Just Google It

I think that the past few days I have been the worst and the best Mommy ever! I have been pretty busy trying to get our Christmas cards/support letters out, along with the everyday basics of making my house sanitary. For the record: at this point I have pretty much given up on the idea of working hard to make my house looking live able. My kids do a good job at that. However, my dream of my home looking like it came from a pottery barn catalogue is slipping farther and farther away…

Back on topic. Caleb and Bella probably consider me the BEST mommy on the block right now. All week they have been watching movies, eating whatever junk I can find in the house, skipping baths and naps, staying up late, and getting away with a fair amount of sauciness.

YOU all probably consider me the worst Mommy after reading the above. Seriously I don’t know how Mom’s do it when they stay at home AND work from home. I just couldn’t do it! I knew that those letters needed to get out weeks ago, and I also knew that my kids needed me! Without the t.v., chocolate, and lack of schedule I am sure that there would have been a significant rise in outbursts in our home… thankfully I am almost done! I hope tomorrow to go on to happier things like wrapping gifts and baking… Yes Baking. The sheer fact that my daughter has been begging me to make cookies with her makes me WANT to bake with her.

On another subject, today Bella had been complaining of a sore tummy. I was getting kinda concerned since her already round tummy looked bigger, but around 6 we discovered the culprit. Bright Green Play dough! At first I was shocked when I saw it in the toilet bowl, and then she quickly confessed to eating it yesterday. I asked her how much she ate, she stated, “I ate ALL of it, and it was pretty disgusting!”

Ya think Gabriella?! Hahaha! Of course I was envisioning taking her to the ER for her stomach to be pumped, but before I grabbed the coats, I googled, “Is it dangerous for a child to eat play dough?” Thank goodness for Google! Apparently kids can eat play dough, and a large number of kids ALL around the world have at one time or another. Mine isn’t the first weirdo to eat it! If it is non-toxic ( which it is – who gives their kids toxic play dough anyways?) they will just poop it out in all the glorious colors!