Wednesday, July 14, 2010

pillow talk--parent style

A conversation that, no doubt, has played in many of your homes in one form or another.

Here's our recent pillow talk...

Donnie: What did Bug want at dinner?
Me: I gave him the apple juice in a yellow box but he wanted orange juice in a cup.
Donnie: We have orange juice?
Me: Yeah, who knew? Bug said he saw it in the fridge and he was right. (AND it wasn't expired!)
Donnie: I thought he liked the green boxes of apple juice.
Me: He does like the green boxes but they're bigger and if he takes them to camp he doesn't drink all of it and it ends up spilling/leaking in his lunchbox. Plus, he announced he hadn't had orange juice ALL DAY. (this last portion included a heavy sigh and hand gestures to re-enact the overacting by Bug at dinner)
Donnie: Why do we buy the green boxes?
Me: He likes them but drinks them at home.
Donnie: No, I mean why do we have the smaller green boxes?
Me: I bought them for him to take to camp in his lunch box but he doesn't like those.
Donnie: So why do we have the yellow boxes?
Me: J has those and Bug drinks them at his house. And they're great for his lunchbox because they're smaller than the big green boxes.
Donnie: (silent but I could almost see the cartoon bubble filled with question marks above his head)
Me: The ever-changing moods of a three-year-old's preferences, huh?
Donnie: I'm still surprised we have orange juice.

Clearly, this should have ended with...Say good-night, Gracie.

15 comments:

  1. Thanks for visiting the other day!

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  2. Only a mom knows all of that detail and the reasons behind it!

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  3. Oh my gosh girl this is hilarious! We've all had convos like these before. LOL!

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  4. Who knew we'd grow up to have conversations like these? Precious.

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  5. Lessons in the ridiculous. It's not normal, I tell ya!

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  6. That's hilarious.
    We've had discussions about poop for pillow talk.

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  7. I am cracking up over this conversation! And, count me as a new follower!!

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  8. Love the conversation. Having little ones can sure change pillow talk, thats for sure....

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  9. Boy how pillow talk changes after kids

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  10. This was a really funny read :)

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  11. Love it!! :-D And it comforts me that this happens in other homes!

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  12. At our house these types of conversations are all about poop. When did he poop, how much, consistency, amount of effort involved. I swear, I never spent so much time talking about poop in my entire life. It's crazy.

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  13. so sweet :)

    -(just wait; pillow talk parent style can get real serious at times......... sigh.)

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  14. Sadly - we don't make it to bed at the same time much anymore, but this is pretty close to what most of our conversations sound like. So sad, but true

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