Monday, November 24, 2008

Things I'm Having Trouble Dealing With Today

1. This. Imagine this scene in every room of the house. Hurricane Claire must be stopped, but I don't know how. It is making me CRAZY.


Although Kate was the one photographed with the evidence, I'm certain it was Claire who pulled all of Kate's clothes out of her armoire and put them in the princess castle.


2. The strong-willed toddler, also named Claire, who wants to pee on the potty every 5 minutes. The problem is that she goes often enough that I don't want to discourage her. My issue, of course, is that I don't want to sit in the bathroom All Day Long. She also doesn't want to wear pants today because they make taking her diaper off more complicated. Oh, and I found her sans diaper this morning: she had unsnapped her jammie bottoms and removed her nappy, undoubtedly so that she could race over to the potty chair after I got her up.

3. Massive amounts of laundry that need to be washed and/or put away. It seems like I can never keep up with this task these days.

4. A pre-schooler who is whining about her Daddy having to go to work. I'm sure she is just worried that he's going to leave again, but let's stop the crabbiness, shall we?

2 comments:

Katie said...

Oh dear God. That looks like my house. I feel your pain. I don't have any advice about the potty (again) because I am an utter failure at that around these parts....

Not a fan of laundry either. I am GREAT and washing and drying it, but then I just dump the clean laundry on the guest bed. And dump more. And more. And more. I HATE folding it and putting it away. I just wait long enough and John does it.....(sad, but really true).

Elizabeth said...

Seriously. That is how my house looks ALL THE TIME. Even without Hurricane Claire. And I really don't think anyone keeps up with laundry except for CRAZY PEOPLE.

So how long does one have to sit in the bathroom with kids while they are potty training? At some point they want privacy, right? Please tell me it's soon.