...how my one year old daughter can traipse through the house all morning seemingly never noticing the fifty-seven toys littering the floor. You know how it is, you're going about the day folding clothes, answering the same question over and over, wiping noses, and answering the phone when STAB! your foot lands atop Barbie's tiny stiletto or GI Joe's Uzi. Aaahh the pain that ensues. You're just about to yell, "Who left that toy out?" then you realize that any question of the sort will render your children speechless. Seriously, when confronted with that question they are reduced to pointing, shrugging, and mumbling some sort of unintelligible grunts. Then they scatter. Smart little stinkers, aren't they? They know when to make themselves scarce.
Any how, back to the explaining. Please explain to me how my little girl can wonder around oblivious to the toys-for-carpet that cover the living room without one thought of picking them up BUT she can hone in with laser focus on the singular cheese puff that lies beneath the dining room table (the last shred of evidence that I bribed her to sit still in her high chair last night so that I could unload the dish washer in relative peace). Then she can scale every obstacle undaunted like she's a part of some covert mission just to obtain that one cheese puff. How is that possible? Furthermore, after watching her plot and execute that complicated operation how in the world could I pry that cheese puff from her tiny fingers?
So there you have it my friends. Today I stood by and watched as my little girl, so proud of herself, ate a cheese puff off of the dining room floor.
And the problem here is what? Did you know that you have to take in so much dirt before you die anyways? I'm reletively sure your floors aren't so dirty that there is any real harm to your daughter. And as far as toys being left around and out of place, I think every mother can attest that children never pick up after themselves. Even after they are out on their own it is not likely they pick up after themselves. It is rare that your husband picks up after himself and if yours does you are one luck lady. It is all a part of being Mommy and you really need to overlook the toys scattered and be glad for the joy they leave you as well. Just saying.
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