I Must Have Bad Karma
So, I'm in the kitchen, loading the dishwasher.
Doo dee doo dee dooooooo.
I hear some grunting coming from the hall closet, and figure my youngest is in there, baking a loaf, if you get what I'm saying, and I call out "hey, use the potty!"
She giggles in response. There is more grunting, and a scuffling sound.
I dry my hands and walk over to the closet, where I find her hanging from the closet bar.
Um.
HANGING. FROM. THE. CLOSET. BAR.
Proof positive that my spawnlings are part chimpanzee. There is no other explanation.
Comments
de-lurking, because that's the week it is:
I read every day. It is all your fault. This addiction I have to PSLs and other such expensive and high calorie drinks...I don't even like coffee that much.
Glad everyone is safe and whole - sorry you seem to have monkeys in your closet. Toss in a banana and close the door.
Posted by: wendy | January 10, 2006 6:54 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
So, uh, did she poop in there, too? ;)
Posted by: Mir | January 10, 2006 8:11 PM
it's sort of a delurk, but not really because i delurked once before.
my girl climbed into the dishwasher somewhere around the nine month mark. i fully expect to find her monkeying around in the closet just like this before long!
Posted by: moxiemomma | January 10, 2006 8:24 PM
delurking.
Fellow mother of three (ALL girls!) and I enjoy reading. You have a terrific sense of humor, and a flair for expressing it!
Posted by: Nancy | January 10, 2006 8:31 PM
Your babies are FREAKIN' ADORABLE! ... But then, I'm partial to monkeys.
Posted by: Jennifer | January 10, 2006 8:49 PM
I love your site. I read it daily. And now I am also hooked on Mommybloggers. Thanks for making me laugh and keeping it real. Man, that sounded ghetto. Maybe I should have ended that sentence with yo, dawg.
Posted by: marlen | January 10, 2006 8:50 PM
Ha!! She's just practicing for the 2016 Olympics ;-)
Posted by: MommaK | January 10, 2006 8:57 PM
And you hollered, "GET DOWN RIGHT NOW, YOUNG LADY!" but not before you grabbed your camera.
Our poor kids, victims of mommybloggers. They're destined for 12 step groups or deep Freudian analysis.
Posted by: GraceD | January 10, 2006 10:44 PM
Baking a loaf in mid-air!
Talent.
Posted by: ben | January 11, 2006 6:03 AM
Too funny!
Posted by: Tuesday | January 11, 2006 6:36 AM
Ha! Now I must destroy my monitor so my kids never see that picture and get ideas.
Posted by: Katie | January 11, 2006 6:48 AM
Yep... looks about right
Posted by: Elaine | January 11, 2006 7:27 AM
This is a total delurk...
I am totally loving that picture and that is so my daughter # 2. At 18 months I can already see that orneryness. Boy am I in for it. Keep up the great blogging!
Posted by: Shannon (Sentimental) | January 11, 2006 7:51 AM
Just be thankful that bar is in there really well!! I for one am impressed with her upper-body strength. I don't think I could do that!
Posted by: holli | January 11, 2006 10:03 AM
Delurking to say that you make me laugh, you make me cry--sometimes (often!) in the same post.
Love that picture, too.
Posted by: Susan | January 11, 2006 11:56 AM
Okay, Jenny. I've been reading your blog religiously for several months and got inspired to start my own. Your insights on mothering are hilarious and I just laughed at loud reading the "robot baby" post.
Now that I've buttered you up with flattery, let me say that I was tagged. Being new to blogging, I had no idea what this was and demanded an explanation from the tagger. Apparently, this tag is a meme and I am supposed to tag other bloggers and ask them to post about 5 weird habits they have. I must provide a link to their blogs in my post and then post a comment on theirs telling them they have been tagged. Since I only know of two other blogs, besides the one of the Jenny who tagged me, I guess...
You're tagged.
With much love and admiration,
Jenny of www.momtheteachersaidabadword@blogspotcom.
Posted by: Jenn2 | January 11, 2006 1:02 PM
OH. LORD. Thank goodness my kids have not figured this one out yet!
Posted by: Candice | January 11, 2006 1:38 PM
de-lurking to say I've had to re-attached the closet bar in our house a time or two. Love your blog.
Posted by: Sheryl | January 11, 2006 2:39 PM
HaHa! That is so hilarious becasue I think I actually tried that several times as a kid! For me I was just trying to do chin ups on the shower rod! Hey, when you're under 5 it SOUNDS like a good idea! Needless to say Karma paid me back and I have two rambunctious boys and a stubborn daughter!
Absolutely love reading you every day! Always gives me good laugh!
Posted by: Neisha | January 12, 2006 11:02 AM
De-lurking (I'm a bad lurker, I know I've commented a time or two before) to say - oh my! Now I know what I have to look forward to. One of my 19-month-old twins does headstands in his crib. Yeah. Headstands. Puts his legs on the crib rails to help steady himself, but I don't know how much longer he's going to need them. Now he spends half of story-time before bed upside down.
Posted by: Thorny | January 13, 2006 11:14 AM
Monkeys in the closets huh? Wonder if you need an exterminator for that?
Posted by: Crazy Lady | January 13, 2006 2:09 PM