There are so many nights that, as I reflect on the day, I wonder what in the heck I accomplished! The house looks like someone broke in and ransacked the place (but unfortunately decided not to take anything). Why can't there be a toy thief, anyway?? They could come in to the house while everyone was away and fill up their giant bag like the Grinch who stole Christmas! When everyone arrived home, the house would be amazingly uncluttered and the parents would secretly rejoice that the Toy Thief had come!
Back to my point (sorry, stream of consciousness gets me every time).
Laundry is endlessly piling up. I may or may not have showered (I have finally gotten the knack down for speed-showering while Ralphie is strapped in to his high chair eating lunch, which I think my family is grateful for).
So today, I cataloged all of the wonderfully devious things my Ralphie did that kept me racing around like a lunatic. And I realize, I did do something. I (barely) kept my sanity, for which I give thanks.
1. Threw handfuls of red grapes from his high chair while squealing with delight. And I chased after the grapes before the other children could smash them in to the floor.
2. After I cleaned the boys' room, Ralphie hurriedly emptied out all of the pants and shorts from Dynamite's dresser drawer.
3. Hid my frothing pitcher used for my cappuccinos. (Did I mention that I had run out of milk and NEEDED to have a cappuccino, and that I strapped the kids in the car to go to the store and returned home with said milk?? And did I mention that I got out the frothing pitcher to fill it up and the phone rang and when I turned back around it was gone??? I NEEDED that precious nectar of the gods BAD). And so, I made an iced cappuccino instead. I still don't know where my frothing pitcher is.
4. When I turned around to answer the phone (see #3), Ralphie grabbed all of the napkins out of the napkin holder and scattered them all over the floor like he was throwing confetti at a birthday party. Oh, you could see he thought it was absolutely delightful! Meanwhile, I still couldn't find my friggin' frothing pitcher!! (I was a little upset, as you can see).
5. Grabbed out all of the "B" index cards from my address box, which I had to put back in and re-alphabetize. (If you normally get a Christmas or birthday card from me, but don't this year, it's likely because your last name starts with "B" and was lost in all of the hullabaloo).
6. Pushed a stool over to the sink and methodically began putting all of the clean dishes in to the same side as the dirty dishes (again). I am one of the few remaining people on the planet who don't have a dish washer (slight exaggeration) and I can barely keep up with my dishes as it is, so I really don't need some little squirt to climb up to my sink and confusing me with what's clean and what's not. (Honey, if you get a bowl out for cereal and there's something crusty inside of it, I'm not taking the blame).
7. While "helping" his sister with her lemonade/bake sale, Ralphie joyfully poured lemonade all over his shorts and down his legs. Because, on a scale of wetness from 1-10, he was only about a 5, I let him continue playing.
8. Ate a bag of bacon bits.
9. Squeezed an entire bottle of baby shampoo in to the bathtub while older brother was "overseeing" his bath time. When asked why he let his little brother squeeze all of the shampoo in to the tub, he responded rather obviously with, "Because he wanted to." Of course!
10. Emptied my Christmas photo album out all over the floor. When I had only two children, I would take all of the beautiful Christmas cards, photos and letters and organize them in to an album. It was nothing fancy, but I just couldn't get rid of that memorabilia. My kids love pulling out those albums and looking at them and cousin so-and-so and how little he was only a few years ago! Well, one of the albums was left on a dresser today...a dresser that was a little too close to Ralphie's crib during nap time. When I walked in to get him, there were pictures, cards and letters strewn everywhere. Thankfully, none of them were ruined and it was only a matter of putting them back in. I did snap at the children, however, for leaving anything relatively close to Ralphie's crib and then realized how silly that was since we can't leave anything anywhere! I had to say I was sorry (again) for losing my temper.
So, while the things I did today cannot be checked off of a list, I was busy. And for whatever reason, it feels validating to write it all down.
What did you do today (that makes you feel like you did nothing and everything all at once)?
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