| Here Comes Gunny Bag! And Other Amusing Stories |
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| Monday, 01 February 2010 01:21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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We're still here and I have a lot to share! I've been missing partly because I wanted to make some Hilarity Ensues of some funny kid moments, but I can never get Carlie to recreate the moment. So I'll just have to share them old style. I've also been missing because Nate and I went on our belated 2-night anniversary getaway to Fredericksburg. Ahh. So nice. Thanks to Amy for volunteering to watch my kids and Tiffanie for actually watching the kids when Amy's toddler got bronchitis. Part 1: The Gunny Bag Meet the newest member of our family, Gunny Bag.
When the clean up timer goes off, Gunny Bag comes slithering out of his cave, growling, "Yum, yum, yum," searching for tasty toys that didn't get put away. If he doesn't find any, he cries. If he does find some, he eats them until the next day when he coughs them up. But if he eats them twice, the toys go away forever (he's a part of the preschool curriculum, but we have our own at home now).
At first it scared Garrett. Now it just fills him with panic. We set the timer and Garrett starts putting away the toys. But the closer we get to time, the more frantic he gets. We made it 8 days without Gunny Bag eating anything, but Garrett felt nonchalant last night. Until Gunny Bag came out and started eating toys. Garrett was running around as fast as he could in near hysteria because he didn't make Gunny Bag cry. We had a good talk after and Garrett learned his lesson: he vowed to not play with any toys ever again so there wouldn't be any mess to clean up. Don't worry. He played with his toys today. But compare this with several weeks ago when Garrett sat in his playroom for more than 6 hours "cleaning up." I'm a fan of the Gunny Bag.
Part 2: Carlie Carlie is standing up.
Ignore the spiky hair. She's quite proud of herself when she gets there. She boastfully sticks out her chest and sometimes claps while she's up there.
This conversation happened a couple weeks ago: Garrett: What would you like for Christmas, little girl? Carlie: (blank stare) Garrett: Hellooooo? Carlie: (put her hand up to her ear) 'Lo?
Part 3: The Warts, Continued A long time ago I mentioned Garrett's near wart outbreak. Well, he has mollescum, which at this point means he does have around 70 wart-ish bumps on his skin. In an attempt to get rid of them, we applied a prescription cream to irritate the warts. Most of his skin got very rashy, so I took him back to the dermatologist. She was apparently stunned at the intense reaction to the cream and came back with a camera to take a picture to show her residents such an interesting case. End result: wart cream is off, intense moisturizing is back on. Wart status: TBD. Part 4: Other Funnies Garrett: I love you Daddy Nate: I love you too Garrett: Now you have to sleep with me in my bed Nate: Huh? Garrett: That's when you say I love you, you sleep with them in their bed. Garrett: (angrily muttering to himself in the kitchen as he works on a puzzle)If you say that again, I will share my gospel...If you make this, I'll go back up to heaven with Heavenly Father. Did you hear me? I said if you do that one more time, I'm going back. Garrett: (over dinner tonight) Mom, why doesn't Carlie have any boobs?
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That kid is CLASSIC. And I think I'm even more curious