Bathtime...one cold and windy night...
Hailey: I gotta get out...I gotta poop (with desperation)
Mommy: Okay, here you go...
Hailey: I do it!
Mommy: Fine.
Matt: Look...(whizzing his little brain out in the tub). I go peepee.
Mommy: Great (sarcastically)
Hailey: I done!
Mommy: Oh good...did you poop?
Hailey: Yes!
Mommy: No, you didn't...sigh...get back in the tub.
Hailey: I cold.
Mommy: I'm sure you are...get back in the tub and you'll be warmer (trying to pull some thread of logic into the conversation).
Daddy: (giggle...return to checking his phone...work emails, my ass)
Mommy: I'll help you.
Hailey: I do it.
Matt: NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! NO GET IN!!!!
Hailey: I get in...I cold!
Mommy: Why can't she get in?
Matt: THERE'S PEE PEE!!!!!! SHE NO GET IN PEE PEE!!!!
Mommy: Oh, you don't want her to get in because you peed in the tub?
Hailey: I cold.
Matt: Yeah, right there...NO GET IN THE PEE PEE!!!!
Daddy: Haha...(returns to checking his "work emails")
Mommy: Hailey, it's fine. You can get in. The pee pee went away.
Matt: NOOOOOOOOOO!!!! THE PEE PEE IS RIGHT THERE AND SHE NO STEP IN IT!!!
Hailey: Ew...
Mommy: It's fine (exasperated at this point...ya think?)...just get in the tub. Matt, the pee went away.
Matt: NOOOOOOOOO!!!! (now he's trying to physically block Hailey from getting in the tub. When it gets semi-dangerous, I intervene. See? I'm a good parent sometimes.)
Hailey: I COLD!!! I GET IN TUB!!! I DO IT!!!
Mommy: Okay, Matt, let's get rid of the pee so Hailey can get in, okay?
Matt: Yeah (tearfully at this point...that is how upset he was)...
Mommy: Okay, ready? KICK THE PEE PEE!!! KICK IT AND GET RID OF IT!!!
Matt: YEAH!!!! (kicking furiously)
Hailey: YEAH!!!! (kicking furiously with the one leg that actually made it over the side of the tub.)
Mommy: See? The pee pee is all gone and Hailey can get in. Problem solved.
Daddy: (puts the phone down and is actively laughing at my "solution")
Mommy: All better?
Hailey: I gotta get out...I gotta poop (with desperation)
Mommy: ohmygod...getmeouttaherebeforeikillthem!!!!
Daddy: Okay, who wants to get shampooed (as I quickly made my exit before my head exploded).
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Quick dilemma for which I need help...leftovers. The bain of my existence (even more so b/c Husband rarely eats them).
I gave my kids pancakes with leftover batter this morning. This evening, as I was going through the fridge, I found another (newer looking) container of pancake batter. Now I'm wondering if I gave the kids salmonella or e.coli (since Matt has been having horrendous shits and blaming them on his "pineapple, strawberries, oh, all the fruit, chicken, etc.). How do you label your leftovers? Or are you so perfect that you can remember when you made certain meals (if you're that perfect...just keep it to yourself and pretend to be a failure like me)?
12 comments:
that is an AWESOME conversation! i'm proud of you for lasting so long! how is it that bathtime always turns into potty time?
when i think of it, i label things with a sharpie with the date i opened/packaged/bought them. sometimes it works. sometimes i can't find the sharpie.
Too funny! With twins you definitely get those tiring conversations where Mom just has to step out. P.J. is always checking his emails on his phone too : D
I label. I am a little ocd about labeling - I have label maker and love it! Weird, huh?
Most of our leftovers get tossed after 2 or 3 days. Rarely eaten. My hubbie won't eat them either, and I forget. And there is no labelling. If it looks bad, or I forget when I made it, out it goes. Horrible waste.
At least you were able to make an escape!
My kids usually eat everything in sight, so we rarely have leftovers.
man am I thankful Little K doesn't speak or not use the potty yet!!
As far as leftovers, they are up to me and K to eat. T will not touch them (unless it is Indian food). My "labeling" is my nose, or counting back how many days they have been there. I generally toss it after 2 full days.
I deliberately cook for two meals at a time (unless it's stirfry) and after cooking, I divide by two and freeze the one immediately.
So we hardly ever have leftovers unless one isn't that hungry... and then they finish next day for lunch.
that's my system.
I then do that until my tiny freezer is full (doesn't take long - about two weeks) and then we eat from the freezer til the stock is depleted and then I start cooking properly again. Let's just call it confessions of a lazy organiser :)
This is hilarious! It made me lol just picturing the whole scene go down! Priceless!
I have designated two shelves in the fridge of (1)"must use soon" leftovers and (2)"they can wait awhile" leftovers. I LOVE leftovers.
If it is just the pancakes you are worried about, my suggestion is to make all of the batter into pancakes when you make the batter and then put the leftover pancakes in the freezer in a bag or container. You can then take them out as many as you need and put them in the toaster to warm. I keep only one bag of pancakes in the freezer at a time. If we are going to have pancakes again before they are gone, I get the freezer ones out and warm them up and make a smaller new batch. Leftovers in the refrigerator get the sniff test unless I can see the mold and then I hold my nose.
I was going to suggest Sarah's option. Much easier and saves frig space. The bath scene is the reason why Daddy should do baths - you don't have the same kind of "skill" that he does. :)
So awesome!
My husband is a garbage disposal, so leftovers are no problem here!
We make up the extra pancakes and freeze them also. So nice to be able to grab a couple quick! (we freeze them separately on cookie sheets then package them frozen so they don't stick.)
Nice bath conversation. Did I tell you abou the time Adam pooped in the bug (thankfully he was by himself) but he FREAKED out - I mean HYSTERICAL and trying to climb out? it was hard for the 2 of us to keep him in and wash him still! we were laughing so hard we were crying along with him!
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