I am not Jewish, so having the day off for Yom Kippur meant that it was truly a day of rest for me. But, today I learned that there is no day of rest once you have children. My mom says that those days reemerge when your little ones are old enough to make their own dinner, but until then, I better have low expectations.
My day of rest was actually a day of fun filled cleaning. I wished I was at work, because that would have been a nicer alternative to scrubbing toliets, tiles, and tubs. I didn't realize how cruddy and cluttered our 800 square feet had gotten, until I was down and dirty in the midst of it all. What I did realize and learn today was how quickly Jackson acquires "things", and how he doesn't use half those things nor seem to even know they are there. He runs to the kitty's water at any chance he can get, splashing around and then makes a b-line for the kitty's toy box. How is it that a ball with a feather on it is more entertaining pushing a button on a Sesame Street toy to hear "C is for cookie, that's good enough for me" or "I looove trash, anything that's dirty or dingy or dusty." But it's true, why would you want to play with something like that, when you can rummage through a box filled with colorful assorted balls, adorned with felt, feathers, squeakers, and glitter. If toy companies knew anything about early childhood development, they would market a colorful box of child size kitty toys. Another best seller: a interesting box filled with dust bunnies, and a buy one get one free box of lint to go with it.
What I learned today: In my marathon cleaning day, I realized that Jackson has a lot of "stuff" that is meant to stimulate the wee little brain waves, and make him smarter, more social, more independent. But in actuality, just plop down with him on the floor, watch him grab some lint of your clothes, and you have a toy straight from heaven. Hours of stimulation and entertainment...and a whole heck of a lot less cleaning required.
