Saturday, May 15, 2010

Growin' up is hard to do

This morning after our wonderful family breakfast of 7-grain pancakes (from the farmers mrkt!) it was time to get to work. Our house needed some TLC... housecleaning style. Brad set out moving the heavy things to the basement while I piddled and fussed in the kitchen.

Ava knows the basement is not an ideal play place - tho - fun for a 1 year old. Our basement in its 1914 style is NOT finished... not even close. We have a BLUE toilet mounted up on a pedestal of sorts that we've dubbed, "the man throne" to be used by teen boys only... and they don't even use it. There are boxes and tubs of our belongings, a gas water heater, our ginormous furnace, washer/dryer, etc. and a few really cool "nooks" that look like little rooms... to which I WILL NOT be exploring because... just, ew. Anyway, Ava comes down from time to time to "help" me with the laundry - but, its not a play place. Today, while daddy was carrying things up and down the stairs she found her way down there and found her prize possession... her former baby carrier. She LOVES that thing and sat in it the remainder of the time that Brad was working. Very funny. So, we brought it upstairs for her to play with while we finished cleaning. And... she just sat in it for at least 30 minutes.

My not so little girl...
I couldn't help but wonder if she were thinking, "gee, growing up is hard to do".

3 comments:

beccarankin said...

Precious

Tiffany said...

Oh my goodness! She is so cute! I think you have found the secret to have quiet time, cleaning your house, making dinner, etc!! {wink}

The Sneaky Mommy said...

Too cute! I love that baby seats they once stretched to get out of come back as comfort chairs! Our boys love it when I babysit and get out their old bouncy seats! They do look comfy! :)