Today I had to take Savvy(3) to the doctor with me to get my blood drawn. She watched curiously and asked lots of questions of the nurse. As we were walking to the car:
Savvy: “Mommy, is that nurse going to keep your blood?”
Me: “No, she’ll send it to a lab.”
Savvy *knowingly*: “Oh. Which one?”
Me: “…I have no idea…”
Savvy: “George?”
*This is George: the lab. He is NOT a licensed medical professional. Please do not let him convince you otherwise.
The other day my bestie sent our group this text and I have been randomly laughing about it ever since:
Cut to today, as I’m on my way home from preschool drop-off I come to a car at a stoplight and see this little gray-haired couple sitting together in the back seat. I was imagining them holding hands and bickering over the best route as their daughter drove them to a doctors appointment…
Then I realized it’s a freaking POODLE!
And through my hysterical laughter all I can think is, “Good God, Doreen, your perm looks awful!”
Woof!
I spend most hours of my life with my kids. And they like to run their mouths gab. Whenever they say something worth remembering, I use Facebook as a lazy-ass modern alternative to a traditional baby book so I can capture the moment, well, in the moment.
Here are some actual conversations I’ve captured with my children Avery (5) and Savvy (3) lately:
*Picking up the girls from school*
Me:”How was Teddy Bear day at preschool?”
Savvy: “Good. I saw a wiener.”
Me: “Excuse me?”
Savvy: “I just kidding!”
Me: “Why would you even tell Mommy that?!”
Savvy: “Wieners are so funny!”
*a beat of silence as I debate whether or not to admit I agree*
Avery *flinging the car door open whilst shouting like a doomsday prophet on a street corner): “GEORGE WASHINGTON DIED IN HIS OWN BED!”
Naturally the members of my family now enjoy shouting this out at random.
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*Overheard*
Avery: “Savvy, if you don’t behave we’re going to sell you to the market for pork.”
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Avery: “Do bunnies smell good?”
Me: “I don’t know, I’ve never smelled a bunny.”
Avery: “No. Like, do they have a good sense of smell? Why would you smell a bunny?”
Me: “I don’t know. I thought it was a strange question.”
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*Savvy and I at McDonald’s, both wearing Ugg boots.*
Old lady with white hair (talking to Savvy): “What happened to your forehead??”
Savvy: “It’s a birthmark.”
Old lady with white hair (to Savvy): “I knew a little boy with one of those and they had to cut it off his face! Well you’re a pretty little girl anyway. I like your boots!” *looks at me* “Those Ugg boots only look good on children. And they are way too expensive.”
Savvy: “I had a grandma with white hair but she’s dead.”
Normally I call her out on all of her egregious lies, but I let this one slide.
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*Our pomeranian Mr. Biffles nips Avery on the ankle.*
Avery (*shouting down at the puppy and gesticulating wildly): “I DON’T WANT TO BE COVERED IN BLOOD FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!”
Me: “He’s six pounds and his teeth are smaller than grains of rice. Settle down.”
Avery (completely calm): “I know. I was just warning him to make a point.”
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Savvy: “Guess what my skin is made out of…”
Me: “What?”
Savvy: “Glorious meat.”
This has prompted me to start proclaiming things like, “THE GLORIOUS MEAT HAS RISEN. THE GLORIOUS MEAT DEMANDS WAFFLES.” My new goal in life is to write her wedding announcement for the newspaper with the line, “…and the bride wore glorious meat.”
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Me: “Where’s your little sister?”
Avery *casually*: “Oh, you know.”
Me: “No. I don’t know.”
Avery: “She’s in the family room relaxing in a giant turtle shell I made out of toys and trash.”
I took one fifteen minute shower, people
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My parents’ dog Annie died last year and since they live on a ranch in the country, they buried her in a corner of the yard and planted some lovely flowers. My mom walked the girls over to show them that they could come visit Annie’s grave whenever they missed her.
Avery: “So Annie’s actually in there?”
Mom (*delicately tiptoeing around discussion of the afterlife): “Well, yes, but her spirit isn’t there, it’s only her body.”
Avery: “Just her body?”
Mom: “Yes.”
Avery: “No head?”
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And last but not least, probably one of the darkest days in dog-shaming history:
Alternate post title: Feeling Clueless
“…so, kids, the reason some people aren’t allowed into our country right now is because, unlike us, they aren’t Christian and they weren’t born in America, where as we are totally allowed here because we are blessed by a Jewish guy from the Middle East who loves everyone, which is why it’s like, our country motto and stuff.
Mrs. Kansas Mommy 