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Friday, February 15, 2008

The Surprises of Parenthood

Parenthood brings many surprises, some of which are fantastic and others are ...well...let's just say not as fantastic. In the four years I've been a mom, I've turned around many to,es to find one of my kids performing some amazing accomplishment. Today I carefully searched the house performing what the Big Giraffe and I like to call a catscan; I was trying to locate the cats in the house. Then I gathered their cages and pounced on each unsuspecting cat so to speak. After burning more calories herding cats than I did working out this morning, I realized that my younger son (YS) was suspiciously quiet and also not where he had been just moments before. I heard laughing. I was naive and believed that he was finding great pleasure in a toy. He was definitely finding great pleasure all right; he had lifted up the lid and the seat of the toilet and was happily scooping water out of it. I was genuinely stunned. He later amazed me by chasing one of the cats under the bench in the exam room at the vet's office, providing me with the opportunity to rearrange the furniture to find and reclaim the angry cat.


A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: I don't believe that children should be seen and not heard; keeping them in sight is important, but if you can't hear them, it usually means they are up to no good.

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posted by Alex Elliot @ 10:00 PM   6 comments
6 Comments:

  • At 2/15/2008 11:14 PM, Blogger Kami said…

    You speak the truth Alex, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God.

    :-)

     

  • At 2/16/2008 12:54 AM, Blogger painted maypole said…

    i was trying to figure out why on earth you would be putting cats into cages... but ah! the vet. eek. already you know it's going to be a rough day! ;)

    and that lesson learned... I couldn't agree more!

     

  • At 2/16/2008 11:06 AM, OpenID cablegirl said…

    ah yes, the visit to the vet. I hhate those and I've never dragged the baby along with me.

    It's your comment on the toilet that scares me most. lol

     

  • At 2/16/2008 6:43 PM, Blogger Heather said…

    Putting cats in carriers and taking them to the vet has to be one of my least favorite jobs.

     

  • At 2/17/2008 7:26 AM, Blogger Jen of A2eatwrite said…

    Okay... interesting... herding cats AND little boys. Can there be any harder job in the universe? I hope the rest of the day was easier.

     

  • At 2/17/2008 2:18 PM, Blogger PunditMom said…

    I love cat-scan!

    Good luck with the herding!

     
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