3:30pm - preparing supper to put into the oven before the kids get home by 3:50pm. lydia wakes up .... i go get her only to find her with a stinky pants. do i quick change her (oh, by the way, there's no QUICK anything when it comes to changing lydie's diapers) or do i wait and finish putting together supper before the kids get home? i chose the latter. so here i am - finishing up the casserole with lydie at my feet .....smelling to high heaven. the kids get home....one after another after another "lydie stinks mom!" "mom, i think lydia needs her diaper changed!" "MOM!!! she REALLY smells!!" you get the picture. (i did wonder to myself several times why no one OFFERED to change her pants since 3 of the 5 of them know how to....but that's going to be another lesson for another day).
i'm trying to hurry and finish with the meal so i won't have to hear about lydia's dirty pants anymore when all of the sudden i hear lydia at my feet....but more than that - i'm SMELLING lydia at my feet. this time - no stinky pants....oh, no......i smell this horrible smell of what may be an entire bottle of.................. FEBREEZE!!! what came out of my mouth next i NEVER thought i'd be saying "WHO FEBREEZED THEIR YOUNGER SISTER!!!!!" innocently one older brother stepped up to proudly say that he "took care of the dirty pants" - by emptying a 1/2 bottle of febreeze on her head!!!!! "WHAT possessed you???" "well, mom - she stunk...i made her smell better didn't i?" who could argue with that? (although, i don't know which is worse - a poopy pants or a child with a poopy pants and a febreeze bath!)
so....lesson number #485......don't ever, under no circumstances drench your younger sibling with febreeze - even if she has a poopy pants!!
lesson number #486....how to give your sister a bath!
5 comments:
I am laughing out loud... I needed that!!! I will keep that lesson in mind. Thankfully the tribe over here does not know the value of Febreeze or we would have it flying ALL the time with their odors.
oh jolynn--i just love reading about the happenings at your home.
what a busy household--but a fun one too.
that would definitely go on the list of things you never thought you'd have to say!!
by the way, I'm Racine's sister.
Oh, Jolynn -- hilarious! And, like any good mom, you made a Kodak moment out of it! :) (I've had a good number of those instances where, in a forcibly angry voice, you say, "Stay right where you are!" and then whip out the camera, hiding your grin behind it.) Isn't motherhood great?! :)
Oh that is just the greatest story! I am curious as to which older brother thought this was a good idea, hmmmm, I am putting my $ on Andrew....
Thanks for a great laugh tostart my day1
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