Friday, July 25, 2008

Just another week.

Oh, the things that I never dreamed of...Last night, Maiz was in the bathtub grunting and, um, farting (I'm sorry if you say "fluff" in your house, but it's my blog, so please deal).  We were like, "Do you need to poop?  Why don't you sit on the potty?"  
NOTE:  Maizie is entirely "potty" trained.  Yes, potty only.  She has yet to go numero dos in the potty.  No matter what type of bribing, cajoling, lawyering, or bargaining I do, she refuses.  She'll be ten before she does it, I think.
Anyway, she decided to "try," which was more than she's done before.  We, of course, didn't think she'd do it until she calls "I did it!!!"
Um, hmmm...
"I pooped and it's in the potty!" "I get my cash register!"  (The stakes for pooping are high).  
I will say is that it was very large AND in her potty.
Picked up and placed there by her.
Gotta love it.  


IN other news, here's what happened at McDonald's today.  We (me, my baby bag-it's like another toddler, Iris, and Maizie) are going in the door, and while I'm trying to "herd cats" inside, I open the door right into Maizie's forehead.  She is knocked on the floor and is "silent screaming," so I figure I have 10-12 seconds before I'm noticed (when she finally takes a breath and REALLY screams).  Of course, people are waiting to get out, and those McDonald's foyers are so huge, not to mention that they could cook their fries in there it's so hot, and we're all on the floor.  I somehow manage to get everyone (baby bag 
included) inside and to the counter. 

"Hi, she just hit her head and I need some ice."
They hand me a cup.

"Um, more like an ice pack."

But, the minute she hears ice pack (by this time my 12 seconds have passed and she's screaming like a banshee), she squirms off the counter and onto the floor and starts running around the McDonald's, flinging herself into retirees booths.  It was like a strange game show. 

"Owie....OWWWWW...I don't wanna ice pack!  AHHHHH!!!  OWWW!!!"

And EVERYONE is staring at us.  And NO ONE is helping.  And if I were to blink I would cry.

Finally, a frail old lady offers to hold fat, grumpy Iris 
while I calm Crazy down.  And I think, this can't possibly end well.  And over the hunched shoulder of the lady (VERY sweet, though), I see a ma
n bring a high chair.  
And then a McDonald's employee (female, and I am assuming mother), brings out an ice cream cone.  And the nice old lady stayed with them while I ordered. 
So it ended okay.

Here's the damages.  Check out her forehead.  

3 comments:

Nicole Young | Urban Wings Art said...

Ohhhh poor baby...that would be when my kids wouldnt get McDonalds! I would high tail it right out of there!!! LOL....glad it worked out ok! Ok...its been TOO long...when are you going to be in Des Moines??? I was in Minneapolis twice this weekend for like....7 hours total, but all 7 were spent stuck at the airport, so no fun! LOl I went to California for the weekend for a digitalscrapbooking thing and I flew there and back all by myself (this in and of itself is a HUGE step for me!!!) Ok....give me a call soon!!!!

Anonymous said...

I typed a LONG note here and then pushed the 'publish your comment' button, and my computer went nuts and the Internet closed. I see my novel was not published....grrrr...

Cliff Notes: Maizie is a smart girl....and bummer about the McD's incident, but it was fun to read your account of what happened. :) Especially the diaper bag being like another toddler. SO true! What we moms do for our kiddos!.... :)

Jeanine said...

The "Mother's Curse" rears its evil head. bwahahaha