Like Mother Like Daughter

Wednesday night my two year old wanted to trick-or-treat for two hours. This really put a damper on my plans to sit on my friend's couch while she destroyed my friend's house. We took the little ones out for what was supposed to be a few minutes and then they were supposed to get really cold so we could go back in but they didn't. They went on and on and on.

Lovely was starting to get tired and yelled at me after every door she went to, "Wait! I'm sick! Don't leave me!!!" I told her that she had to stop screaming at me or we were going to go home. After the next door she yelled, "Mommy! I'm sick! Don't... (Then with a happy face.) I'm not screaming Mommy! See? I'm not screaming!!!"

Finally someone had to go potty so we headed back to the couch where I belonged. On the way in Persistence asked, "Can I take Love to just this one more house?" Fine with me. Moments later she showed up at the house and shut the door behind her. Where's Lovely I wanted to know? "Oh she's coming." So she left her outside in the dark and hopefully she's coming?

That's when my friend said, "BTW where's my son?" That would be her three year old that I had been left in charge of. "Oh he's coming."

Then I started wondering if he really was coming. That's when I realized with horror that I had left him at the last house! It all came rushing back to me. He had started following me home when I said, "No, you go with Janette." I pointed to where the rest of our group was and off he ran. Then I turned around and left, not thinking that it might be a good idea if Jannette actually knew she was now in charge of a small three year old.

Lucky for me Jannette did find him and brought him back. Everyone blamed it on pregnancy brain but I'm not sure if I wouldn't do the same thing again. Do not ever leave your children with me. I'm a bad, bad Mother and my own children have only survived this long by their own wits since I apparently don't have any of my own to protect them.