sooo, this past friday we had a little get together at the church for dinner…it was our journey group’s thanksgiving feast…it was a good sized crowd with some really good food…we had the gym to ourselves as well as the game room…ping pong, air hockey, fooooooose ball, checkers, volleyball…and…
marbles anyone???
it was good to get together and for molly to have all that room to run off some energy…there was only one other boy even close to her age, but she didn’t care…just give her a ball and some room to run…she’s good to go!!!
we did get her to take a break and eat a little bit of food…but not for long…she had to get back out there and run…then all of the sudden she kind of disappeared…NOT a good sign if you are her parent…you see she has developed this lovely habit of disappearing when she has to do her “business”…and sure enough, my eyes caught hers and she just took off across the gym…i grabbed the diaper bag and just headed in her direction…
about half way across the gym i was stopped…”oh, she’s ok…she’s just looking for a ball”…(she had gone into the storage closet)…i explained that in actuality she was doing her “business” which had nothing to do with finding a ball…i pulled her out and off we went to the bathroom…
all things considered, she was rather calm at this point…but then we went to get the diaper off and sit on the toilet…for whatever reason, she wanted nothing to do with that…and as i was carefully pulling the diaper off, she started to get some ants in her pants…they didn’t make her dance…but boy did they make the little marbles in her pants dance!!!
as mad as i wanted to be…all i could do was laugh…here i am in the bathroom chasing little marbles all over the floor…i got them all gathered up and thrown in their rightful place…it was quite the event…and i’m sure had anyone been watching it would have been quite the entertainment…we all survived!!!
parenting is a TRIP at times…it can be very fun one moment and you’re pulling out your hair the next…(notice i didn’t say i was pulling out mine…it’s all gone)…regardless, i wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world…but i think i do need a new hobby…
marbles anyone???
