Not Your Average Super Hero!
A couple of weeks ago we stopped by Sonic on the way home and got some supper. Emma always has to have chicken. She loves chicken strips. So, I got her a kid’s meal with chicken strips, and it came with a toy. It was an obnoxious toy. It was really meant for ages 34+, but someone decided that a 3-year old would think it was really groovy to build a dinosaur from fake plastic bones. Needless to say Nate wound up putting the thing together and then Emma aptly named her new pet “Snake!” How fitting since it was, indeed, a snake. She is practical to say the least.Well I got sick and tired of finding “Snake” all over the place — I mean literally. I found his head in the bathroom, his 3rd section in the laundry room, oh, you get the idea! So, once Emma forgot about “Snake” for a few days I threw him away. What baby doesn’t know, won’t hurt her!
So, tonight she is playing with her Legos and she brings this interesting structure into the kitchen. It was a very weird and curvy structure — as curvy as Legos can get. So she brings it to me and the conversation went something like this:
“LOOK!! LOOK!! Look what I made mama!!”
“Oh wow! That is wonderful Emma, tell mama about it!”
“It’s a house for Snake! I am so happy! A house for Snake!”
Now I am forcing a smile and saying
“Oh! A house for Snake?” “Wow, maybe Monkey would like to have a house instead.”
“No mama! Snake’s house! It’s Snake’s, hey where did Snake go?”
“OH Wow! Emma it’s time for a bath!”
“Yeah mama! Bath time!”
He may not be very smart. He may not be very handsome. He may only be filled with a bunch of air and he’s all washed up, but Mr. Bubble is my hero!
A good bubble bath is always my ace-in-the-hole distraction. Hopefully they’ll never figure it out :)
Thank gosh for bath time! I don’t know how many times I’ve had to do this trick with my two boys to get their minds off of things.
Darn,
And I thought “I” was your hero. Now I come back from training to find out I’ve been supplanted by a plastic bottle of bubble bath. What sad days.
Training went well. I have some interesting stories to tell … but I’ll wait until I can use the cell phone to tell them. You can retell them on the blog if you like.
Your blog appears to be going very well. I likey. Keep up the good writing and get some sleep, you.
Love you.
Mr.Hooah
Triplee and Proud Wife — It is the best secret weapon in a toddler mom’s arsenal! It’s a win-win every time! Actually it still works on me, so maybe they will never catch on! :)
Mr. Hooah! I am glad you left a comment! I was getting worried. I heard a few stories already (I think that another platoon already got their phone privys last night). So, I was starting to think you were in sick bay! I am glad you have some good stories for me. You know my motto — “If you can’t exploit the ones you love for good blog material, who can you exploit?” :p Love you too!