I have to remind myself that children don't come already equipped with social norms, rules, and everyday regulations. I can't expect Adeline to just know that leaving a cup of milk hidden in a shoe in the back of the closet is a bad idea, or that eating all of the nutria grain bars mama has in her bag for road trips or emergencies will result in a massive stomach ache. Life lessons with the washer and dryer have come up a lot lately. A mon ago Adeline wanted to help, so she got the laundry soap and poured it into the dryer. Obviously I would have stopped her, explained how that's not where the soap goes, and cleaned it out of the dryer, if I had been there. Unfortunately I was putting up clean clothes. Our laundry soap is dry and white, so I didn't notice it covering the inside of the dryer. And I thought nothing if the sounds coming from the dryer since there were lots snaps and zippers making noise. Only afterwards, when I took the laundry out, and notices burn spots all over the clothes did I realize what happened. I'm still trying to get the dryer free from detergent.
Today I had Adeline help by putting her laundry into the washer. I didn't double check to make sure there wasn't anything in the basket that shouldn't be. Of course there was. A pull up. The insides had exploded all over. Disaster. Things could be much worse. Right now I'm putting out small fires here and there. Imagine the blazes that I'll be dealing with once the twins get older!
Some small footnotes-
We've hiked, walked, and day driven every weekend since the weathers been nice. I love it. Alaska sure is something else.
I started running, yesterday. I can comfortably do 3 miles. I hope to get to 5 soon.
I didn't get the teaching job at the Waldorf school. Disappointed. It's hard to combat the feelings if failure. But I'm moving on. I'll be where I need to be.
June and Miles (knock on wood) have never thought to do such interesting things as Adeline has.
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