Three Painted Nails

I have written and rewritten the following paragraphs approximately 5 times over the last 5 months.  I"ll let you read them, unedited, in italics.   I was never able to form the cohesive story I wanted to, and now there's a continuation of sorts. This blog was titled  "How to entertain a 2 year old??!!"  No, serious question, I'm asking for help!  My kid is full of energy and lacking fear.  It's the goddamn dead of winter in this city and there's about three hundred feet of snow outside.  We have resorted to jumping on the couch as a means of entertainment but that's going to become old pretty quick.  Or, she'll break her arm and that will really end the jumping.  She hasn't figured out her 'J' sound yet so we're always 'bumping', all day and night.  It's a good thing her bed has rails still or else she for sure would have fallen off the bed by now.   To add to the jumping she has learned how to do a somersault!  A...

My kid is full of energy and is lacking the fear emotion.  I've had a hunch about this since she was just over a year old and would walk down the stairs without help.  She started going down the tallest slides at the park when she was only 16 months old.   Around 18 months she discovered jumping on the couch.  We haven't looked back since. It was beautiful fall here, days in December were in the mid teens, we were at the park! And then old man winter showed the F up and he far overstayed his welcome.  This winter was brutal and we were homebound frequently.  So after playing with every toy she owns, teaching her about play-doh and finger-painting, we had nothing left to do.... We resorted to jumping on the couch as a means of entertainment.  It's escalated to the upstairs couch, the downstairs couch, the arm chair and her crib.  Now we can't stop her.  We always have someone sitting beside her in an attempt to catch her if she falls, but ...

     One of the things that I miss since having a kid is the freedom to pick up go somewhere on a whim.   There aren't many things I miss to be honest, I love being a mom, but with a crib midget it is far more difficult to get away for a weekend, let alone our favourite U.S. destination.  It had been forever since we'd been to Vegas and our annual Christmas getaway was looking more and more unlikely.   This made me a sad panda.  I think I tried to plot every feasible way to get down there, from Grandma babysitting for 3 days to just bringing the runt with us.  I just needed a break.  I was exhausted from work and knew I was going to stay just as frazzled; I work in retail- Christmas and Boxing Day are the busiest days and I needed a recharge.  And seeing as though Vegas wasn't an option, our next best plan was a short drive away.  To a mall. 😡  In Edmonton.   The retail in me is cringing at the mere thought of being in Ca...