Toddler Resolutions

I am not one for New Year's resolutions. I figure one should work on self-improvement at any given time in the year, whenever motivated. If you resolve to quit smoking in July, then by golly, go with it! Last January, I got to thinking about what my children's resolutions would be and included the article below in the MOMS Club newsletter.

As a mother of two children who can't yet articulate their plans and goals, my kids could come up with a pretty interesting and amusing list of New Year’s resolutions. So I wrote them down for them. Here’s what I think their top five resolutions would be:

New Year’s resolutions for my 1-year-old:

1.) I resolve to improve my climbing skills and scale the tallest furniture in the house so that I can touch the ceiling.
2.) I resolve to cut more teeth so that I can chew up food better and faster and therefore eat more food, especially the food that Mommy and Daddy eats.
3.) I resolve to find a way to stand up in the shopping cart seat and better reach out to grab an object off the store shelves in order to experiment with the law of gravity.
4.) I resolve to pull all of my sister’s really cool hair curls out.
5.) I resolve to steal Mommy’s delicious car keys for good and find a way for her not to notice.

New Year’s resolutions for my 3-year-old:

1.) I resolve to convince Mom and Dad that going to bed is painful.
2.) I resolve to persuade my little sister that all her birthday and Christmas presents that interest me should be mine and not hers.
3.) I resolve to master riding my dog as if she were a horse.
4.) I resolve to get out of diapers for good but continue to talk my way out of going potty on the potty.
5.) I resolve to ask for and procure a lollipop every hour starting in the new year.