When I was little, I distinctly remember following my mom around the house and doing everything that she did. I also remember her telling me one day that she just needed a minute to herself! I now know exactly how she feels because I have a little shadow of my own!
Not only is my five month old going through the phase where he wants me to hold him every second of the day, but my two year old does not leave my side. As you mothers out there can attest to, if I walk into the kitchen, Trent walks into the kitchen. If I go to the bathroom, Trent follows. Literally, the second I leave the room, Trent is right behind me asking, "Mommy, what are you doing?" So far, it isn't too annoying. In fact, it is actually quite funny!
This morning for example, I was doing squats in the family room (as I randomly do throughout the day) and as I was lowering myself to the ground and then standing back up, Trent stood next to me and did the same thing all while smiling at me with this look of pride on his face. This afternoon, I picked up my little ten pound weights and began to do bicep curls when Trent suddenly ran out of the room. A few seconds later, the little guy was doing curls next to me while holding two empty water bottles that he found somewhere! I was just going to say that he is too cute but now that I think about it, he probably found the bottles in the garbage can which is kind of gross.
My favorite moment from my shadow so far happened this evening as I was in the shower. Trent was watching me intently from the other side of the glass. I tried to ignore him and enjoy my shower in peace as I propped my leg up on the ledge in the shower and began shaving my leg. Well, that was until I saw the little guy throw his leg up on the bathtub, ball his right hand into a tight fist, and then begin to rub his skinny little calf in tune to my shaving. I couldn't help but laugh out loud! I am sure that this will drive me crazy at one point but for the time being, I am enjoying it.
On another, unrelated note, Trent is insanely competent at using the ipad and he is two and a half! He is currently obsessed with watching motorcycle or animal videos on Youtube. Typically, he tells me what he wants to watch and then I do a search for it on Youtube. This exact thing happened tonight when I was making dinner. Trent wanted to watch pandas, which was a first for him. I did the search, handed him the ipad and then got to work on cutting up some squash. About 15 minutes later, I walked up behind him as he was sitting on the couch and was astonished to see what he was watching! He had somehow found a video with various animals mating that had been spliced together and auto-tuned! In a matter of a few seconds, I saw elephants, giraffes, and even owls getting it on. I didn't know if I should laugh or be appalled. Those of you who know me can probably guess what I did next...I laughed and told him to go show daddy what he was watching. He looked up at me, smiled widely, and asked, "Mommy, what are they doing?" I again told him to take it to daddy.
Needless to say, there will be no more unsupervised Youtube video watching for my son!
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