Ok, let's test drive this blog thingy...Today was Team P's "super clean" cleaning day. Cleaning with a mobile toddler is like sweeping in a sandbox. A crazy Idea!
As we were focused on dusting, laundering, mopping, and organizing...Isabella was focused on making smudgy fingerprint marks, unfolding clothes (when she tried to pick up a pile), pulling clothes from her drawers, and getting into... everything. I had intended to post a picture of her loading the laundry but she fell, dad swooped her up and I snapped back to reality from the "what can I bloggity blog" dreamworld.
Nap time was comparable to the Indy 500. Nugget goes to "recharge" and were left zipping around trying to complete the chores that are the most difficult to do when she's about. I nicknamed her "boomerang" today because I would march her to the other room, run back to quickly sweep or dust, and she'd be back at my heels in minutes. Of course it became a game!
And if her mobility wasn't a challenge, let's add in her ever increasing desire to demonstrate her independence. Today, she didn't want to wear clothes! Initially she wore shorts. After playing in the kiddie pool (a great distracter for sweeping the porch), she sported a diaper. Yes, just a diaper, until about 6pm. Then, she found a pair of tooo small hippy flower print purple leggings. Yes, she was pulling clothes out of her drawers, clothes that were cleaned and folded! For the remainder of the night she climbed in and out of her mini adirondack chair all while sporting her "free bird" outfit.
So I ask...How do you juggle cleaning and entertaining a mobile toddler?
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