Rookie Dad: She wants to tea party all the time

I am by no means a machine. Last time I was at the doctor it was confirmed that I am, in fact, human and it's a well-known fact that humans need sleep. That's exactly what I did late in the day Sunday after spending too much time in the sweltering heat that is a Minnesota summer.

My first mistake was thinking that I could take a nap in the general vicinity of a sugared-up toddler. My second mistake was thinking that she would take the hint that a lifeless lump isn't meant to be played with. Wrong again.

After catching a solid four minutes of sleep I awoke to The Youngling climbing on me like I was a jungle gym. As usual, she had her Beauty and the Beast tea set in hand. She obviously had a hankering for a tea party whether or not her dad was awake.

So I laid there and took it. I thought that she would eventually crawl off and bother her other parent but I was wrong again. She proceeded to dump out each and ever plate and tea cup from that oversized tea pot and toss them about. I'm fairly certain that she went as far as setting things up properly but maybe got frustrated that her dad was having no part of this tea party because eventually she swatted the items all around and went as far as wedging some of the cups under my side making my attempt at a nap even more impossible.

After twenty minutes of this I finally caved and sat up. It was time for a tea party.