Monday, April 5, 2010

Raise your hand if...

...your first impulse when looking at a chocolate bunny is to bite off its ears.
...you've eaten more Easter candy than your kids.
... you lick the cream out of the oreo before you eat the cookie.
... you eat the fortune cookie before reading the fortune.
...you've worn olives as little finger hats.
...you've eaten an entire sleeve of Thin Mints in one sitting.
...when you were a kid you told time in increments of Sesame Street or Mr. Rogers.
...you always refer to using the restroom as "going potty".
...you know just how much liquid a diaper can hold.
...you've bought more time at Target with a $1 bag of popcorn.
...the bag you carry around has more wet wipes in it than dollar bills.
...you've rationalized a big impulse purchase by saying "it was on sale".
...you've found yourself trying to convince a kid that they have to wear clothes when they go out in public.
...you've put yourself in time out just to have a little break.
...you've gone to dinner at the food court at Sam's club or Costco.
...you've taken over a child's art project just because it looked fun.
...you would rather your son pee his pants than discover he has the ability to pee outside.
...you have walked around a group of little kids sniffing rear ends to figure out who is poopy.
...you've recently used the term poopy.
...you've smelled clothes to figure out if it was clean enough to wear.
...you've found yourself trying to figure out if a mess is poop or chocolate.
...you've ever had the theme song of a kid's show stuck in your head all day long.
...you still like to swing.
...you've recently had the urge to climb a tree
...you have a child that will eat pretty much anything they find on the floor but won't eat anything you serve them for dinner.
...you are a believer in what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
...your kid(s) have no idea that apple dippers come with dip.
...you've given normal foods fancy names to get the family to eat them.
...you have ever caught yourself sounding just like your mother.
...your child has ever caused you to flash people.
...you have 1 or more bedtime stories memorized.
...you've summarized long bedtime stories just to get through them faster.
...when you were a kid you thought 20 was old, and 30 was SOOOOOOO old.
...you blog stalk people you've never met.

3 comments:

lacie pehrson said...

wow these are great,you thought of all of these? I had my hand raised the whole time?:0) that was fun

K2 said...

Too close to home. :) Love all the updates. I, too, am off sugar mostly. Easter about killed me.

tori said...

From the time you were a little girl you were an amazing writer and had a marvelous sense of humor. These are great!!!! I've done them all at one time or another during my life. Most recent is eating an entire sleeve of thin mints!