And Then There Was One…

My kids are already out of school for Christmas and my mother came into town to rescue me from one of the worst weeks in recent history, and to take my oldest two back to Birmingham with her from some grandmother bonding time.

I was excited to be able to give Sadie, my youngest, my undivided attention for a few days. About 5 minutes after my mom and daughters left, Sadie started asking for Shuggie (my mom.)

Sadie: I want Suuuuggie.
Me: Shuggie is gone, baby. But you have Mommy ALL to yourself. We can do whatever you want…
Sadie: NO! I not wike it! I wan see Shuggie wight now!

Sadie has simmered down since then and realized I’m not such a bad second choice. We have sat down to eat meals together, built towers of blocks, read stacks of books (as the third child I’m not sure if she even realized that I knew how to read,) and spent plenty of time snuggled up together watching Barney.

No matter how many kids you have, when you have one less, you MARVEL at how easy life is. Take away two kids? And seriously, it’s like being on vacation over here. Having just one child in the house went straight to my head and I actually thought I could sit down for a few minutes to drink my coffee and watch the news this morning. Something I haven’t done in MONTHS. When I walked into the kitchen I remembered WHY I haven’t done it in months…

That’s tumeric. I have absolutely no idea why I bought it or what I’ve ever put it in but I will tell you that it stains your skin yellow if you touch it. I look like I’ve been making mustard sandwiches and using my hands as knives.

Fewer children in the house means I also have unlimited time to spend getting Sadie in the bed at night. And when she closes her eyes and pretends to sleep to make me stay in her room longer, I really couldn’t care less what color my hands are…