If You Haven't Found It, Then You Haven't Looked Everywhere
A couple of days ago, Colin asked me to come downstairs and use some of my Mommy Skills. When I asked what he was talking about, he replied that he wanted me to come down and find the remote because he had looked everywhere. Every few days someone asks, "Mom(or Amy for Andrew), I've looked everywhere, where is my______?" Even after telling them where to look, I usually go find it. As Grandma Virginia would say, 'if it was a snake it would have bit them'. So, I suppose that finding objects undetectable to anyone else in the house is one of my mommy skills. Which leads to me to ponder what abilities do I possess that are only highly rated by my family. Being able to find dinner in a pantry full of food when no one else can is one. Another one is checking the tire pressure on the car. When the house is quiet and the basement door shut, I know the kids are up to no good. Adria and Colin are finally figuring out that while I might not literally read their minds, I have a pretty good idea what they are thinking. Eva and Liam still aren't sure how I know they are fibbing or able to detect that the cat's about to go down the laundry shoot or that the glass of water isn't to drink, but going in the Barbie swimming pool which isn't an inside toy.
There are some skills I would like to develop. Unlimited energy and the ability to avoid all cold and flu viruses would be at the top of the list. Those will probably come in the next lifetime. As for Colin, I think he's catching on. He found the remote before I made it downstairs. It was right where I told him it would be.
6 comments:
I have one...loading the dishwasher effectively--to include all the dishes in the sink. This is a great post!
Amy, Amy, Amy, I laughed til I cried when I read this one!
Of course, we can add putting all laundry, dirty or clean in its appropriate place!
In our family, the saying is, "you haven't looked thoroughly"!
Oh yes- I remember being flummoxed as a child by my mother's ability to tell what I was doing even when she wasn't around. Have your kids really put the cat down the laundry chute?? And it cracks me up to be able to do that to Yoroko now. Spencer is the one who finds things at our house. Even I ask him to find them, he's so good at it.
My kids have tried to put the cat down the laundry shoot. Fortunately, I heard the whispering and rescued the cat while they were still discussing whether or not he would fit!
I SO loved reading this! How true, how true! SuperMom to the rescue!
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