Patience: Out of Stock

Today was one of those days that from the moment you wake up you know it's going to be a doozey.

Lauren was up at 5:45 this morning. Right then I should have known the day was going to be an uphill battle. I put her back in bed and told her to go to sleep. About thirty minutes later she was back at the side of my bed saying, "Mommy!". Since I'm blind without my glasses I couldn't see what she was handing me but as soon as I grabbed it I knew...it was a Vaseline covered pacifier.

I immediately panicked and ran into her bedroom while frantically trying to put on my glasses without getting Vaseline all over them.

Knowing that the container of Vaseline had only been used once I asked her where it was. She brought me a half empty container. Besides being smeared all over her shirt, her face and her hair, I found the first glob on her play kitchen. I found the second glob on her bedside table. And since Vaseline is difficult to see on white furniture it took me a few minutes to find the rest it all over her room.

From this experience I learned a few tips I'd like to share:

1) Clorox bleach wipes work create in getting the oil slick off of everything.
2) In order to get Vaseline out of a little girl's hair you need to wash the hair twice.
3) A large jar of Vaseline can cover about two square feet of furniture.
4) Large jars of Vaseline should be placed in a locked medicine cabinet.

After that debacle, I got the kids dressed and we took Josh to school. Upon returning home I decided to continue my cleaning frenzy and do some deep cleaning upstairs. I had Lauren help me by giving her small items to be placed in the trash can.

After she had a few trips to the trash can under her belt, I handed her a magnet from Mercy Hospital and told her to trow it away. About 30 seconds later I heard the toilet flush. I ran into the bathroom just in time to see it swirl around the bottom of the bowl and go down the pipe.

Frustrated, I told her it was time for her morning nap. I put her in her bed, turned on Dora and went back to my cleaning. I heard some activity for about five minutes and then silence.

I went in to check on her and found that she had emptied an entire box of Kleenex on her bed....and her watching Dora.

Then this afternoon, after we picked Josh up from school, she threw a fit. All because I wouldn't put her up on my bed because Dustin was sleeping. Since she has that whole "vomiting tantrum" perfected I usually let her throw a fit to that point RIGHT before she make herself puke. Well, after the day I had...I let her go all the way.

Yes, she vomited all over my sheets, my pillow and my side of the bed. I drug her into the bathroom and immediately started stripping her down for another bath (our second of the day) so that I could get the puke out of her hair, only to have her puke all over the bath mats.

Thankfully it was bath night anyways, but as soon as I went to give Josh his bath tonight...she wanted another (her third). I think she may finally be Vaseline free.

This was one of those "non-glamorous" days of motherhood. It was one of those days that I'll remind her of when she has children of her own. It was also one of those days when you can't wait for your children to fall asleep for the night.

On to tomorrow!!