Friday, 03 October 2008

• Because someday, I'm sure I'll laugh...

  Cherith got out of her room this morning before I was awake. Apparently, I must have been very tired, because I didn't hear her. She went into the bathroom, smeared toothpaste all over the walls, sink, and toilet, and dumped water all over the floor.
  
  She's getting a "baby bed" again tonight. I also explained to her that toothpaste cost money and she wasted it. (She also "drank" all the kids' toothpaste, which was a brand new tube.) I told her I was going to use her money out of her piggy bank to buy more toothpaste, and that it was going to take all of her money, then her piggy bank would be empty again.
  
  The irking part is that she doesn't seem phased by any of it. And she thought it was fun to clean up the mess. She kept saying, "Daddy's going to be so happy that I'm cleanig up this mess." For some reason, she doesn't think he will be not-so-happy about the mess in the first place.

  It kinda reminds me of a time when Peter was about three years old. We were all eating supper and he said he had to go potty. He was gone for a long time, so Mom sent me to check on him. I peeked in at him, then came back to the table laughing. "He's smearing toothpaste all over the mirror! Ha Ha!" Mom's reply was simply, "Since you think it's so funny, you can deal with it and clean up the mess."

  I think I had it easier then, though. I was only about 10, instead of almost 30. I wasn't 8+ months pregnant with all the ailments and emotions that go along with that. It wasn't my kid. And it wasn't my money wasted. And it's much easier to clean toothpaste off a mirror than the walls.

   

  Added a few hours later:

  If only that was the end of the story. Two hours after posting Cherith's story....
  
  I was in the bathroom doing my business. I figured the kids could sit still for a few minutes watching the movie they picked out. When I came out, I found Cherith and Daryn in the living room right where I left them... only Cherith was eating dry pasta straight from the box, and Daryn was smearing himself from head to toe with shortening.
  
  I informed Aaron that I would like the night off, if that was ok with him. I thank the Lord that I have such an obliging husband.

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