Amy's steps to productivity: 1) Open cabinet and set baby in front of cabinet. 2) Tiptoe away. 3) Repeat 3-5 times daily.
Oh, and then there's this:
An added bonus to this is that it also involves a time-saver! Now, whenever I need a tissue, I don't need to waste those precious seconds pulling it from the box. Who has time for that? I'm a busy woman, people! I just walk over to the pile on the floor and grab one! Easy!
Would you lose all respect for me if I told you that I've left piles like that for a couple of days? Yes? Okay, then I better not share that.
In other news, Ava's spelling words this term have centered on homophones. (Ya know, words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things: whether, weather, fore, four, etc.) Last night I was looking over her shoulder and saw that one pair of the words is aunt and aren't. I was stumped, and Ava was too. And then I realized that, pronounced with an Aussie accent, they do sound the same. Isn't that funny?
These Australians are so adorable, with their accents and such!
How adorable is that baby? I'm dying of love!
ReplyDeleteThe homophone thing is bending my mind. I'm trying to hear it in my head but I'm not sure I've got it right.
That adorable little girl can come pull the tissues out of all of my Kleenex boxes any time she wants to. She is so cute. Can I have her???
ReplyDeleteLove it... so many handy hints for me to use in the coming months!
ReplyDeleteI think a mom does what she has to do! That little doll can come and rearrange my cabinets any time! She is so pretty and bright looking.Is she walking totally on her own now?
ReplyDeleteI am so with you on cabinets & Kleenex boxes. And right now I am letting Matthew have a snack out of a bowl on the kitchen floor. Why use a high chair? It will just end up on the floor anyway, but I would have wasted valuable minutes putting him in & getting him out :).
ReplyDeleteMan she is cute! i'm considering putting my kids in straightjackets so they stay immobile for a few more years. I think that keep my productivity where it needs to be.
ReplyDeleteMan she is cute! i'm considering putting my kids in straightjackets so they stay immobile for a few more years. I think that keep my productivity where it needs to be.
ReplyDeleteBeck--yeah I know, it took me awhile to work out the pronunciation, too! It's cause the "r"'s aren't pronounced, and "aunt" is said like "ahhnt".
ReplyDeleteJules--don't worry, I've got loads more where that came from. Grace has also discovered the joys of the baby wipe package and the headset for the computer.
That 1st pic really looks like you at that age! I could just swallow her whole! Love you!
ReplyDeleteYou rocked my world with that homophone thing.
ReplyDeleteGrace is too cute. Growing like a weed!
Cuteness, cuteness, cuteness, OMG. Those jammies just make me want another toddler in the very worst way. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteHa on the homophones. My northern-transplant friend was marked off in grade school for mispelling the word "pirate," which she wrote as "parrot" ... the word she THOUGHT her very southern teacher was pronouncing.
I love how proud of herself she is with her little pile of Kleenexes. Wait, is that the plural of Kleenex? Kleenexs? Kleeni? Well, whatever.
ReplyDeleteWhat I love most about the aunt/aren't thing is that both words have to be pronounced with an accent - aunt has to be "awnt" as opposed to "ant" and then aren't is "awnt" too. Jude is amazingly good at translating Grandma's New York accent, he thinks it's hysterical.