Productivity

Amazingly, or predictably depending on your perceptive, I finished sewing 10 hedgehog finger puppets in the time it took me to make one last weekend. It helped that my cleaning lady came over. She helped me reorganize Riley's clothes and toys. Between us had we had all the clothes sorted by size and put away accordingly, the book shelf reorganized (so Riley could reach her books), and the toys neatly put away in 2 hours. I felt really good about having her room ready for the onslaught of birthday toys.


While we waited for the laundry she even help me cut out lots of little felt hedgehog bodies. After she left I really got to sewing. I got much better at it with each one I did. I think I'll take a sewing class. I'd really like to be able to make things for Riley. I took a break after a few to reorganize Isaac's dresser. This time I gave folding lessons as well and it must be a maturity thing, but he was surprisingly attentive.


At the end of the business day the house was clean including two newly organized kids rooms, 4 loads of laundry had been washed, folded and put away (even with a pulled neck muscle from a little fall) and all the finger puppets were done.


Pat, pat, pat myself on my newly inflexible back.


When I gave my almost birthday girl her bath tonight she tried to climb head first into the tub fully clothed all the while repeating "Bath? Bath?" I managed to get her undressed and in the tub as excited as she was and her first order of business was to pick up her rubber duckey and exclaim "Duck!" before spraying herself in the face with it. I think as long you have a good sense of humor toddlerhood is great.