I have found in life there are many things that are simply not fair. Personally I have an absolute abhorrence for frogs. One might then deduce I simply don’t allow frogs to be part of my life . . . that would be an inaccurate premise with faulty deductive reasoning. (Logic 201, 1983).After carefully budgeting the amount of money we were going to spend on Christmas presents last December . . . I (not we) purchased all of the kids’ gifts, wrapped them, put them under the tree to await the anticipation of Christmas morning. It was at this juncture David decided the Christmas shopping wasn’t quite finished. (Even though the budget was). He was quite sure his kids absolutely NEEDED a Tadpole Habitat where his dear children could at their leisure raise frogs. Did you get that?! RAISE FROGS!! (These are the kinds of things we inadvertently forgot to discuss in the dating phase.)
Without my blessing he, of course, was rewarded by all three of our older kids being in agreement that this was not only the best gift of Christmas 2007, but the best gift they have ever received! Whatever.
So now, while my children are at school, our kind mailman brings right to my door little packages with warnings about live creatures inside . . . blah, blah, blah. To add to my angst, one corner of my daughter’s bedroom has now been draped with a blanket and a warning for me to not come near. Whatever happened to a parent’s ability to say, “Not under my roof . . .”?
So I guess I am now resigned to the small fact my house is a breeding ground for the creatures I hate most on this planet. Do you think one day my kids will look back on their growing up years and recognize the personal sacrifice their frog-hating mother engaged in for them? I’m preserving it here on the internet so that one day maybe they’ll understand.
In the words of Charlie Brown, “Aaaarrrrggghhhh!”
11 comments:
I sure hope they do!!! I guess it could be worse, it could be snakes!! I def. wouldn't stand for that!!
Okay you are back and funny as ever! This post had me roaring esp. reading it knowing yours and Dave's personalities.
Well look on the bright side at least it wasn't snakes...that would bring back the "not under my roof" clause!
Oh and we brought our lawn mower from America (hilarious guess btw) because at the time they only had the old electric- plug in lawnmowers. Hard to beleive this is a first world country eh? :-)
I was thinking exactly what Michelle said...at least it wasn't snakes!
I don't know how you do it Beth!
It makes you a really cool Mom in their eyes, though!
Lacy
Frogs? Thank goodness they never made it to our house. It seems the girls tried a bit of everything else, but no frogs.
Too too FUNNY! Thanks for the delightful read. And... sorry.
Poor Beth! That is so funny.
Maybe the frogs will get lost in the move? :)
I so agree with you. I almost could use the word "Hate" when it comes to those creatures. If I were you my kids would probably hate me because I would have tossed those slimy amphibians a long time ago. Haha but you are a great mom and wouldn't think about doing that. Lulu
I so agree with you. I almost could use the word "Hate" when it comes to those creatures. If I were you my kids would probably hate me because I would have tossed those slimy amphibians a long time ago. Haha but you are a great mom and wouldn't think about doing that. Lulu
I'm sorry. I don't know why it posted twice. Lulu
We got the frog habitat for Caleb a few years ago. The first set of frogs arrived... dead. The second set arrived safely about 4 months later and lived long enough to be set free. The thing STANK and I had nothing to do with it except to nag Matt and Caleb to clean it. So, have fun!! : )
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