Day 211 Part 2
Maybe it's just me?
I like to have my children around me when I'm doing chores...that way I can prevent them from creating a greater mess somewhere else in the house while I'm focused on a specific task.
Like washing the dishes.
I have some putting away the dishes from the dishwasher, others clearing the table, and others helping me put away dishes that are dry on the counter. Our youngest plays in the water while I wash, and constantly shuffle dishes out of his reach. I wasn't fast enough tonight.
What I want to know is why don't my children seem to sense the urgency in stopping a behavior when I think it's crucial, of utmost importance, supremely urgent...
Like drinking the soapy dishwater....out of our dirty compost container?
He's still alive.
P.S. The 'urgency' I felt is what has presented an entry without a picture...sorry.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Pinewood Derby Cars and Tools
Day 211
I set myself to helping two local boys, cub scouts (one of them my own) finish their pine wood derby cars BEFORE the race day, which, in itself, is quite the accomplishment. Late Thursday evening, the day before we left for a training in Indianapolis, and WOULDN'T, mind you, be at the race of said pine wood derby cars, I completed the final touches the boys couldn't do...yeah, I know, they could have done them...let's NOT go there.
I was watching 3 boys, from 19 months to 9 years and was trying desperately NOT to let any of them get hurt while finishing their cars. I wish I had watched a little more carefully my 19 month old.
I set myself to helping two local boys, cub scouts (one of them my own) finish their pine wood derby cars BEFORE the race day, which, in itself, is quite the accomplishment. Late Thursday evening, the day before we left for a training in Indianapolis, and WOULDN'T, mind you, be at the race of said pine wood derby cars, I completed the final touches the boys couldn't do...yeah, I know, they could have done them...let's NOT go there.
I was watching 3 boys, from 19 months to 9 years and was trying desperately NOT to let any of them get hurt while finishing their cars. I wish I had watched a little more carefully my 19 month old.
Somehow, his organizational ideas follow those of his older brothers. Baskets AREN'T the place for drill bits and the like. NO! Let's dump them all the bottom of the drawer and on the floor!
The boys finished their cars (before going to bed...and then I finished the cars a little further). I haven't cleaned up the garage yet, and especially not the drawer...I'm leaving it as a gentle reminder that next time, when I'm working in the garage while watching the littlest one, I need a playpen.
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