Monday Morning Musings - Whatever You Do, Don't Read This Post

My kids are always changing the ring tone on my phone. Last week they changed it to some really low bass gangsta music. I was unaware of the change and I was in line at the store and my phone started ringing. The guy checkin' me out (Not me, me. I mean, have you seen me lately? Checking out my purchases.) you should have seen the look on his face. I said, yeah, my kids changed my ring tone. He said, Oh, I was wondering what that noise was...

I have officially given up with arguing with Addy about breakfast foods. It is just not worth it and she is so darn stubborn. She doesn't want any normal breakfast food. Not even anything semi normal. Like she always wants a sandwich. So I try to talk her into a PB&J sandwich, 'cause that is kinda breakfasty. No. She wants ham and cheese. And pickles. And cheese balls. This morning I was cooking eggs and toast and I looked over and she was eating dill pickle relish. Straight outta the jar. BLAH!

Little kids don't make good liars. Addy took something she wasn't supposed to take the other day. I suspected her so I asked her about it. She said no, she didn't take it. Then she quickly said, "Don't go in my room!" So of course I went into her room. She ran ahead of me and slammed her dresser drawer shut and stood in front of it with her arms spread out and said, "OK, you can come in my room, but don't look in here!" How can I possibly get mad at something so dang cute!

I had a luggage carrier atop 'o me van for a year and a half. When I wanted it off, no one would take it off. But then, just the other day, I look outside and Steve is taking it off. Now I can never find my van when it is in a parking lot. I got out of the habit of remembering where I parked because I could always spot it so easily. Last week I was walking around like a ding-a-ling in the parking lot hitting the lock button on my key ring over and over again. I was at Walmart. Do you know how big that parking lot is? Gimme my luggage carried back!

This morning, Addy came into my room about 2 minutes before my alarm went off. I really wanted to lay in bed for a little longer. So I tried to talk her into going and waking up Zac for band. She didn't want to. She was all snuggled in too. So I brought out her imaginary friends. I said, "Addy, Team Umizoomi is going to wake Zac up and they want you to go with them, will you go?" She said, "Nope." So I leaned over the side of my bead and said, "Sorry Team Umizoomi. Addy doesn't want to go with you. Oh, don't cry. I'm sure she will get up and play with you later. You go ahead and wake Zac up." So she sat up and jumped off the bed. Then she walked back over to me and asked, "Mom, where is Team Umizoomi?" And I said, "They are right over there, and I pointed." So she leaned over with her hands on her knees like she does when she talks to them and said, "It's OK Umizoomi. I will go with you to wake up Zac!" Is it bad to encourage her imaginary friends?