What I Do All Day

Baby Boy wakes up, points out the window..."Light!"

As a good mom I dutifully repeat it back, reinforcing that it is indeed light outside.

Baby Boy's first stop is the potty, where there are 3 light fixtures and a window.  "Mama! Light! Light! Light! Light!"

"Yes, light, light, light, light."

In his room for clothes....2 Windows, a light fixture, a closet bulb.  "Light, light, light, light."

"Lots of lights, outside lights and inside lights"

In the hall...night light and an unplugged lamp still looking for a home.  "Light, light"

"Yes buddy, more lights."

Down the stairs, stopping to be lifted and look out both windows and check out the ceiling fixture.  "Light, light, Daddy, light"

We once talked to Daddy out this window and toddlers remember everything and expect it to stay the same always.

"Ooooh, lots of light, Daddy went to work, more light."

Bottom of the stairs...front door, entry light, living room windows.  "Light, light, outside, baba, light!"

We are creatures of habit, morning bottle in the living room most mornings, after I decline to go outside.

"Pretty light, outside later, baba on the couch."

This process takes about 20 minutes.  In that fuzzy pre-baby world that I used to inhabit -I woke up, peed before my eyelids were even fully opened, and walked downstairs...all in about a minute and a half.

After we finish the "light" conversation and tour we move on to heavier topics.

The "doggie" discussion:  where we follow our three dogs around the house and correctly identify them - repeatedly - as dogs.

The body part test:  "Where are your...eyes, nose, belly, knees,  toes...Huh? Those are your balls?  Well, I guess they are, good job.  You have apparently spent time with your Aunt Lola lately, couldn't she have taught you scrotum instead?  It might be more socially accepted when you grab yourself and scream it in church on Sunday."

The "truck" watch: where we climb up and down the couch back looking out the window yelling "Truck!" at every moving thing.  "No baby, that is a bike...a car...the mailman."

"Truck" watch, Part 2:  Now we must differentiate between types of trucks because, even as toddlers, boys know that there are garbage trucks and pick up trucks and delivery trucks and - my favorite - "BIG TRUCK!" which is a great catch all for mamas that are not proficient in proper truck verbage.

We also have half hour conversations about "bears" and "baby" and "flowers" and much longer, seemingly forever, discussions on "potty".

I never dreamed I could have deep, meaningful conversation for eight hours...using just ten words.

Also...this is why my dishes are never done.