Addi is entering into a new phase of independence. I can accept that. I am trying to foster this new trait as best as possible. I have recently started letting her use the bathroom and wash her hands by herself. She is not the greatest at either task, and usually there are messes to clean up after she is done. That just goes without saying when dealing with a 2 year old. She enjoys washing her hands, because it usually means 3-4 minutes of playing in the water and creating a sink full of bubbles. I get that fascination, if only I were 2, and bubbles still amused me...(sigh).
Tonight Addi announced to the entire house (as usual) that she was going to go pee. She ran into the bathroom, and slammed the door shut. After about 10 minutes passed, I decided to go check on her. Right as I was getting ready to open the bathroom door, she comes out and asks me where the hand towels are. I lead her into the linen closet so she can choose a towel of her liking. I walk back over and open the bathroom door expecting to find a large mess, but there was no apparent destruction. Score one for me! Then I realize her sponge bob toothpaste is out and the cap is off and sitting on the top of the vanity. I peer around the corner to find blue toothpaste still dripping down her chin. I asked her what she had been doing. She informed me she had been ''washing her hands, that was all.'' I said ''hmmmm, well your toothpaste is out...do you know why that is?'' She replied with "oh yeah, and I brushed my teeth. yep, I brushed my teeth and washed my hands." I then asked her ''why her toothbrush was dry, if she had been brushing her teeth?'' She looked up at me, with that sweet little twinkle in her eye and said "oh, don't worry...I just used your toothbrush."
Life lesson #437: Don't sweat the small stuff.
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