Reflective Monday #7

No, this post is not about the benefits of using vegetable cooking oil but the kitchen chaos that has resulted because of it.
In short – Toddler + Cooking Oil = Massive Disaster
Last Friday I had a rude shock when I entered the kitchen . Oil was spilled all over the floor and Roy was seated happily on it splashing away. He had earlier sneaked into the kitchen when I was busy putting away the folded laundy in the room. Never in my wildest imagination would I expect him to overturn and unscrew the 5L of vegetable oil onto the floor. It was a real nightmare trying to extract him from the mess without slipping and falling on the extremely slippery/oily floor.

I had to use 2 rolls of paper towels to soak up the oil, degrease, mop and re-mop a few times…and the floor still feels oily!!! Any suggessions on how to get the floor back to normal?

April 8, 2008

Tuesday Toot- Roy’s Achievements

Dominique Thoughts Roy's achievement, Tuesday's toot

Today I was very pleasantly surprised to find out that Roy( my 15mth old) is able to take verbal instructions. I made a request for him to grab a clean diaper from his room and to come over to where I was (in the dining room) with it for me to change him. I was very surprised that he came, with a new diaper in hand, to me in less then 5 mins and announced “Diaper” with a smile on his face. Now if only I can get him to help me with more chores around the house.