Friday, January 05, 2007

Dear Personal Assistant,

Please complete the following before you serve me lunch by the pool:

--Find out who these children are and why they keep calling me "mommy".
--Research Mummies and their fingers (Violet is "still very interested" and wants to know if they are mammals).
--Buy more leather wipes for the car (I used an entire package trying to clean vomit off of the front seats- the kids always ride in the backseats and I haven't thrown up in years...you get the picture).
--Figure out why Bigweld thinks there are dinosaurs in his poopy diapers.
--Remove peanut butter from stove front.
--Convince boys that snot ropes are NOT funny and strangers do not like to be chased by little boys wearing such accessories.
--Rescue Phyllis the cat from the full bathtub, again.
--Buy underwear large enough for boys to wear over their jeans. (They have no interest in potty training but love "dry skivs").
--Find and buy decaf hot cocoa (not for me, of course. I need all of the caffeine I can get).
--Respond to "you do it", "help", "NOOOOOO", and "juice" with a smile on your face and joy in your heart.

Note: The Assistant quit on the spot when she realized she could not meet our expectations for a mother.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I reread this entry today. It is very cute!

Danifesto said...

I have to disagree...snot ropes are a *little* funny! Perhaps moreso in theory than in reality! Hang in there, K! Besides, it's too cool for the pool now right?
PS Inform Violet that during my stay in Cairo, I encountered many mummies, in various states of undress and they were all mammals at one time because the hair was still intact, although badly in need of conditioner and additional hair product. I did see fingers protruding as well...