- Seat Belt - how fast you can get the seat belt to stop being locked in place so you can actually strap your child in without losing your mind because you're late for a meeting.
- Driving Flexibility - how safely and quickly can you drive with just your right hand because your left hand is in the backseat holding the hand of your child, which you just closed in the window (and you're late for a meeting).
- Baby Changing - how quickly can you change a diaper (deductions taken if you get peed on).
- Computer Apparatus - how quickly and accurately can you type account information into the computer while standing and bouncing your baby who won't stop crying.
- Balance - can you stand still and not fall over when your preschooler runs full steam into you to give you a hug (extra points if you are wearing heels).
- Backwards - how quickly can you complete the following tasks backwards: shoe tieing, zipper advancement or retreat, buttoning all coat buttons.
- Retrieval - how quickly can you retrieve foreign objects from your preschooler's nose (deductions taken if any harm is done to the child in the process of extraction).
- Sherpa - how much weight can you carry to the car (strong-man style - we would just keep putting bags onto your shoulders and children into your arms until you can't make it to the car anymore).
- Catch (items) - how many items can you catch when your preschooler is throwing them during a tantrum
- Catch (babies) - how fast can you catch your baby from precarious falls such as: dropping due to preschooler being "all done" holding them, baby launching themselves off of pillow that was propping them up, baby lunging backwards while in Bumbo, mom tripping over dog while walking with baby in the dark.
I have a decided advantage right now. You all better get training soon. Prize for the winner - a big fat hug and some messy kid-kisses.
3 comments:
Does the challenge have to be our ability to do these things currently??? I'd fail miserably, of course, if I had to try to beat you out today. And I agree I couldn't touch you on a few categories...but I do seem to recall being pretty adept at several of those - in particular the nose retrieval thing... and driving while reaching in the backseat while juggling several other things in the front! :)
I'm in! I think you should also add to the list - packing bags in the morning, while baby crying and running late. Packing lunch for parent, lunch for baby, extra clothes for diaper bag, etc. Extra points if you also have to pack pumping materials - and extra extra points for those of us in MN who have to bundle up the children to go out in the frozen tundra as well!
Agree! I also decided this morning that we need to add Socks to the list - how fast you can get a baby into socks when they are kicking you really hard and spitting up.
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