A day in the life of our TODDlers…

Yesterday the kids were whingey because they were bored… and then it hit me… I would put them to work! We have a mandarin tree in the back yard that has shed about 300 mandarins, I kid you not! So I got a box and put it under the mandarin tree and told the girls that if they filled the box they would get pocket money (Don’t be fooled they don’t know what pocket money is BUT when I explained they could use their pocket money to buys toys, they understood VERY quickly)! An hour later the box was filled and it only cost me $1 per child to keep then entertained! Talk about a cheapskate mom – NO - I call it CLEVER MOMMY!   Seeing how well it worked I then had several chores for them to complete and each chore they earned a dollar! JOB(S) DONE!

Having done enough chores for one day Caitlyn and Lilly decided they wanted to go and play with their porcelain tea sets they got for their birthdays. While they are walking off to go and play I overhear Caitlyn say to Lilly, “Lilly you have to be very careful or there are going to be tears, the tea set is VERY glass”…  Sounded a little familiar… So Caitlyn does pick up what I put down after all.

Then last night we were all sitting in the TV room and Caitlyn was sitting on the couch next to me singing a song. She then stops and says to Lilly “Lilly, come here I need you” while motioning Lilly over with her index finger. She then says “Come on Lilly I have spoken”. “I need you Lilly, come and sit here on your boddem”… reluctantly Lilly walked over and sat on the floor. Caitlyn then says “Ok Lilly sing with me.” Lilly started signing but it was more mumbling the words then singing. Caitlyn stops singing and says “Lilly I can’t hear you, you are going to have to sing a little louder!” When Lilly started signing louder Caitlyn says “Good girl Lilly, that’s much better!”  Bha ha ha ha seems Caitlyn picks up what her teacher put down as well! Ahhh My child does have hears after all!

While we were listening to Caitlyn and Lilly, Coppers came on TV. Caitlyn gave up on Lilly’s piss poor singing attempt and started watching the reality show. A man was caught stealing and was handcuffed and thrown in jail. Caitlyn says “Mommy why did that man put bangles on the other man?” I explained that they are handcuffs and what they are used for. Satisfied with the answer she continues to watch. Next thing the arrested man was thrown in Jail. Caitlyn turns to me and says “Mommy why is that man in a cage?” I explained that he had stolen and you are not allowed to steal and if you do they put you in jail for a very long time. She thinks about it for a minute and says “Mommy, Daddy was gone for a long time, was he in Jail?” I had to fight back my laugh and explain that Daddy was in Singapore on business and not in Jail. (When we arrived at crèche this morning I had to tell the teachers that Craig has been in Singapore and NOT jail as Caitlyn will tell them otherwise)  

I then went upstairs and was running a bath for the kids. Lilly was standing on the step throwing the face clothes in the bath. She then swung her leg over the bath in an attempt to get into the bath. I said “Lilly don’t do that you are going to fall in, Mommy is still running the bath and we need to take your clothes off.” Next thing I hear S L A S H and turned around to see Lilly had fallen into the bath, and got burnt by the hot water that was running. I grabbed Lilly out and she screamed her little guts out. When I finally got her to calm down I said ‘Lilly, that is why mommy asks you not to come into the bathroom until I call you, because I don’t want you to hurt yourself.” I said “Did you get a big fright my baby”. She nods and says “My dress fell in the bath and then I got a big fright”…. Errr my little sausage,you were in the dress when it fell in the bath, need I remind you...

All in the day of a TODDler!