It’s 10pm and my daughter just went to sleep. We just got home from our annual church swim party. It takes place at the Magnolia Pool with a toddler pool at 90 degrees. Sara got to finally show off her swimming skills to her Dad. I socialized for the hour. Afterwards were snacks and talking.
I finally got to cook with Sara today. She helped me put together the brownie mix. She them played with the chocolate water in the sink for another 30 minutes while I made pizza from scratch. When the brownies were our and I let her eat one before dinner, she proudly pronounced, “I like brownies.” My pizza came out good too. It’s fun to get back into cooking after 5 weeks enjoying my Mom’s take over of the kitchen.
Sara sleeps with about 4 pacifiers. She’s gotten very attached to a green one this week. This morning she brought it up to me while I was washing dishes declaring it “dirty”. I proceeded to wash it. She then took it and put it in the drawer with the ziploc bags. I forgot about this episode. At naptime, “where’s my green baa-baa?!!!” Finally at dinner, I was putting away some food and I stumbled upon it. We got a good laugh out of that.
Sara also had a good cry today. We managed to get out of the house and walk 7 blocks to our local park. Sara had her heart set on swinging in the baby swings with her stuffed cat. Only when I got there did I realize I’d have to lift her to the swing. I tried to convince her to climb up with my help in a kids swing. No budging my crying upset child. We walked the 7 blocks back with inconsolable crying. Lunch and a nap eventually shortcircuited the crying.
A day in the life of a toddler.