This week in Parenting, 9/19/06
Kids sure do grow quickly. It seems like just yesterday that the boy's little baby arms couldn't reach but an inch over his large baby head. Now, he can stand up on his tippy toes and reach high enough to turn on all the lights in the house:
The trouble is, he can't reach high enough to turn them back off. Instead, he just walks around turning on lights, saying "Ooh, iss bright!" I hope the employees at the utility company enjoy the holiday party I'm paying for.
On a similarly wasteful note, he knows that dirty paper products (napkins, tissues, paper towels) go in the garbage. And if he sees them around, he'll say "GARBAGE!" and proceed to throw them out. (Not that we have dirty paper products all over the house or anything, but I've been known to leave balled-up napkins and paper towels around on occasion. It's a guy thing.)
Just when I was starting to think, "Yes! This is why I had kids," he's now getting a little bit TOO eager. If he gets his hands on a box of tissues, he says "TISSUES," takes a couple out, and throws them on the ground. He then says "GARBAGE!" You can see where this is going.
I bet all this money wasting is going to be much less cute when he's old enough to cut out the middle man and take the cash directly from my wallet.
Comments
Becky said:
just so you know, i still waste my dad's money on a regular basis.
pushin' 30, right here.
glo said:
A gifted astheticist plus saving his dad from the evils of Mr. Scrooge. What you have - give away. That's his message to you.
cadiz12 said:
don't worry, you'll get yours when you move into the east wing of his house after he makes it big.
Lianne said:
The last class they take before coming into their bodies is "Parental Abuse". They learn how to make it look cute, and you don't really catch on to what they are doing until they are 13. Then you really get it.
Silandara said:
Oh, I can't wait for that...mine is already trying to figure out the doorknobs and thinks all the doors in the house should remain closed at all times.
On the bright side, he does clean, though. Give him a paper towel and he'll wipe the whole house down. Randomly. But it's better than I manage sometimes.
Syar said:
how can you resist it when he goes around saying "Ooh, iss bright!"? Its SO cute.
*has a little think*
*hides all my tissues*
elasticwaistbandlady said:
The greatest trick is to teach The Boy what my beloved Dad taught me. Whenever you reach for the light switch you preface flipping it with, "Behold. I say let there be light!"
Everything is illuminated.
I wish my kids would clean up the mounting snotty tissue pyramid next to my bed. See, your son's skills will come in handy when you're infirm.
seventeen syllables said:
Oh, your progeny is really cute, I have to agree with Syar. "Isss bright!" hee hee.
Has he discovered the tp dispenser? I bet he'll redecorate the house for you...
Jon said:
I don’t know, it sounds to me like you have a baby magician in the house. He magically turns tissues into garbage, then he makes them disappear. I think you owe it to your son and his future career to invest in some small smoke bombs, so that the dramatic effect of throwing down the tissues and turning them into garbage can be accentuated with a puff of smoke. Video tape it, sell it on the internet, pay for his college education. I’m pretty sure this is one of my better “can’t miss” ideas. I give it to you free of charge.
Lia said:
I'm glad you still think it's cute. I'd be halfway to "severely annoyed" when my child started emptying the tissue boxes.
But clearly, The Boy iss bright. And we know parents are always mollified by their children's academic accomplishments.
Cate said:
I keep telling you, Omar - the kid is too smart for you.
Radioactive Garbage said:
Car keys: lower or higher than light switches?
Nadia said:
If I were you, Omar, I'd quickly invest in one of those heavy duty wallet chains...