I pride myself on multi-tasking, I mean, what mother doesn't? I grade papers and play with tiny princesses at the same time, I cook and help Brooke into her princess dresses, I pull weeds while giving kids a horseback ride, etc...it's just life. There are many times that it's pretty obvious that I am doing a little too much, and this happened to be one of those nights.
Here's the scene...
Cory is out of town, so it's just me. I am cooking dinner, and I decide to go ahead and make a double portion for a friend that just had a baby. It was a new recipe, and you know how that can go. I was also having Kacy help me make a dessert; she is great with cooking, but I still have to do a lot of work for her. The recipe was for baked pasta. There were many parts to it - the homemade sauce, the noodles, the Italian sausage - all cooking simultaneously. All while Kacy is asking me what's next, how high to turn on the mixer, and on and on. Then, Brooke pees on the kitchen floor. I quickly clean it up and put new panties on her. She is freaking out, Kacy is getting antsy, the sausage is burning. I put her on the counter, which in retrospect, was probably not the smartest thing based on the way the night was going. I get Kacy on track, Brooke is occupied with some straws, and I continue dinner. Things are going smoothly for the next 5 minutes or so, until Brooke poops in her panties. Really? I took everything off the stove, grabbed her and took her to the bathroom to check out the situation. It was a mess. I couldn't get the panties off without a big mess. Poop gets on me, on her, on the floor, on the toilet - a mess! I took her to the other bathroom, and I just closed the door to that poop-filled bathroom, hoping it would go away on its own. I took my pants off, cleaned her up, I disinfected my hands thoroughly, and went back to cooking. So, here we were - a naked two year old running around saying "I naked! I naked" and me, cooking dinner in my panties. Oh, the moments in the life of a parent! We cooked dinner, I had some wine, and I eventually cleaned up the mess.
By the way, the baked pasta was pretty dang good!
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