Then, maybe you can understand why my boy was in the backseat sans clothes.
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| Bitty Boo, water free (for a moment) and lovin' on baby sis. |
Friday, June 3, 2011
maybe
If you had been in the parking lot at the church on Tuesday evening when I drove up to drop my cub off at scout meeting, you might have wondered why my toddler was naked in the back seat. Or, maybe you've had a 2-year-old before. And, maybe your two-year-old was also obsessed with water. Maybe you had a day like I did, where your small one went through several sets of clothes because, although obsessed with water (dumping it, filling cups, etc.), he HATES it when his clothes are wet. Maybe, like me, you came down to a kitchen with 2 inches of water on the floor and a boy repeatedly filling up and dumping cups of water out of the refrigerator dispenser. Maybe you also found your toddler had climbed up on top of the bathroom counter, several times, to make bubbles in the sink with soap and water. And, maybe, right before you were going to load up your gaggle of children to do said scout drop-off, your water-lovin' child came to you with outstretched, wet hands and arms. When you followed him, cautiously, to the source of this wetness, maybe you, too, found that he had been in the bathroom. Emptying the water from the toilet into the garbage can. With his hands and a wad of tissue. ("bye-bye tissue" he chimed, when you flushed it down, his first un-prompted 2-word sentence. A small speech miracle amid a disgusting cleaning moment. How quaint!)
Then, maybe you can understand why my boy was in the backseat sans clothes.
Maybe.
Then, maybe you can understand why my boy was in the backseat sans clothes.
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6 comments:
Sounds like your 2 boys are quite a contrast.
I have days with much less mess and STILL can't manage the have everyone dressed appropriately. Oh well!!
Oh, Davis. You and Gavin are of the same breed. Poor mamas...
Davis, you and Brielle are quite the pair. No wonder you get along!
Just wait till he turns three! My three year old has taken the "terrible twos" to a whole new level. The other day he wet his pants (he's been potty trained for months), left his wet clothes in the entry way, and put a dry set on. When I said, "Nathan - you just peed your pants." He looked at me and said, "I don't care-y care."
THIS I understand. Sometimes it has felt like I must be an unorganized Momma or just one that might be too controlling. But the fact is, some of our children come with and eternal stride of creativity, independence, and a streak of stubbornness. It's hard to keep up with these types. I like to think that I'm pretty awesome to let my kids have these explorations and messy experiences. Seems to delight them so much. I just wish I wasn't in charge of clean up. That's what I resent the most. I could be cleaning constantly and never keep up. I have friends whose children have never turned on the hose, never snuck out through the garage by scaling the shelves to push the door opener, never cracked an egg or dozen, never climbed on the bathroom counter and tested all the products in the cabinet, or never dumped all the laundry soup on the floor and hauled it around the backyard in dump trucks. Messy yes. Dull moment??? NEVER!!!
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