Cute one For Mothers

[brnidokiegurl 1]

This is great!

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> So, we had this great 10 year old cat named Jack who just recently died.

> Jack was a great cat and the kids would carry him around and sit on him

> and

> nothing ever bothered him. He used to hang out and nap all day long on

> this mat in our bathroom.

>

> Well, we have 3 kids and at the time of this story they were 4 years old,

> 3

> years old and 1 year old. The middle one is Eli. Eli really loves

> chapstick. LOVES IT. He kept asking to use my chapstick and then losing

> it. So finally one day I showed him where in the bathroom I keep my

> chapstick and how he could use it whenever he wanted to but he needed to

> put it right back in the drawer when he was done.

>

> Last year on Mother's Day, we were having the typical rush around and try

> to get ready for Church with everyone crying and carrying on. My two boys

> are fighting over the toy in the cereal box. I am trying to nurse my

> little one at the same time I am putting on my make-up. Everything is a

> mess and everyone has long forgotten that this is a wonderful day to honor

> me and the amazing job that is motherhood.

>

> We finally have the older one and the baby loaded in the car and I am

> looking for Eli. I have searched everywhere and I finally round the

> corner

> to go into the bathroom. And there was Eli. He was

> applying my chapstick very carefully to Jack's . . . rear end. Eli looked

> right into my eyes and said "chapped." Now if you have a cat, you know

> that he is right--their little butts do look pretty chapped.

> And, frankly, Jack didn't seem to mind.

>

> And the only question to really ask at that point was whether it was the

> FIRST time Eli had done that to the cat's behind or the hundredth.

>

> And THAT is my favorite Mother's Day moment ever because it reminds us

> that

> no matter how hard we try to civilize these glorious little creatures,

> there will always be that day when you realize they've been using your

> chapstick on the cat's butt.

[ivona 0]

:lol:

I read a wonderful quote the other day: When you get children you suddenly forgive your parents everything... so true

Edited May 14, 2007 by ivona