There are a lot of boys in this house. To give you a little sneak peak into everyday life around here, I offer the following conversation:
Me: "J, as soon as you put on your socks and shoes, you can go outside to play...I just folded clean socks and put them in the sock box."
(no one ever thinks to put socks on while in their bedrooms around here, so I've started stocking a box full of them in the laundry room, next to their shoes. Otherwise, they all go sock-less.) Anyhow, back to the conversation...
J: "I put a pair of socks in there too, only I didn't fold them." (pulls out the same pair of dirty socks CR asked him to place in the hamper about an hour earlier.)
Me: "J, that box is only for clean socks. Please don't put your dirty socks in with them."
J: "They're not that dirty. I didn't wear them for very long."
Me: (administered "the look" #45, communicating that I ain't buyin' it)
J: "What? I only wore them for, like, 2 days."
Niiiiiice!!
Thanks for the glimpse of my future re: stinky little boys. I might have to steal your idea about a sock box. Blythe refuses to put on socks until the second before she's putting on her shoes so I'm constantly sending her back upstairs for her socks.
ReplyDeleteSteal away, Jill! It's actually an idea some friends in my ward came up with as i was complaining about our sock problem. :)
ReplyDeleteTell Jonah I said, "eww".
ReplyDeleteYour stories are so funny! They must keep you laughing all day...or most of the day. ;)
ReplyDeleteOh the things I have to look forward to. Noah hasn't crossed into the eww boy phase yet. Thank goodness. I know the time will be here well before I want it to!
ReplyDeleteHi Alison,
ReplyDeleteI do want to get together with you and Melissa. I've lost your email, again! So email me and let's get something planned.
Hey. So, the sock idea is great! Love it! Your stories are a riot to read!
ReplyDeleteYou're killing me. If you make it to a month, I might die for real.
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