She will see the crayons have been spilled all over the kitchen, so she will toss them back in the bin.
After she tosses them in the bin, she will notice the lid is missing. So she will scour the house until she finds the lid, wondering how on earth it got under the couch.
When she pulls the lid from under the couch, she will notice half a year’s worth of crumbs underneath. So she will get out the vacuum.
When she gets out the vacuum, she notices the laundry hasn’t been moved from the washer. So she grabs the wet laundry and stuffs it into the dryer.
As she’s stuffing it into the dryer, the phone rings, so she runs to answer it. As she’s running to answer the phone, she nimbly scoots some toys out of he hallway with her foot.
“Hello?”, she answers the phone to confirm the next pediatrician’s appointment. As she hangs up the phone, she will remember the vacuum.
As she hauls the vacuum downstairs, she notices the cobwebs on the hanging light above. She makes a mental note to tackle those another day.
Once the crumbs have been vanquished from underneath the couch, a child tugs on her arm.
“Mommy!!! I’m hungry!”
It has only been one minute.
Wonder what Mom could do with fifteen minutes?
If you give a Mom a Blank…a post written in the style of the children's "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie" books
