These Are The Days...

Today, Thatcher had a play date at a friend's house. I had to wake up Margaret from her nap to go and pick him up. I left her in the car with the heat full blast just to run up to the door and retrieve the boy. Why do I ever think "it will only take a second"? Thatcher and his rambunctious friend take off to areas unknown and make me search for them. This begins with a smile on my face then ends with me talking to Thatcher between the first rows of teeth. He FINALLY gets the message and we leave.

Upon entering the car, I IMMEDIATELY smell what occurred while I was away. She was warm, under blankets, had a little fuzzy book to read....yes, a poop explosion. She was content for the moment, so I drove the long way to Jack's school. I thought "why not put it off...perhaps the rapture will come while I'm driving and then God can change her diaper." ;0)

He has a sense of humor too, so He decided this wasn't THE moment to return. I park at Jack's school and prepare for the inevitable. This is why we put the second seat down in the car....to leave a space for diaper changes. I didn't realize I'd have to strip the poor child down to her bare essentials and remove her now stained turtleneck. Of course, it never stops there...a smear here, a smear there! YIKES!

I have these blue bags called "sassy sacks" that smell like baby powder and are used for disposing of dirty diapers. Margaret LOVES them! She is constantly getting into them. I think it's the crinkly sound they make because she shakes them violently and laughs! It's not funny when the dirty diaper is in it and you haven't had a chance to seal the contents yet!

Sadly, the wipes have been in my car for a very long time. It has been below freezing in Michigan for months...so I had wipesicles. She didn't cry, she just gasped....heavily...with every swipe.

I managed to get her changed, cleaned up, wrestled a sassy sack away from her and buckled her back in her seat in 10 minutes. Not too bad! The best part of all was being able to use the travel sized Lysol and Febreze that I bought waiting at the check out one day at WalMart! Yes, I'm one of those easily influenced by the check-out products lure. These came in handy and now my car smells fresh and clean...for the moment.

Such is the life....my excitement for the day.