I think loading a dishwasher with a one year old little boy at foot should be considered a aerobic exercise, possibly even a Olympic sport. Why? Well, let me explain exactly how to load a dishwasher with a one year old "Ty" near by......
Open the dishwasher turn to grab first dish, hear a little giggle behind you, turn and see a cute Ty smile and reopen the dishwasher. Proceed to place spoon in dishwasher, grab fork from sink and place in dishwasher while grabbing spoon from Ty, while noticing that cute Ty giggle smile, put spoon back in dishwasher. Grab plate from sink, place plate in sink while simultaneously grabbing fork and spoon from Ty and placing back in dishwasher. Turn to grab another plate, hear a crash and giggle as Ty slams the dishwasher shut, turn to notice Ty's cute giggle smile while pointing at the dishwasher. Deep breath, open dishwasher, quickly grab dish from sink, put dish in sink while grabbing spoon from Ty, put spoon back in dishwasher, grab Ty's hands (notice giggle smile again) place foot on dishwasher door to hold it open, and grab another dish from sink and put it in the dishwasher as fast as you can.... all at once, multitasking at it's finest!
Pick up Ty, explain to him in one year old terms to play with the toy you gave him before all this started so mommy can load the dishwasher. If anyone has ever had a successful conversation like this with a one year old I would love to hear about it, lol.
Back to dishes, distract Ty with the toy, grab pan and place in dishwasher, grab cup, hear the clanging sound of metal on metal, look down and see that pan and spoon has become drum set. Another cute ty smile giggle noticed.. grab pan and spoon, grab ty, hold door with foot, mutate another arm to grab dishes from sink... ok, that didn't work.... make eye contact with ty.... notice the "evil giggle".... this means war!
Notice ball on floor, show ball to Ty, throw ball (yes fetch is not just for dogs), grab as many dishes as you can, throw them in the dishwasher and slam the door shut and turn on dishwasher, turn and celebrate victory as Ty is running at you with the ball and that evil giggle smile. At this point mom thinks she won, but what that Ty giggle is really saying is he had the last laugh because mom never put the soap in. Ty-1, Mama-0!
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
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