Really? Did all of this stuff just happen in one week? Seriously? I don't know if Jon and I can handle it. Mentally or financially!! You may have seen an article about this online somewhere or I'm sure it has been covered in one of the ridiculously rushed and stupid segments on the Today show. It's about how much money you spend raising a child from birth to 18 years (as if when they turn 18 you just stop spending money on them or that anything you are spending doesn't count anymore!). Well...one that I saw says about $227, 000. Wow. What it doesn't consider is that you might be raising a Charlotte. A precious little girl who is in love with Curious George and apparently thinks that she is just like him. (And for some reason George NEVER gets in trouble...EVER. Great lesson Curious George writers!!! At least in the old Curious George books he got put in jail sometimes or locked back up in the zoo or something. Now, everyone just laughs and cleans up his mess!) So the cost of raising a Charlotte I'm pretty darn sure is much, MUCH more than $227,000. They should let us claim that on our taxes or something. Give us a rating system of how mischievous our child is and refund us accordingly.
Earlier in the week you may have seen my blog about how this was already a rough week - and it was only Wednesday. Well, the week kind of went on like that! Let's recap. Charlotte ate some deoderizing gel beads, she was pooping all over room and in the bathtub, she threw the plugged in hair straightner into the bathtub with her, clogged our toilet with a plastic toy bagel, Jon found and caught a rodent of some sort downstairs (before I got home from work, good job!), and Charlotte got put in toddler jail.
For the rest of the week we get to add: (1)Charlotte killed Jon's phone because she threw it into the jacuzzi. You know the moment you see them about to do something and everything is in slow motion - like when you're approaching your dog and you don't want him to run away. She dropped it in before he could make it. (2)She ruined the garage door clicker by throwing that into some water too. (3) We started making her Jack's diapers to nap time because Jon just couldn't stand cleaning up any more crap and doing any extra laundry. Instead of caring and putting up a fight...she's just enjoying getting to try out different colors and be like Jack. Guess the first day was just a fluke. (4) She has begun waking up at 5:30AM and coming into our room to let us know she needs her oatmeal. We started leaving her door open at night so that she might come out in the morning to go to the bathroom instead of doing it in her room. She doesn't pee in her bed in the morning anymore, but she does get up earlier and earlier every day! (5) The monitor on Jon's computer broke (the one he uses for work) and we stupidly went searching for a new monitor and/or trying to use an old one with a cable that didn't work instead of realizing (well, being told by my mom!) that - duh! - we should get an adapter - which was MUCH cheaper than a new monitor. We'll see if that works out or if we still have to use the new monitor. (6) I spent the entire nap time, plus some - 3 hours - on the phone to Dell and the very helpful Ashish to get our brand new computer fixed which was their fault in the first place!
Whew! Meanwhile, the car has needed an oil change and tire rotation for about a week and a half. There is so much laundry either waiting to be folded or waiting to be washed, I'm on my backup underwear. You know - the ones that you don't really like all that much but you keep them in your drawer for exactly these times. And I'm pretty sure that my precious little Jack hasn't had a bath in about a week. Seriously - I needed this 3 day weekend...badly!!
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