I had such a fiasco getting a load of laundry started yesterday! I got a good head start, while Sebastian was stuffing his mouth with an enormous snack (his appetite is finally back after being sick!) I got half the load shoved in the machine. Then I remembered there were some clothes that needed to get washed up in our bedroom, so I told him I'd be right back. He didn't object, but as I was leaving I saw the puppy dragging Daddy's shoe into his crate. I got that situation taken care of and told Sebastian again that I'd be right back, but then it wasn't okay. "Noooooo, Mama. Mama sit there. Chair!" he ordered me loudly. This wasn't a battle I wanted to fight so I at least got him to say please, and I sat there while he finished his snack. By the time he was done, Soldier (the puppy) was starting to pace in front of the door so we suited up and headed outside to let him go pee. He went outside and he did his business. Sebastian wanted to play around a little bit so we were outside for like five minutes. I came back and ran for the washer again, but he stopped me and asked me to help him feed the dog. ("Soldier foods! Eat!") Okay... I went back and helped him feed the dog. The dog ate his food and Sebastian returned to the table to continue eating as well. I got a couple pieces of clothing, and all of a sudden Sebastian had a drink crisis. His juice was empty, oh my goodness! "MY JUICE! MY JUICE!" he carried on and on!! Again, I made him say "Please" and got him more juice. Returned to the washing machine, got a pair of pants and a shirt inside, Then Sebastian just said, simply, "Poop." My head snapped up and I saw Soldier in the middle of the kitchen floor, assuming the position. "NOOOOO!" I yelled and took off running after him. Soldier and I literally ran around the kitchen eight times at full speed, until I finally caught him and got the leash on him. Sebastian watched all this with a totally deadpan face as he spooned more applesauce in his mouth. I told him I'd be right back and he pleasantly said "Bye, Mama!" and I headed out the door with this dog who is about to poop himself. As I'm about to shut the door behind me, Sebastian said softly "Kiss?" I came back in, gave him a kiss, said "Mama be right back" and then, again, as I was shutting the door he said "More kiss?" I ran back in (Soldier was gettng upset with me at this point!) and gave him another kiss, then said "I love you baby, bye" and ran outside really fast before he could catch me again! By this point Soldier needed to walk around and around in circles before he could get started again. I came back inside and finished loading up the washer - just in time to realize I couldn't start it, because I remembered that the last time I used it the water hadn't been draining properly and Mike needed to clean out the drain, and he wasn't home from work yet.

It's amazing the effort that went into that ONE load of laundry! I worked my tail off for that. Boy did I appreciate my nice clean pants and sweater this morning!