If you have more than one
little you will likely find they have secret meetings about who is going to nap
and when, so that one of them is constantly awake. However, if the stars
align into the perfect storm their tandem napping antics can be thwarted for
maybe... ummm... thirty minutes. It is however, THE MOST GLORIOUS 30
MINUTES OF YOUR WEEK!!
Everything stands still and
you find yourself standing in the kitchen motionless and spacing out kinda
feeling lost in what to do with this free time. Make dinner? Do some laundry? Work on renos? Clean the floors?.....Screw it, now is about M! E! (say it with me...) ME! ME,
ME, ME!!!
Here's My Top Six Indulgences For The Double-Nap
1. Waste my time online.
Google random shit. Blog. Read postsecret. Creep on Facebook. Or open up paint
and art it up grade-school style. Why? There is no toddler climbing on my lap
and shoving his butt into my chest while he crawls up onto the table trying to
smear oatmeal all over my laptop.
2. Have a bath...maybe
with a little baileys in the coffee? So it's before noon - don't you judge me!
Besides 5 minutes of nap time is equal to like 30 minutes mom time so I figure
the half-life of baileys works in this time frame.
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| Coconut hot chocolate + Coffee + Creme de Cocoa + Espresso Vodka + Melty Marshmallows + Cocoa Nibs = the Sanchez S'more. Yup me and the hubs made it up and while we drank it I told him I may have to have an emotional love affair with this drink. He approved of this open relationship. Kinky! |
3. Get dolled up. You've
seen what happens when I try and do this with a curious toddler around aka my
bathroom concierge. 'Can I get you some hairspray miss? Oh just let me clear
out this cupboard and find it for you...ooh look! choking hazards!' Now, I know
I'm probably not going anywhere but if I can do my hair and put on some damn
lipstick at least I look better than I feel (from the neck up anyways).
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| Today I cleaned my make-up brushes! BOOYAH naptime! |
4. Eat treats. What mom
isn't guilty of sneaking cookies while they are making lunch and their back is
turned to their kids?! If they see us with these tasty little morsels its so
long fully prepared lunch and hello 'treat?! treat?! treat?!' (Like those
seagulls of Nemo…mine! mine! mine!)
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| Gluten free, dairy free brownie and strawberry sauce..mmmmm |
5. Watch something that
requires my full attention - like millionaire matchmaker or my shopping
addiction. Something I can watch in silence without hearing 'Kitty? Fishy?
Car?' I can usually get off with a few tears by telling him kitty is napping. Regardless, I may or
may not have the entire script to Puss in Boots nearly memorized and possibly incorporate
its quotes into my daily life.
6. Get all reckless-like and
leave doors and cupboards open. OH the dangers that lurk! The chemicals! The
tasty treats! The loud pots and pans! It's an all access pass and no toddlers
are invited. HEYOO!!! MOM'S GONE WILD!!! They asked me to star in the new
reality of Stay At Home Mom’s Gone Wild, but I’m pretty busy…you know drinking
coffee and changing diapers and rocking mom jeans. Full-time gig ya hear!
I would love to hear how YOU make the most out of your magic
time when your kids are sleeping - in ways that aren't 'homemaking' related.
