1. Get home from Dentist and make Toddler Lunch
2. Put on Fireman Sam to keep Toddler occupied while prepping dinner
3. Get slow cooker out of the cupboard
4. Realise it's a bit dusty
5. Give Slow cooker a quick wash
6. Check on Toddler
7. Find that Toddler has somehow acquired a .48 cent price tag on bum
8. Take price sticker off - put on back of hand for safe keeping
9. Go back to kitchen and cut up meat
10. Boil jug for soup for own lunch
11. Make cup of soup
12. Realise soup is too hot - put aside
13. Check on Toddler
14. Find that Todder has stripped his clothes off and is stuck trying to get his pants off over his Thomas shoes
15. Help Toddler out of predicament
16. Take Toddler to Toilet
17. Wash hands - Tell Toddler not to eat cupcake soap
18. Put Toddler in undies
19. Convince Toddler to put on a "P is for Pirate T-shirt"
20. Fail to convince Toddle to put on pants or shorts
21. Drink (now cold) soup with straw on left side of mouth
22. Finish cutting beef up, Brown beef and put in slow cooker
23. Cover with Tuscan Beef Casserole Sauce from "Global Cuisine"
24. Set on high and leave until dinner time
25. Check on Toddler
26. Tell Toddler to take CD out of mouth
27. Say Bye to Fireman Sam
28. Sit with Toddler and Read HEAPS of books
29. Let Toddler know Daddy is home
30. Greet Hubby at door, try to smile with numbish mouth
31. Semi-Pass
32. Answer Hubby's question "What's for Dinner" with "Steak cut up in the slow cooker with a tuscan sauce" (as hubby is not a fan of casserole, so hoping you can get this one by him)
33. Fail
34. Wait for it... "So in other words it's Stew?"
35. *Smile* and answer "No... Tuscan Beef Casserole!"
36. Laugh while Hubby sings "Stew is yuck and Casserole too!"
37. Be glad that Toddler didn't hear that
38. Give Hubby sample of dinner to make sure they don't want it
39. Make noodles for Hubby's dinner
40. Go outside with Toddler and hang up washing
41. Pick up towel to hang up
42. See Toddler Scoot around to back of the property with motorbike tricycle
43. Put towel down and walk to check on Toddler
44. Realise that it is quiet... TOO QUIET (Not good in past experience)
45. RUN to check on Toddler
46. Find motobike tricycle but NO Toddler
47. Turn around to find Toddler near ladder (ladder propped up against shed)
48. RUN to where Toddler is
49. Trip over own feet
50. Manage to keep running and get to Toddler before they get out of your reach
51. Cling onto Toddler and tell them to climb down
52. Get Toddler to step down one rung and refuse to move anymore
53. Continue clinging onto Toddler with one hand
54. Slowly reach for phone in pocket to call Hubby inside the house (no way he would hear you from outside)
55. Continue clinging onto Toddler with one hand while calling Hubby and getting ready to drop the damn phone if Toddler moves one inch
56. When Hubby answers, tell him calmly (more calmly then you would have ever thought you could in this particular situation) "Hi Hunny, can you please come out here behind the garage and help me get Max down off the ladder before he falls off? Thanks!"
57. Put phone back in pocket and cling onto Toddler with both hands who still wants to "Climb Up!"
58. Sigh in relief as Hubby runs up to you and gets Toddler down
59. Finish hanging up washing while keeping a VERY stern eye on Toddler
60. Start serving Toddler's dinner up
61. Offer Hubby a drink and serve
62. Hear a clatter in the kitchen
63. Go to investigate
64. Find bag of frozen peas in Toddler's hands and peas on the floor
65. Put Toddler back in the lounge
66. Clean up peas on floor and bin
67. Tell Toddler dinner is ready find Toddler with bubble gun looking like they need to go toilet
68. Take Toddler to toilet and get shot in the face with bubble gun
69. Get Toddler down, fetch bubble gun out of the toilet
70. Spray bubble gun with disinfectant and wash
71. Wash hands and Toddler's hands (tell Toddler not to eat cupcake soap)
72. Tell Toddler Dinner is ready
73. Get Bib - hear clatter
74. Turn to find Toddler's plate on the floor (right side up) and Toddler eating off it
75. Pick up plate, clean up spillage, take packet of flour off Toddler
76. Put Toddler in high chair
77. Put Bib on and find Banana Cherrio in Toddler's hood of hoodie
78. Remove banana cherrio and give Toddler dinner
79. Realise numbness has worn off, take pain killers
80. Dish up and eat own dinner
81. Remember Dentist told you not to eat on right side of mouth
82. Switch to eating on left hand side
83. Finish Dinner and wonder where on earth the .48 cent price sticker on your hand came from.
No comments:
Post a Comment