I thought The Princess and the Frog would be my babysitter.

Posted on March 25, 2010 filed in Parenting

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This afternoon I decided to pop in a DVD in hopes of entertaining Jayden while I attempted to get some work done on my laptop. We had received The Princess and the Frog Blu-ray Combo Pack last week, so I thought that would be a good choice. I loaded up the Blu-ray Disc Player and toggled with the surround sound.

As soon as the movie began, his eyes instantly became glued to the big screen. I thought, “Ok maybe this could work. For real this time.” He danced to the tunes, he sat on the coffee table, he ran off and played with toys, and lounged in his chair. He laughed. He pointed. He whined for cookties, wawa, and paci. Then he started to itch. And I got my hands all greasy slathering him in ointment. He wanted to snuggle. He tossed and turned. He held on to my fingers for security. He got up and played with his toys and came back for more snuggles. I started to feel as though my mission had failed and this movie was only playing for my pleasure.

When the movie ended, he fell asleep and I snuck off into the office. It was my wish that I’d get some work done this afternoon, only that didn’t happen. So I will be staying up a little late tonight until that wish does come true.

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