I'm a Toys R Us Kid!

I realized I was a grown up when I got pregnant with my son and no one told me I was too young. I was 25. When I was a kid I always said that I wanted to have my first child at 25 because I thought that was really old. But when I unexpectedly got pregnant I instantly thought "I'm too young for this". Then I realized I was the exact "really old" age I wanted to be when I was a kid.



Although having my son made me realize I really was an adult, it hasn't made me feel old. On the contrary I feel younger, I get to do all sorts of kid stuff again. I can finger paint, jump in puddles, go to story time, read "Where the Wild Things Are" over and over, and watch Disney Channel. Because of my son I now know the meaning of being a "Toys R Us Kid". I get to hang out in the toy aisle, see "children's movies", and go to to Chuck E. Cheese's without looking like a crazy person. I get to experience things through his eyes and remember how amazing the simple things are.



I now know I am an adult, but I am a parent and that means I get to have a second childhood and experience the world all over again through my son.

"Just Another Manic Monday"

And this week I am participating in Writer's Workshop and the prompt I chose is: Could a routine become interesting through words?  Write about a person (perhaps you) caught up in a daily routine.  Establish a rhythm with the story’s words that impersonates the rhythm of the routine.




6 AM       is                  that              the              alarm                                                  hit.the.snooze                                   man that went by fast                                                          UGH       pull    myself        out                       of                      bed                            run to the bathroom, I can't see, where's my glasses, GET UP EDDIE, "Mommy can I watch a show" I say yes but I wanna say NO! Find the remote change the TV, you can only watch Disney.       Heres your clothes put on your shoes, getting in the shower. Do you hear what I'm telling you? Get in the shower the water is nice, I could stay in here the rest of my life.  Wash my hair, my face and limbs. Did I put conditioner in? Water off, towel on.  Find my clothes, brush out my hair.  Eddie are you dressed, of course not I could have guessed. The TV is going off if you don't put on your shoes and socks.  Blow dry my hair, I don't wanna go anywhere! Straighten hair, brush and comb, gotta put some makeup on.  Eddie come and brush your teeth, brush as long as the light is flashing. Rinse it off get your backpack, no I'm not recording that. Where's your jacket? Put it on. Where the heck did I leave my phone? Purse, phone, jacket, keys. Eddie get your backpack please. TV lights everything off out the door, make sure its locked, in the car and we're OFF!