Sep. 25, 2008 - Why being a stay at home mother has fried my brain...
"I need some eye cream." she said as she gazed in the mirror. After spending the night with a 30-something pound two year old's head crammed in her back and waking at 6:30 a.m. to her six year old playing the guitar, she was tired.
"Mommy, mommy, miiiiilk!" cried the two year old who was less like his own person and more like a talking appendage of hers. "Come on, mommy!" Silently she looked again in the mirror and noticed the extra pounds around her midsection. Looking down at the still whining appendage who was now screaming his request, she sighed.
In the kitchen she reaches for the nearest sippy cup for the appendage, who is now screaming, "NOOO! That one, mommy!" Trying to read the appendages mind, she reaches for another cup. "NOOO!" He shrieks. Third times the charm as she reaches in and the appendage smiles, "Yes. This one. Yay." and releases from her leg to jump excitedly. The detached appendage runs to the refrigerator and pulls out the milk. "Me do it!" he says as he struggles to carry the milk to her. She takes the milk and begins to pour it into the cup. "NOOOO! ME DO IT! ME DO IT!"
She helps him to pour the milk which almost makes it into the cup. "Chokat in it." he says sweetly. She opens the pantry and retrieves the chocolate milk powder. "Me do it!" he says. She reaches for a spoon. "NO! ME DO IT!" She sighs, as she recalls the puddle of milk already on the floor, and carefully holds the cup and powder as closely together as posible while he scoops out some chocolate milk mix and almost gets it all in the cup. She reaches for the lid, and pauses. She realizes of course that he will want to put the lid on by himself, so she hands it to him. The appendage shakes his head. "You do it." he says. She begins to place the lid onto the sippy cup when the two year old screams, "No, me try!" He struggles a moment with the lid which is almost all the way on when he says, "Me shake it!" Before she can stop him he does.
Running the bathwater for the chocolate covered appendage, the six year old enters the scene. "Mommy," he asks quietly, "can I have some chocolate milk?"
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Comments
Nov. 26, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by pianolove
That's too funny! Totally believable!
Heather
