and working from home with Phoebe in the house isn't much easier. Here's a snapshot of our day:
Phoebe: Mommy, what are you doing on your computer?
Me: I'm working.
Phoebe: Can I go on bluesclues.com?
Me: Not now, I'm working.
Phoebe: Can I go on cheetahgirls.com?
Me: Not now, I'm working.
Phoebe: Can I go on pixiehollow.com?
Me: Not now, I'm working.
Phoebe: But I really really want to see my pages!
Me: Honey, not now. Why don't you go do a puzzle?
Phoebe: O-kay.
(Moments later)
Phoebe: Where is my princess puzzle?
Me: Did you look in the puzzle cabinet?
Phoebe: It's not here!
Me: Which princess puzzle are you talking about?
Phoebe: The princess puzzle that I liked to play with when I was just a little girl!
Me: I am still not sure which one you mean.
Phoebe: The one I played with all next week!
Me: Yeah, that doesn't help me either.
(Later)
Phoebe: Mommy, I'm really hungry.
Me: Would you like some lunch?
Phoebe: No, I don't like any kind of lunch. I want a snack.
Me: How about some fruit?
Phoebe: Do you have strawberries?
Me: No.
Phoebe: Do you have waterlemon?
Me: Watermelon and strawberries are hard to find in winter, honey. I have grapes, apples, and bananas.
Phoebe: I know, could I have grapes cut up and bananas cut up and apples cut up in a bowl?
Me: A fruit salad?
Phoebe: Yeah! Fewoot salad!
Me: Okay. (Chops fruit) Here you go.
Phoebe: Yum!
(Later)
Phoebe: I don't want the grapes or the bananas.
Me: Then don't eat them.
Phoebe: But can you take them out of the bowl?
Me: (Sighs and complies)
Phoebe: Yum! Now I have an apple fewoot salad!
(Later)
Phoebe: Mommy, can I change my clothes?
Me: Why?
Phoebe: Because I need to! New clothes would be percfect for me.
Me: Okay, go pick something out.
(And here's where it would have been funny to insert a picture of the ridiculously mismatched outfit she picked out, but my camera battery is dead. Come back later!)
You get the idea. I'm still glad I get to spend the day with her.
Edited to add: It just snowed for, like, two minutes. Bizarre.
Also: Happy birthday to my mother-in-law!
Phoebe: Mommy, what are you doing on your computer?
Me: I'm working.
Phoebe: Can I go on bluesclues.com?
Me: Not now, I'm working.
Phoebe: Can I go on cheetahgirls.com?
Me: Not now, I'm working.
Phoebe: Can I go on pixiehollow.com?
Me: Not now, I'm working.
Phoebe: But I really really want to see my pages!
Me: Honey, not now. Why don't you go do a puzzle?
Phoebe: O-kay.
(Moments later)
Phoebe: Where is my princess puzzle?
Me: Did you look in the puzzle cabinet?
Phoebe: It's not here!
Me: Which princess puzzle are you talking about?
Phoebe: The princess puzzle that I liked to play with when I was just a little girl!
Me: I am still not sure which one you mean.
Phoebe: The one I played with all next week!
Me: Yeah, that doesn't help me either.
(Later)
Phoebe: Mommy, I'm really hungry.
Me: Would you like some lunch?
Phoebe: No, I don't like any kind of lunch. I want a snack.
Me: How about some fruit?
Phoebe: Do you have strawberries?
Me: No.
Phoebe: Do you have waterlemon?
Me: Watermelon and strawberries are hard to find in winter, honey. I have grapes, apples, and bananas.
Phoebe: I know, could I have grapes cut up and bananas cut up and apples cut up in a bowl?
Me: A fruit salad?
Phoebe: Yeah! Fewoot salad!
Me: Okay. (Chops fruit) Here you go.
Phoebe: Yum!
(Later)
Phoebe: I don't want the grapes or the bananas.
Me: Then don't eat them.
Phoebe: But can you take them out of the bowl?
Me: (Sighs and complies)
Phoebe: Yum! Now I have an apple fewoot salad!
(Later)
Phoebe: Mommy, can I change my clothes?
Me: Why?
Phoebe: Because I need to! New clothes would be percfect for me.
Me: Okay, go pick something out.
(And here's where it would have been funny to insert a picture of the ridiculously mismatched outfit she picked out, but my camera battery is dead. Come back later!)
You get the idea. I'm still glad I get to spend the day with her.
Edited to add: It just snowed for, like, two minutes. Bizarre.
Also: Happy birthday to my mother-in-law!
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Tell her that I had an apple fruit salad today too! It was all the fruit I had left. Ha!