Mommy Moments

Lexi: Mommy, I am getting bigger and too big for my changing table.
Me: You are getting too big for your table.
Lexi: Yeah, I have a baby in my tummy.
Me: Really!?!?
Lexi (proud): Yep, she's in there. I swallowed her and now she is in my tummy. It is dark in there.
Me: It is?
Lexi: Yeah. I opened it up and there she was. She was not broken because I didn't use my teeth when I swallowed her.
Me: Shew. Thank goodness.
Lexi: Yeah. I took her out and rocked her but I couldn't hold her because I wasn't strong enough. But I looked and she was in my heart.

What a good mommy she will be!

Now, for my not-so-good-mommy moment.
I woke up with a bad sinus headache so I didn't get up with my alarm. I woke up later to the patter of happy little feet running across the kitchen. Okay, kids are up. Gotta get up headache or not. I headed to the bathroom to go potty.

Bang! Kitchen door shuts. Hong! Honk! Car horn.... What? In the car? Crud, I gotta stop peeing. But I couldn't. It was one of those pees that won't stop.... just kept going and going like the Energizer Bunny! And all the while I couldn't stop stressing about the kids in the car.

Finally, I was finished. I ran downstairs and open the kitchen door only to find two very proud little kids, buckled in the front seats of our white car. Yep, great photo op.... except that I was still so worried I calmly said "let's get out now, let's get out now, let's get out now" in a soft calm voice .... over and over and over until they complied. Hmmm.... should I have them recreate it for the photo op???