You know you are the parent of a 2 year old if.....

Yesterday we were leaving the pool and I told Mason we were going to Chick Fil A. As we entered the parking lot and pulled to the drive through line Mason realized we weren't going inside and got upset. Here was our conversation:

Mason: "I don't want to go home I want to go in Chick fil a!!!!"

Me: No Mason we can't go in Chick fil a today we will go another day.

Mason: Mommy I want to go in Chick fil a!!!

Me: Mason we are going to get our food and take it home, we will go inside one day soon okay?

Mason: No, go inside Mommy!"

Me: Mason we can't go inside because we are wearing our swimsuits and you are not allowed to go in a restaurant in your swimsuit.

Mason: (thinking deeply before talking) I go in there naked mommy!!!

I'm trying to picture little Mason walking in Chick fil a naked, ordering some chicken nuggets then going into the play area. :-)

This little incident made me think of the other off the wall things Mason has done lately. 2 year olds are an interesting breed. They are the sweetest things in the world one minute then going crazy the next. I love this age and wouldn't change anything about it but there are definitely lots of challenges! I know that one day I will look back on this age and things that seem stressful now will probably give me a good laugh!

So just for laughs....you know you are a parent of a 2 year old if.....

You find a Thomas the Train ball in your bag of pretzels.

Your white kitchen cabinets mysteriously have orange crayon all over them.

Potty training consumes your thoughts and pee pee, poo poo and potty are three words used almost more than any others each day.

Old Mcdonald and The Wheels on the Bus play constantly in your car. You almost forgot you actually have a radio that plays adult music.

When your child is finished with a snack you tell them to put the rest of it in the trash.....later you discover that same snack floating in the toilet.

You constantly use food as a bribe. "If you go potty you can have an M&M!" "If you finish your dinner you can have a cookie!" "If you are good in the store you can have goldfish!"

You can spend an entire morning cleaning but an hour later the house looks worse than when you started!

You find the entire contents of your purse spilled onto the floor and your child with tic tacs in his mouth and your lipstick on his face.

You get a cracker out of the box and it is mysteriously wet.....hmmm someone has been licking the salt off and putting them back in the box again!

You find yourself hiding in the other room while you are eating a snack because you know you will have to share it (give it all away) if your child sees it.

Your child say's "I love you Mommy!" followed up with a huge hug and a kiss and you know that it is all worth it!

Does anyone have anything to add? :-)