My stomach was screaming when I got home, chastising me for neglect. I always eat breakfast, but maybe it was too early today. The how or why didn’t matter because I was quite ravenous and needed to get something in my stomach ASAP. But it was like 3:30 in the afternoon. Too late for lunch, but way too early for dinner. I wanted to have just a light snack and suck it up for a few more hours, but everyone else was hungry too, so I made dinner. I don’t like feeding Desiree this early because she’ll need something before bed, too. She’s not mature enough to understand hunger is not the end of the world, and I don’t want her thinking bedtime snacks are a thing.
Speaking of Desi, Sophia plopped her in the high chair and gave me a hard side eye as she walked past. I had just got home and had done nothing wrong that I know of, so I turned my attention to Desi. She had paint smeared all over her face and looked like she was late for a Spooky Day dance or something. I got closer and saw it wasn’t paint at all. At least not in the literal sense. Honestly, it was cute and kinda funny, but I was much too confused and kind of concerned about how this happened to laugh.
“Uhhh… She got into your makeup?”
“She has her own makeup now,” Sophia said sarcastically. “Be sure to thank Chi Chi for the gift.”
How in the world did I miss that when I unboxed all the gifts? And why does a toddler need a makeup kit?? Her daughter was this young once, so why doesn’t she know what a horrible idea this is? Thank goodness Desi put it on her face and not the walls.
She took advantage of our attention and began telling a story about what llamas eat in video games. How she even knew what a video game was, I have no idea, but the story was sure entertaining. Maybe Tami let her play games on her tablet when we were in El Ciudad. Sophia disregard her hunger and sat next to Desi, hanging onto her every word. I, too, love hearing her talk, but that didn’t stop me from grabbing something to eat first. I grabbed a plate for Sophia too and put it in front of her.
Desi is learning about context clues and picking up words at light speed, and I love hearing how her mind works. Children at this age are such a wonder, and it’s going by way too fast. In just two days, she’ll evolve again, and as much as I want to see how she continues to grow, I kinda wish she’d stay right here a little longer because I’m honestly not ready to share her with the world yet.
