Spagetti-O's, but it is still a step up from the smell of eggs and vanilla yogurt mixing together. Not good, not bad.

- Nap time. Wonderfully fantastic cannot emphasis enough how good of an idea this is.

- Decided I needed to engage Tes in an activity she can help with - why not make cookies? Seemed like a good idea... Uhhhh... Turned out not so much. Tesfanesh lasted about 4 minutes and we were about 1/4 cup short of flour. Entertained the possibility of packing up the toddler and running to the grocery store, laughed at myself for even thinking about it. It all turned out to be that Mommy had not only had some (very very flat) cookies to bake, but still a child to entertain. Would label this is a bad idea, but even a bad chocolate chip cookie is still better than no chocolate chip cookie. They did get me through the rest of the day. So, adequate idea.

Are cookies supposed to have holes in the middle?
Evidence that Tesfanesh has gotten over her sugar phobia and has embraced chocolate.

- While Mom was occupied baking cookies and eating the dough, turned around and found Tesfanesh taking the metal weights out of the bottom of the Venetian blinds, and giving them to the cat. Cat thinks this is a bad idea; Tesfanesh thinks this is obviously a great idea; Mom thinks it is hilarious.

Realizes she has been caught in the act - at least she is sharing.

Fischer would rather she not share so much. Seriously.

By then, Daddy is pulling up in the driveway. Mommy can take a deep breath and pretend she needs to go to the bathroom. For a long time. Of course, this tactic will only work until she learns how to open the doors - but I'm way ahead of her. Whenever I need to open a door, I block her view a bit. Bad Mommy, I know. But I label that one a darn good idea.

Peace.