This morning the boys and I piled into the car, and Ethan-8yr immediately made a face and said, “Yuck! What’s that smell?”
I don’t have much of a sense of smell, and didn’t know what he was talking about. But i DO have a phobia of gross, forgotten sippy cups lingering under car seats. I asked Ethan-8yr to look for an old cup.
He diligently searched the car, and then said, “Oh! Yep. I see it.”
“A sippy cup?”
“No. Just an old beer of Dad’s.”
….?
Um. Last I checked, Mike didn’t drink. Last I heard, he wasn’t really big on drinking and driving, either.
“Uh? Ethan-8yr? Could you hand it to me please?”
“Sure. Gross.” He hands me an unopened can of Mr. Pibb and makes a face.
“Uh…that’s Dad’s, but it’s not beer. I think it’s kinda like Dr. Pepper. The wrong drink came out of a coke maching the other day.”
“Oh! Like Dr. Pepper?! CAN I HAVE IT, pleeeeeaAse?”
“No. And what was smelling so bad?”
“Oh, probably just Seth-2yr.”
In all fairness, sweet little Seth-2yr did not smell bad (at that particular moment). If that conversation had lasted even a few moments longer, I’m sure Caden-4yr and I would have been unintentionally maligned as well.
7:41 pm
I have a daughter who likes to point out all the things her brothers do wrong and THEN she happily mentions that she’s not doing ANY of those things!
8:54 pm
Ha ha ha ha! Poor Seth, he may as well get used to being the reason for everything…
12:51 am
Well, I actually asked my three year old to sniff her brother’s bottom the other day to see if he had a dirty diaper. She immediately obeyed, and of course, he was dirty. Later I thought, “Do I really want to teach my child to sniff bottoms?” Oh well, a mom has to do what a mom has to do.
3:58 am
Ha - I’m not sure how I stumbled on your blog, but I agree - I have a fear of old forgotten sippy cups with days old MILK in them!! That’s where I draw the line.