Back to Reality

So we returned from a lovely vacation to find our refrigerator was warm. Well not so much warm as "Not cold". Upon further investigation, we discovered the temperature knob was turned off! After I furiously blamed my husband for a good 10 minutes and he continued to claim innocence, we called the young one in. This was the conversation:

Me: "G did you touch that dial?"

G: "No" while smiling sheepishly

Me: "Its ok, tell me the truth you won't get in trouble" (Yeah right)

G: "I touched it"

Me: "Why did you touch it?" (while gritting my teeth)

G: "Because I wanted it to be at 5 o'clock" (Damn school and their teaching of time)

Me: "Well G, you turned off the whole fridge and now all of the food in it is ruined and in the freezer and we have to throw it all out"

G: "Its ok Mommy, just go buy all new food"

Then my husband quickly escorted G out of the room while I emptied and cleaned the freezer and fridge (Did i mention the melted ice cream in the freezer? Good times!). I spent saturday doing massive food shopping to replace all the food and my previously stocked freezer. Fortunately, the time change had us all up at 5am so I was able to get a head start on all that!

One day I'll laugh about this, I will. Just not today. or tomorrow. or next week. You know when I'll laugh? When I have grandkids and teach them how to change the dial on the fridge so they can do it too! Thats when I will laugh.

My little jet setter

We just got back from a vacation to London and Paris to visit my brother in law, sister in law, niece and baby nephew. G spent the whole time happily playing with his cousin S (woo-hoo, a break for Mommy!). S is a girly girl, so G played with barbies, her doll house and her baby dolls. One day he even came out of her room wearing 3 headbands, 4 plastic necklaces and 2 rings! Daddy was THRILLED! (and wouldn't let me take a picture).

He made some keen observations during the week, the first was while playing with barbie, who for some unknown reason was always naked. "Mommy, he said to me, look, Barbie has boobs just like you!" Yes sweetheart she does, but why don't you think Barbie has a waistline just like me? Hmm?

Then later in the week "Mommy, tinkerbell doesn't have boobs, cause she is a fairy and fairies don't have boobies" Good to know kid!!

The Boy has more stamps in his passport at 3 then I did at 23, and what did he take from it? a lesson in dolls and boobs!