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Home Decorating, Toddler Style

Well, just a quick update. I was up in Wales last week teaching trauma management again and had a great time, even though I missed my little monkeys something terrible. But I was only gone for 3 days and when I returned, the two of them seemed to be fed, cleaned and relatively well cared for, so apparently I’m not as vital to their survival as I’d hoped.

Of course, not everything was perfect. I was met at the door by a man with a handful of glass shards. Zoe, it turns out, decided she didn’t like our living room lamp. So she smashed it against the wall 10000 times until it finally shattered. Delightful. Good news is that her father was actually watching her do it, so he was right there to pick up the glass before anyone was hurt. (Again. Delightful.)

It’s apparently my job this week to hunt down the broken piece of our home furnishings and get it replaced. But while I’m at it, my husband would like me to replace the shades in the living room. It’s not enough that I’ve destroyed them by cutting through all the cords and tying the chains to the floor. Now the “favorite game” is to get tangled and twisted up in the slats, which is hilarious until they either get stuck or risk strangulation. Did I add that vertical blinds are safest when they are freely hanging and not attached at the bottom?

So we’re getting curtains. Lovely white linen curtains. That should go well with jam-smeared fingers, don’t you think? Wait. Do you think they make them in some sort of strawberry splatter pattern along the bottom 3 feet? That would be awesome.

Dr. Lara Zibners, Apr 18, 2011

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