A Day In The Life...

Wow, this has been an interesting day. It began with London having two accidents in the house and leaving puddles in various spots, then she came into the kitchen and announced that she had pooped ON her potty. This was during a playdate with one of our friends and her two children. I ran off to investigate and sure enough, the evidence was there. Grrr...

We went through the yo-yo of naptime and today was a miss. London finally fell asleep and two minutes later, I kid you not, Zoe woke up. No nap for mama. We endured a near meltdown from London when she woke up because she desperately needed a purple popsicle before she could fathom leaving the house to go play at the park. I narrowly won by telling her she could have it AT the park. One point for me.

At the park, London gleefully ate her popsicle and then lost half of it in the sand. A few minutes later, I was walking with Zoe in my arms when I skidded on the sandy ground and went flying forward. We narrowly missed the concrete park bench and I thought I was going to stick my landing, but alas, I tumbled forward and went down on knees and elbows, all the while holding Zoe up in the air as high as I could get her to prevent her from making contact with the ground. I was successful and only incurred some pride-wounding scrapes. Phewww! By this point, I knew it was an odd day.

I changed London before we left and put her in the car without a pull-up under direct orders "not to pee in the car seat". She quickly defied this command and told me so. Sure enough, she was right. I stripped off the wet dress she had on and put her back into her car seat in her birthday suit. We sent off a picture of this to one of my best friends with a caption and then called for back-up to who else but my trusty mother-in-law. She agreed to help us out and we went there for baths and car seat laundering. Grampa was our hero for taking it all apart and putting it back together.

On the way home, I listened to London talking to her toy dinosaurs. She explained that they had to eat their dinner before they could have dessert. That was sweet but it got even better. I felt such a sense of joy when I heard her telling them not to be scared of monsters and to pray to God to take care of them. This is what she does every night before bed. "Dear God, thank you for today. Please watch over my family and please make the monsters all gone if we get scared of them. I love you Jesus, Amen". Enough said.