The Comedy and Tragedy of Naptime

Kangaroo and Cubby have been put down for nap. Before having two kids I believed that during times like these a mother could either be productive or get some rest. Remember children, nothing ever looks in person the way it does in the brochures.

Here is today's naptime summary for your reading pleasure.

2:05 pm - I bring Cubby up to his room. He climbs willingly into his bed, snuggles his teddy bear, wriggles into the blankets and says, "Good nap, Mommy". "Good nap, sweetie", I reply.

2:07 pm -I return to the livingroom, clean up a mild toynado, then sit and close my eyes.

2:09 pm - Footsteps from upstairs indicate that Cubby has given up on napping.

2:14 pm - I look in on Cubby, who looks up at me from the center of a brand new toynado, smiles, then climbs back into bed. I return downstairs.

2:22 pm - From upstairs I hear, WHAM!....."I'm okay!"

2:23 pm - I look in on Cubby, who is standing on his toybox. He smiles, then climbs back into bed. I return downstairs.

2:24 pm - I start doing the dishes.

2:25 pm - Kangaroo begins fussing in his bassinet. I stop washing dishes and go to pick him up. As I reach for him, he farts loudly, smiles, then falls back to sleep.

2:26 pm - I take a call from someone who has the wrong number. This person then calls back TWICE MORE just to make sure.

2:30 pm - I resume the dishes.

2:35 pm - Kangaroo starts crying and smacking his lips. I sit with him, and open my shirt to nurse him. Instead of eating he lays his cheek on my breast and falls instantly back to sleep.

2:41 pm - From upstairs I hear the repeated thumps of what I believe to be alphabet blocks being thrown over Cubby's baby gate and into the hallway.

2:43 pm - The thumps have gotten larger. He's obviously run out of blocks and is throwing random toys.

2:50 pm - Kangaroo wakes up and decides to actually eat.

2:54 pm - Cubby starts to cry. He's calling downstairs, "Mommy! I stuck! I can't get out!". He doesn't seem to realize that the baby gate is closed on purpose.

3:02 pm - I burp Kangaroo, who throws up down the front of my shirt, then smiles.

3:03 pm - I put him into his bouncy chair, then go upstairs to change my shirt. I see the toynado in the hallway. It's huge. Cubby sees me, looks sheepish, then climbs back into bed.

3:10 pm - I go to the fridge, realize that I am out of wine, then start blogging as a form of therapy.

I realize now that the dishes are not done.