One day I will look back and laugh... but not today.

"I will not let my child control my emotions, I will not let my child control my emotions." I find myself repeating this over and over in my mind many times throughout the day. Like when Anthony unrolls an entire roll of aluminum foil --which you cannot roll back up without it getting all crinkly. Or when I find he has taken a bite out of every single plum in the fruit bowl, or smeared hand lotion all over his hair.

But today he really tested me.

First of all, let me try to explain why this was so irritating. I have been trying to cook healthier sides for the family. Last night I made a side dish of orzo, kale, mushrooms and cherry tomatoes. It was really yummy and I worked hard on it. Cooking always takes me like twice as long as the recipes say they should take because I don't know how to prep very well yet. My timing is always off. Anyway, so it took me a while to get that little dish together and I was excited to see we had leftovers. "This will be perfect for lunch tomorrow", I said to myself.

So today after Anthony got up from his nap, I sat him in his booster seat and gave him the orzo. He was loving it. Even saying "mmm, yummm, that's good".

So I went downstairs to switch over the laundry really quickly and came back to this lovely scene:

Oh my. Yep that's orzo in his ear.

I'll laugh about this one day, right?

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