Things I Learned This Week!

• When attending a Pilates class, and leaving your children in the Kids Club, it is good to know what their policy is on disciplining a 15-month old prior to attending.
• Had I known this in advance, it may have spared my 15-month old from having time-outs for intentionally (?!?!?) hitting and throwing a lego. Thus, leading to him being written up for bad behavior. AND, leaving me feeling like (as so indicated by the kids club attendee) the mother of a demon child whom I should be teaching better behavior to.
• When your 3 1/2 year old goes #2 in the potty, do not allow him to leave the toilet before being wiped and putting back on his underwear.
• Had I known this was going to happen, I would not have had to clean up the skid marks left on the couch!
• Trying to juggle many things, such as, Pilates Instructor training, cleaning the house, folding laundry, doing dishes, carpools, completing numerous Vinyl Lettering orders and much, much, more will lead to sleep deprivation and anxiety!
• When picking up your son from preschool, his teacher will ask "does he have hearing problems or just selective hearing?"
• You will answer, "No, he is definitely a selective listener...just like his Dad." Aaah, Yes, the "selective hearing," that was DEFINITELY inherited from his Dad.
• She will then give you a series of instructions to follow to eliminate any chance that he could have hearing problems. You will leave second guessing yourself and wondering if your son really does have a hearing problem. For two days, you will test him numerous times and find that he listens best whenever you say words, such as "Park," "Cookie," "If you don't...you'll get a time-out." Oh, yes, his hearing is just fine. It is only the times that I say words, such as "Pick up the toys," "It's time for bed," then he chooses to not hear me and go on doing what he wants.
• While staying up late and hoping to get some work done, your husband will go out to the garage and ask you why the ground is sopping wet and full of 3 inches of water?! You will be clueless and then discover that your neighbors garage flooded and the water seeped through the floor from her garage into yours.
• You will then spend the rest of the night emptying out your garage. You and your husband will be too exhausted to finish it that night and decide to go to bed.
• Before going to bed (after midnight or so) you will decide to check on the kids and notice that your 15-month old looks quite uncomfortable. Being the good mother that you are, you will rearrange him so that he is in a more comfortable position. However, this will wake him up and he will decide he is ready to be up for the day. He will not go back to bed until 2AM. Then, your 3-year old will wake up at 5:30AM and be awake for the day!
• You are so tired! But, by some miracle, the next day, while your 5-year old is at school, your 3-year old will decide (on his own) to curl up on the couch and take a nap...so you put the baby down for a nap and you take a nap. How nice!
• Your favorite things this week: getting to watch the series premiere of "Greys Anatomy" and wearing long-sleeved shirts and pants...it's finally fall!