Saturday, November 08, 2008

Just Send Your Future Therapy Bills to the Caribbean

Last week was full of children.

Of course, every week is full of children around here, but last week was early release. Hence, the children in question were present in the home and not at school more hours than usual. Which, of course, is always a source for more side-splitting antics.

Since the kids were home early, that meant that they had to accompany me while I ran errands. I don't think any parent truly understands the meaning of the word "babysitter" until they have drug three cranky kids around the countryside who would much rather be home practicing their mad guitar strumming skills in front of the Wii. Either that, or melting holes in Styrofoam with their modeling glue (yes, we had the talk about glue safety, the environment and the proper use of glue and no, they will never do that again).

Having so much together time always opens my eyes to what is going on inside their world, especially with the boys, who are not attached to my hip like their sister is. I kind of like being a fly on the wall when we are in the car because if I turn down the Ne-Yo long enough, I just may hear something interesting (Thank you, Ellen DeGeneres for having Ne-Yo on your show a while ago, I am thoroughly addicted. Now, if I could just dance like you my life would be complete).

Wyatt: Dude, I do not understand the way you talk! Someone at my school was talking like a middle-schooler and it was like a different language.

McRae (laughing): You will understand when you are in middle school.

And then they proceed to jab each other in the ribs until I threaten to take away Christmas.

A little while later I hear this:

Wyatt: You are so funny, I am glad you're my brother.

And my heart explodes.

A little while later it is a completely different story and they are taking turns saying, "Mom!" and then waiting for me to say, "What?" Before howling at the fact that they JUST MADE ME SAY "WHAT" because, you know, nothing is funnier than that.

Well boys, I have not completely wiped all the childhood memories from my mind and I do remember playing that joke on unsuspecting people when I was your age. I know that it is hard to imagine your mother EVER being the same age as you, but believe me, it happened.

And just to prove that I can still enjoy a good prank, here you go:


Remember that picture I told you I deleted from my memory card?

(And no, these are not their Halloween costumes. This is what resulted after my oldest raided his sister's dress-up box.)

You can send your future therapy bills to me in the Caribbean, as that is where your father and I have decided to spend our golden years, braiding hair and selling dollar beers on the beach.

20 comments:

kirida said...

I CANNOT STOP LAUGHING. You have the best children, Carrie.

Ali said...

See you in the Caribbean.

Jenn @ Juggling Life said...

I have some pictures like those I will have to dig out.

I'm an excellent hair braider--maybe I'll see you on the beach.

Beth Cotell said...

I love this post! I chuckled all the way through it!

Who or what is Ne-Yo?

Amydeanne said...

too funny. and blue is his color! lol

Anonymous said...

Bwahahahha! They are awesome! Thanks for the laugh!

Kyla said...

Hahahaha! That's funny.

Anonymous said...

oh, dear. I think I may have to invest in depends sooner than I planned!

xxxooomom

Anonymous said...

Oh, he is so going to kill you! Whatever, though. It's worth it! :)

Unknown said...

Truly awesomely wickedly evil parenting. I applaud you. I have similar blackmail photos in my box of tricks.

carrie said...

Here you go Beth (and any other curious minds) - this is the link to a YouTube video of his perfomance on the Ellen show 9/17: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReZ_zRIha04 Enjoy!

Valarie Lea said...

Oh you are so gonna get it! :) I do think the hat sets off the outfit quite nicely though. :)

Liz said...

LOL! I love it!!

Julie H said...

That looks like a great one for the high school yearbook :O)

Anonymous said...

I fully imagine that this photo will emerge at his wedding.

Kristin said...

Time to bust out the camera...

painted maypole said...

he he he

The Girl Next Door said...

I just found you on Mrs. G and now my day is complete! Such an awesome photo - hang on to it for those teenage years. Great blackmail.


Oh yeah and that silly "What" and "you've got the WORD" UGH they are still doing it at 16! MAKE THEM STOP!

Can't wait to have time to read more. your blog rocks.

LindaJ said...

The Krispy Kream hat is the kicker. Wyatt almost looks like he has manpri's on

Anonymous said...

LOL..

And I love that you listen to Ne-Yo.. so addicting!!