Another drive-by licker
I’ve given the kids some Pirate’s Booty to hold them through a trip to the market. We’re crossing the street toward the store, holding hands, when I feel an unmistakable sensation accross my right knuckles.
“Renny,” I say, “did you just lick me?”
“No, Momma!” she says with the biggest, widest blue eyes you ever saw.
“Doodle. Don’t lie to Momma.”
“I not! Momma, I didn’t lick you!”
I brandish my knuckles — a slimey stripe of white cheese powder across them — and raise my eyebrows accusingly.
“Somebody else must’a come by and done dat, Momma. How sad.” I stare stupidly, and then she adds, “We should get ‘ya a napkin.”
October 25th, 2008 at 10:50 am
seriosly how do our children learn to be such diabolical geniuses. I love it.
October 25th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
She is really funny, she can’t ever meet my 5 year old. The two of them could take over the world! Thanks for sharing your stories, they make me smile and make me feel somewhat normal.
October 25th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
No words, other than God bless you- you’re going to need it!
October 25th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
LOL… i love the doodle… she is a real funny girl….
October 25th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Ha! Roodle cracks me up!
I saw a picture of you and the girls in Parenting magazine at my OBGYN’s the other day. That was weird. Like “Hey, I know them…but I really don’t. But I do!”
October 25th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Thanks for the laugh!!
October 25th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
I love it
October 26th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Roodle for President! No really, she’s perfect!!
October 27th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
I have read this like 5 times and I’ve giggled every.single.time!
October 27th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Like Kelly said… she’d make a perfect politician !
October 28th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
That’s hilarious! I’ve read it like three times now and every time I get to the napkin bit, I just burst out laughing.
Kids this age are the best. Or scariest. Whatever.
October 29th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
That is just too, too funny. “How sad.” Seriously. What a great one liner.
By the way, if we lived closer, I might have suggested that it may have been my own Miss G. (She is a licker, which I must admit COMPLETELY grosses me out.) What is the DEAL???
p.s. - Congratulations on #3! I am 3 months in and loving it…LOVING it. (This comes from someone who gave away baby swings, bouncies, etc. about 2 months prior to the big surprise test…I am so excited for you! And DYING to know what you are having!! I waited to find out and it drove me nuts.)