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Thursday, May 18, 2006 -----

Stupid Phrases I Never Thought I Would Say

You know until you're a parent, you have a completely differnet idea of parenthood.
You have this fantasy where the baby eats 3 times a day and has a couple of diapers and then sleeps all night beginning at 8PM.

Then you really have children. When they are little, you eat when you can, sleep when you can and make sure they are happy and healthy.
and when they are older, they don't need you as much and then you worry more!

My partner and I have a teenager and a toddler so I think we're fairly immune to any surprises at this point.
We were just talking the other day about phrases we've wound up saying to our kids, combinations of words we never thought we would utter....

"Don't put make up on the dog".
"Don't throw the baby" (referring to our toddler throwing a baby doll over a baby gate).
"Now you know cat food is yucky".
"Mud pies are not for eating"
"Harry Potter Books don't fly any better than other books"

We heard a hysterical one in a coffee shop recently, this lady was telling her 3 children who were roughly 5, 3 and 2 that they could "have foot licking after bathtime "that night because apparently they were all trying to lick each other's feet.... (yeah, made me cringe too....).
I wouldn't trade my kids for anything - but I have caught myself saying some really silly sentences.

I hear coffee brewing - off for a cup of Bello Montana's Espresso Blend (my favorite!).

::  Posted by: 3am Art  at 5:26 PM
  

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