Weekend snippets
9th November 2009
- After a particularly gruelling day, Eric and I are standing in the kitchen, exhausted. There are dishes everywhere, rice crusted on the counter, Spencer is IN the dishwasher licking a fork, Alice is flame-cheeked from teething and is screeching, and Lucy is in her own world that currently includes dumping her crumb-covered placemat all over the table. I turn to Eric:
“Why did we have kids again?”
“I dunno. It wasn’t MY idea.”
“Well, the sperm had to get up there somehow, buddy. You’re half responsible for…this.” - There is Thai food in my town. This is a very big deal, because there are currently seventy million pubs and two Chinese restaurants. We had it for dinner Friday, lunch yesterday, and there’s still some left in the fridge for me today. The foodie in me is quivering with excitement.
- Lucy is going to have a baby when she grows up. It’s going to sleep in her bed. In our house. It will be a girl named Alice, and she and our Alice will be twins. When Lucy grows up there will be all sorts of grown ups, and they will have babies, and there will a hundred of babies.
- Don’t you hate the stage when babies decide it’s a riot to stick their fingers down their throats? Causing wide-eyed gagging, a look of astonishment, a smile, then repetition? Jeebus. If she barfs, I’m making her sit in it.
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You need to add a disclaimer to your posts when they might induce unexpected laughter. I almost ended up with coffee sprayed all over the place.
All these moment I have expierence in some similar circumstance, but my two year old came the other day , gave my a hug and a kiss and said “mommy I really love you’ and these are the moments why we have kids and we know we doing something right. …..
Too funny Michele. I almost choked on my water as well. Definetely needs a disclaimer before reading.
Ah, V did that self-induced gagging thing for a bit too. Thankfully she didn’t do it more than a few times, once she vomited a little
This was great-I have a similar story from just last night. One baby screaming from her car seat in the backseat of the car. One 3-year-old crying hysterically next to the baby because we won’t take him to get ice cream at 8pm. Me to Paul: “Why did we have kids again?”
Has anyone read How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? It’s so perfect for those kind of moments – and we have a lot of them!
Ok, I nearly peed my pants laughing while my 5 month old just stared at me with that puzzled “Mommy you’re crazy” look that only children can give!