I think this all the time lately. It normally follows a statement like, “Don’t ride your sister like a horse!”, “Why is there a banana under the fridge?”, “Don’t decorate your sister!”, “Stop licking the car!”, “No, the cat is not a chair!”, or “Why is there a Kraft Single on my nightstand?” If taken out of context, it looks like I’m the one who has a problem. I’m the one that should seek psychiatric help. I’m the one who places random food items in strange places in my house. I think it would be fair to say that I never said anything like the statements above before April of 2009, but when you have a toddler, these statements just make sense.
It’s these statements that make me question exactly what goes through my toddler’s head. Seriously, why does she think these are good ideas? Why does Greenleigh (who knows she isn’t supposed to take food out of the kitchen, by the way) feel the need to carry food with her and hide it in places for me to find later? How does she not realize that the cat and dog are intentionally trying to avoid her? Why does she feel that her sister needs to be decorated with a little glitter?
But it’s also these daily exclamations that remind me that I’m a parent. After the girls go to sleep at night, our house is quiet and as long as you aren’t in the extremely messy neat and tidy playroom downstairs, it’s easy to pretend that kids don’t even live in our house. Then I look over at my nightstand and see a Kraft Single.
Yep, kids live here.
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Just last week I was asking “why is the milk in the cupboard?”… Yep, kids (in this case teenagers) live here.
Love it! I was hoping it was going to get better and I would find myself saying this less, but apparently not. So it goes into the teenage years, you say? Interesting. Can’t wait.
said tonight: “Nathan, get your finger out of your butt.” Never in my life did I see a time where this would come out of my mouth. yay kids….
That is exactly it – if you said the things that I say to Greenleigh now, to me 10 years ago, I would have said “Oh, that will never be me”. And yet here we are…
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I’m Strawberry Jam hoppin’ this morning. Your post made me laugh. I love the way that kids think. I wouldn’t change their great sense of honesty and creativity for all the world. Sometimes, I envy them. Though I can imagine that having dried cheese left out is not the best decorating accessory you can buy. LOL
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Love it! We went to dinner last night and my son and his friend were playing with stickers. We get home and come to find out, there are stickers all over my leather jacket. How and when that happened, I don’t know. But I couldn’t help but laugh about it!
Absolutely adorable Jennifer Darling! Or maybe it’s just me, as my children are getting older and I can now giggle at newer Mommys going through what I’ve already said and done… lol
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It’s only funny because it’s SO true! I can completely relate..I’m wondering what my day would sound like if I were to record what comes out of my husband’s and my mouths each day to our children.
But yet at the same time..the ones that drive us the most crazy are the ones we absolutely cannot live without!
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So funny! I usually find the Kraft single in the car.
Good to know I’m not the only one who finds strange items in the car.
LOL! I have 6 kids in my house and I be thinking the same thing. What in the world do my kids be thinking?! They constantly be arguing over the smallest things… “Not ha, Lil Mermaid sings it like this!” Yea, I sometimes want to rip my head out or just scream, but I don’t. I laugh and allow them to handle their own little fits…