Ask me how to strap a giant whale to my minivan and drive 1600 miles home with it! I'll tell you how. Ask me to define the word sharing. It's different than what you might expect. Ask me how to get your child to learn there's more to life than pb&j. Wait, don't ask me that. Ask me what it's like to have an autistic child. I'll try to help you understand. Ask me to show you my Mom of the Year award! Oops, usually I'm out of the running for that about 10 minutes after getting out of bed.
Yet, it's all good. Sure, the paycheck is lost in the mail but I still wouldn't trade this life, quirks and all. In my posts, I'm hoping you'll find humor and honesty and that you'll be able to relate to my humble acceptance of motherhood's ups, downs and in betweens.
Welcome to my world!
Not the Fairy Tale Kind
My morning chores checklist yesterday included the following:
Beds made? Check.
Dishwasher loaded? Check.
Laundry started? Check.
Beanstalk growing out of Logan’s bathroom sink? Check.
Wait a minute. Really? Really? Yes, really. A beanstalk was growing out of my 9 year old’s bathroom sink.
Unfortunately, the beanstalk didn’t lead to a magic castle in the sky, where all that stood in the way of lifelong golden riches was a quick battle with Andre the Giant and the ‘napping of his pet goose. I would have been up for that, sure. That would have been really cool! Can you imagine? Who could ever argue again that there’s no excitement in a stay at home mom’s life?
Actually, however, the beanstalk was pretty small and lame but it was a beanstalk nonetheless and it was growing in my son’s sink.
So I simply plucked the beanstalk from the drain, pulled out the drain stopper, gave it a good rinse, replaced the stopper back in the sink and made a mental note to have a conversation with Logan later about the moral of this almost fairy tale.
And that moral would be Don’t dump your hamster food down the bathroom sink, as simple science dictates that seeds+water+a little bit of dirt=vegetation.
Unless, of course, they are magic seeds! Then, my boy, you’d have my blessing to plant away.
hahaha!!!! Love it!! now that is a nice grin to start a cold and snowy day here in CO. Thanks, Hil!
Comment by Megan — October 8, 2009 @ 9:06 am