This is the kind of day beer and children's TV were invented for. Marie kept me up until after four (!) in the morning, being hot and thirsty every twenty minutes or so. Enough for me to just get back to sleep, but not quite all the way. And then I spent most of the day in traffic jams because there were accidents in two tunnels. And I only have one child here just now, so I can't go "keep each other happy please while I go to the toilet", followed by me hiding in the bathroom for ten minutes. And it's still about thirty degrees outside.
So, while I am really against TV as a babysitter and I was going to have no alcohol for a week, I feel entirely justified on both counts.
Oh, and I gave her a packet with two biscuits in it, just barely open, so it would keep her occupied for about ten minutes just getting the biscuits out. I would call it an educational experience if I was called on it, but it also buys me some time.
You have my permission to object to all of the above.
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Whatever gets you through the night, baby doll. I say you're doing a great job.
ReplyDeleteI did something very similar today...but with a baby boy, a granola bar and Blues Clues.
ReplyDeleteObject? To beer and children's TV? It's what dreams are made of:)
ReplyDeleteThe only people that could possibly object are the child-free! x
ReplyDeleteI love the way you think outside the square!
ReplyDelete@Ms. Moon - Thank you. It did get me through.
ReplyDelete@erin - No beer?
@Debbie - My dreams and yours, definitely.
@SandyCalico - Well, I have heard mothers disapprove of a lot in that post.
@Countess - Thank you. :-) There's a square? Where? Why didn't anyone tell me?
I don't object to a single element.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a while since I've had a beer, and I think you've tipped my hand on this one.
ReplyDeleteIsn't beer consumption complusory when the temperature is over 30 degrees?
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