I would like to add a new law of physics. Maybe this law doesn't belong in the general description and discussion of the laws that govern the earth, but it seems appropriate in the laws that govern the world of toddlers. The law is as follows: "What takes a toddler an hour to do will take Mom three hours to undo." My poor pregnant body hits about two o'clock in the afternoon and it cries for the mercy of a nap. Incoherency shuts me down and am forced to let my body rest in at least a semi-conscious state. Davin does not take naps anymore, but he is usually content to lay down on the couch with his blanket and pillow and watch a show, giving me at least 30-45 minutes of quiet time. Last week, I set Davin up for his "quiet time" and then I drifted down the hall to my bed. Floating in and out of sleep, I heard Davin up and about in the living room, playing with the video tapes. Later, I heard him enter the bathroom and sit in the sink, playing with the water. I sighed, thinking to myself, I'm going to have a wet, soggy mess to clean up, but hey, that's why we have towels and at least it will make the bathroom cleaner. Sleep seemed so much more important at the time. Not too long afterwards, I felt something poking my back. I rolled over, expecting to see a soggy Davin. Instead, he was covered in dirt. I just groaned. Davin had decided to do a little gardening while I was napping. I have a couple of potted plants in the living room that are at his level, and he decided to scoop out several handfuls of dirt. This mess in and of itself was not that bad. However, he happened to be wearing pants with cuffs at the bottom. The dirt collected nicely in the cuffs of his pants and it traveled with him all over the house. The bathroom was not only a soggy wet mess, it was a muddy mess. He threw a bottle of shampoo onto the floor where the lid broke and the contents leaked out. You would think that dirt and soap, when combined, would somehow cancel each other out. This is not the case. Instead they make an infinitely more difficult mess to clean. Sticky mud is much worse than wet mud. Davin also got mud in his bed and in my room as well. In order to undo what he did, I had to deep clean one bathroom (which led to cleaning the other bathroom as well because I already had the cleaners out), vacuuming the entire house, sweeping, and mopping. I guess it was a good excuse for getting my house clean.
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