Day of Rest

A note to parents with toddlers. Before preheating your Easy Bake Oven, be sure and check inside for any plastic plates that may have been inadvertently inserted at a previous time. Otherwise, be prepared to see significant smoke, followed by the malodorous stench of melting pink plastic. As you run outside carrying said oven to keep from setting off the smoke detector, be prepared to calm hysterical daughter and talk her down from expressed desire to murder younger brother in as painful a way as humanly imaginable.

While going through these steps, be sure not to ignore the calls of "Mama" from your gated-in toddler who is supposed to be taking a nap, assuming he is just stalling. Having been just recently potty-trained, it's quite possible that he needs to get to the toilet. Feeling ignored, he may decide to take matters into his own hands, and upon completing the act, might decide to redesign his bedroom glider with equally malodorous brown stripes.

As you climb the stairs to discover why he is calling, the smell may hit you and panic may begin to ensue as you come over the rise to discover this fresh paint job. Wondering who is making that screaming sound, as you release the gate, the toddler may sprint out of the bedroom with a newly acquired ability to leap over Mommy Meltdown and get away as quickly as possible.

On the bright side, you just may discover the $30 extra you spent on Scotchguard for the chair was worth every penny.

It's a good thing our choir sang "When I Don't Know What To Do" this morning. Otherwise, someone may not have survived the afternoon.