Chocolate and Light Bulbs

Zuzu: 3.50 yrs old
Bear: 1.39 yrs old

There are days when I find it so easy to do laundry. Lots of laundry! And I think, I'm never going to get behind on laundry again! I'll do one or two loads every day, forever! I have days like that ... maybe three of them per year. Today was not one.

I ate a lot of chocolate today. It was one of those days where I kept thinking about chocolate. 

At the grocery store tonight with the kids, I was delighted to find that they had the light bulbs we needed. I put four packages of various bulbs in my cart. Zuzu wanted to put the light bulbs in HER cart. She was pushing one of those cute little kid carts. I said sure, and picked them up again--"but," I said, "you must be so careful with them--don't throw them into your cart, just set them down gently." I knew this wouldn't be a problem for her. I held them out. And then the next little series of events all happened in a moment: Bear, who was sitting in the front of my cart, twisted around to reach behind him where the light bulbs were in my hand, snatched a package, and immediately threw it onto the floor. One of the bulbs completely shattered inside the package. I put a hand on my forehead and said out loud, "I can't believe that just happened." Zuzu threw her head back and cried out, "Ohhhhhhh! I should have catched them!" I hastened to tell her it wasn't her fault, it was my fault. So then she said brightly, "Oh, I forgive you Mommy!" I thanked her, and hugged her, and heard her say softly that when we got home, she would find some of her dolls to give me to make me happy.