Recently, as I was picking up* my house, I ran into a pair of my shoes (that I’d been searching for all day) sitting on top of the coffee table. Where had they been before landing on the table? I can only speculate …
*one of my endless side notes: I had to include the information that I was picking up the house. It needed to documented. It happens so rarely. Ask my husband.
This made me think though … how much time I could lose every single day in fruitless speculation over how things got to be where they currently are when I find them. My children seem to be masters at putting things where they absolutely shouldn’t go (including at times, THEMSELVES), and short of bubble-wrapping the entire house as a child-proofing measure, I’m slightly at a loss. Still, when I’m not in the stress of the moment, they make me laugh hysterically (maybe too hysterically). So, please feel free to enjoy some amusement at our expense … someday they’ll be geniuses, right?
Here are some of my favorite questions from the past few weeks …
Why is there a graham cracker in the VCR slot?
Who put Daddy’s tie on the dog? (toy dog … our kids are our pets right now, thank you very much)
Why are there match sticks in the door jamb? …and for that matter, how did you get matches?!
Why are you eating Grandma’s landscaping?
Why is there a half-eaten lollipop stuck to my dress pants?
Why is Daddy’s cell ear-piece in the high chair?
Where are my keys? …and why are they in the pac ‘n’ play?
Who locked Mommy’s bedroom door and then closed it?
Who took the toilet paper (cardboard) tube out of the recycling? …and ate a bite out of it?
How did Chase get stuck in the bunk bed ladder again?
How did this sippy cup get in my bed table drawer?
Why are there action figures in the bathroom magazine basket?
And, my absolute favorite …
Why are you sitting in the refrigerator?
Ever asked yourself a crazy question like this? Please share. I need to know I’m not alone. Or at least, that I’m not the only crazy one.
