A Mother’s Helper
Feb 03
Everyone,
My friend Lolli is good enough to loan me her 12 year old KitKat for a few hours on Tuesdays. Between sickness, grandparent visiting, and other happenings, today was the first day we actually got together. Her school is literally a 5 minute walk from my house. She walks here after school, and Lolli picks her up around 4:30-ish.
I was so excited to have her come today! It was one of those days. You know, the kind of day I didn’t get out of my sweat pants and didn’t put on any make-up. I did exercise this morning and shower so at least I was clean. But that’s basically all I did beyond the whole kid thing. I had planned for pizza for dinner but forgot to start the crust this morning and I knew we wouldn’t eat until 7pm by the time I got to it.
Enter KitKat. Yay! Someone to play with Butterfly. Boy was she excited! I made the pizza crust (for tomorrow’s dinner) while Butterfly and KitKat had a funeral for a toy (don’t know where she got this but she built a little fence, had a processional, and buried the toy under a burp cloth in the fence…that was the burial place). Pirate doesn’t go anywhere and I held Professor for part of making it because he slipped and fell while crawling and needed Mommy. (Can I just say that is the funniest thing when they slip and fall while crawling?! Especially Professor…he makes it into more than it is. And I have no idea why that makes it adorable.)
Anyway, once the pizza crust was rising, I left KitKat with all the kids downstairs and I folded and put away two loads of laundry. But then, I wasn’t sure what to do. KitKat and I tried to have a few conversations but Butterfly informed her, “You are here to play with me. Play!” Miss Bossy. KitKat took it all in stride, though. She even went down our slide about 300 times with Butterfly. I can tell that Tuesdays are going to be Butterfly’s favorite day.
I do wonder what to do with myself while KitKat is here though. I mean, she’s here to help me. I suppose the best thing she can do is play with Butterfly. That girl has some serious play addiction. And it is nice to have her attention focused on someone else besides me. Any of you moms out there ever had a mother’s helper and what did you do?
Safire
Butterfly, KitKat, Lolli, mothers helper, Pirate, Professor