Babysitter for Hire... in your Home

A few weeks ago, Corey watched the kids for me while I had to attend a business meeting. The meeting went rather well and was short & sweet. I was excited to get home & tell Corey all about it. Once I walked through the door I was met by a rather faint aroma that was only strong enough to peak my curiosity.

As I made my way to find Corey I noticed something dark on the carpet. I made a mental note to clean it up (thinking that it was probably mud). When I found him, I could tell by the look on his face that he had just as much to tell me as I did him.

I sat on the bed as he told me about the smell. He had made breakfast (toast) for the kids and then went to the bathroom. During the short time he was in the bathroom, Evan decided to try to make some toast of his own, but rather than using bread... he chose to mix it up a bit. He put a plastic medicine dropper in the toaster & pushed the lever down. Corey reentered the kitchen to find smoke rising from the toaster and the melted plastic all inside the toaster.

At that moment, I looked down at our comforter and noticed some blue markings on our comforter. I asked Corey if Lauren had been playing with markers today.

He smiled and said no, that is body paint. Lauren woke up early and Corey wasn't quite ready to get out of bed so he turned on some cartoons in the living room, hoping to buy him thirty minutes to an hour of more shut eye. It wasn't too long before Lauren re-entered the bedroom covered in blue body paint (left-over face paint from Halloween). So that was what I noticed on the carpet. He then went on to tell me that she wasn't interested in the cartoon so she went on to paint her feet (she was giving herself a pedicure) and then paint her hands & face.

Between Lauren's footprints across our house and the smoking toaster, I was laughing... I truly wish that I could have been sitting in theater seating with popcorn in my hands watching it all unfold.

Mister Mom

Recently Corey watched the kids for me while I had a doctor's visit. I don't know what I'd do without him. The absolute best part is the story of what happened while Mom was away. When my three loves are together I can always count on coming home to hear (or find) a few humorous stories.

Last week, Corey had taken the kids with him earlier that morning to get a massage and while he was enjoying a bit of relaxation, Evan... uh-um... dirtied his pants. Lola, a dear family friend, was playing with the kids during this mishap, but didn't have any pull-ups to help him out so she cleaned him up & had to let him "enjoy a bit of freedom". Once Corey finished his massage he rushed to take the kids to soccer practice.

He lovingly threatened Evan as he buckled him into his car seat, "Evan, you don't have a pull-up on so DON'T YOU DARE go to the bathroom. HOLD IT! I will put a pull-up on you when we get to soccer practice."

Our sweet little Evan responded, "Okay Daddy, me can hold it" (I have to tell you, I will be sad once he starts using his pronouns correctly).

They arrived at practice with one minute to spare so just inside the arena doors (surrounded by parents & kids) Corey stopped to talk to the kids. (We will still have to have pep talks when we enter ANY new environment EACH time and remind them to obey. For some reason they seem to FORGET that they are supposed to obey us or their coach if we don't go through this process EVERY time). During the talk Corey looked at Evan to remind him that he couldn't run onto the field yet because they still had to get a pull-up on him. Then he noticed that Lauren's shoe was untied so he turned to help her out so that she could begin practice while he took care of Evan. Once she was all tied & ready to hit the field, he turned to grab Evan's hand to take him to the bathroom to put his pull-up on and noticed that Evan's pants were down around his ankles and his "business" was just hanging out for all to see.

Corey was shocked and exclaimed, "Boy what are you doing, pull your pants up?!"

Evan simply stated, "Daddy, you supposed to put a pull-up on me."

I guess no one has explained to this innocent child that Adam & Eve took a bite of the forbidden apple.