We went to a holiday party on Sunday evening at a friend’s house. We offered to stay home since we didn’t have a babysitter in case they didn’t want two toddlers crashing the party. They were excited to have us all over, so we went.
We were the first to arrive, which was good because Charlotte and Cooper got the lay of the land before a lot of unfamiliar faces showed up. Cooper explored every.inch.of.the.house. Not kidding. All of it. Charlotte? Well, she was content with her crackers, all 20 of them. Let me explain.
The snack trays were low enough for both of them to reach. So Charlotte took one cracker, then took 5 more. Found a spot in a corner with a bench to make her pile. Went back to the plate and took one more, then 5 more. This continued all night. You’d think we didn’t feed her. She ate her crackers and drank her juice in the corner for the two hours we were there.
Cooper ran from room to room to room, wreaking havoc wherever he went. He pulled the candles out of the fireplace. Crawled under the Christmas tree to chase the cat. He took crackers and the entire hunk of cheese off the snack tray. He put a nut in his mouth and decided he didn’t like it and then put it back in the community bowl. Six times. He ate handful after handful of Chex mix and decided it tasted terrible and spit it out. Three times. On the couch, on the carpet, on the floor.
Ate BBQ chicken and then played on the computer and got sauce on the keyboard. Put a half eaten celery stick in the curio cabinet and one in the old cubby where the iron was placed in the olden days (it is an old house). Brushed his teeth with the hostess’ toothbrush. He may or may not have dipped it in the toilet first. Used the bathtub as a slide. Went through the medicine cabinet, the make-up drawers, and the sock drawer.
And last but not least, he went through the hamper. He came walking out of the bedroom with the hamper lid and everyone at the party started laughing. The host said, no worries. I’m glad Chris intercepted and he only brought out the hamper lid.
Why you ask? Chris said he turned red when he saw what Cooper came out of the room with initially. A pair of pink lacey panties. Of COURSE they’re pink, it’s Cooper’s favorite color. Chris managed to get Cooper to put the underwear back in the hamper and instead show everyone at the party the hamper lid.
Holiday parties are interesting and exhausting with two 2 year olds!
(To my friend: Um surprise! I purposely left your name out in case you don’t want all my friends and family knowing you wear pink lacey panties. Really I would recommend buying a new toothbrush because I didn’t get there in time to know if he dunked it in the toilet first or not. We had a great time and thank you so much for everything!
(Just so you know, it sounds like we don’t discipline our children with this post. Obviously redirection is the big thing at this age and timeout we only use for more serious behavior like hitting. They were very well behaved at the party and despite their curiosity and typical 2 year old behavior, we had a really great time.)
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