Grandma Day!

As the title of the post implies, Grant is spending the day at Grandma's house. Yippee!!!

Don't get me wrong, I love spending most of my days with the little guy and the last week and a half has been a very happy time for me. But I have always appreciated the occasional time alone, and in the last two years alone time has been a rare thing in my life. So, again, I say yippee!!!

Of course I have a long to-do list just waiting to be started: laundry, dishes, clean the bathroom- you get the idea. Before doing practical stuff like that I'm going to take a few minutes to reflect on what I've learned in my first week and a half or so of being a stay at home mom (don't worry, I already ate my cream of wheat). It might shock some that I didn't learn some of these things long ago, but what can I say? Sometimes I'm a slow learner. So, here it is, my list of a few of the things I learned in the ten days:

• Contrary to my earlier thoughts regarding the furry little monster, Elmo is a precious gift to mothers who are in desperate need of a shower.
• Precious gift or not, "Elmo's Song" is still annoying as hell when you wake up at 2:00 in the morning singing it to yourself. "Lalalala lalalala Elmo's Song!" For the love of all that is good, does anyone know how to get that song out of your head???
• A couple of hours spent at the zoo or park in the morning makes for a much easier afternoon.
• The chances of my house ever being as clean as I would like it to be is roughly zero.
• The chances of my son ever caring about the cleanliness of the house is about the same.
• Toddler boys are very similar to adult men. You can get them to do just about anything if you can just make them think it was their idea.
• A jar of expensive face cream is surprisingly difficult to get out of a toddler's hair.
• In order to be well-rested and productive, a pregnant woman needs approximately 47 more minutes of sleep than a toddler. This may be true for non-pregnant women as well, but since I have no way of knowing at this point I prefer to hope that someday I will be able to keep up with my son.
• Putting a toddler down for a nap he doesn't want, but clearly needs, is extremely difficult. It's worth it!
• As previously mentioned on this blog, teething sucks, but few sights in this world are better than seeing my son's pearly whites when he's smiling and happy. (okay, I may have already known this one, but I thought it worth noting anyway)

I'm sure I'll think of some other things later, but that'll have to do for now. I'm off to catch up on some sleep!