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June 12, 2008 | Jojo,The Nugget,Those Pesky Kids
It seemed so clear to me, but then again, I was the one being sprayed in the head with hose water while sitting on the toilet in my house. So let me clear things up for ya on this and other random happenings around the Squirrel house.
The Toilet Incident — yes, the bathroom window was open. The little girl next door and her friend were playing with the hose and accidentally sprayed our house at the same time I was in mid-trou-drop. Forced water + screened window + my head = wet slap in the face. Oh well. I laughed it off until I heard the friend tell the girl next door that she wanted to purposefully spray our house. Thankfully, our little neighbor stepped up and said “no, we can’t do that” and redirected her friend to spray something else. Look at her stepping up to peer pressure and taking a page from SuperNanny! I thanked her the next day and gave her a rice krispie treat.
No, I didn’t make rice krispie treats…remember that 9×13 pan I was wondering if I’d get returned? Well ding dong it returned FILLED with the formerly hated treats. Oh yes, I never liked them growing up because
a. my mom never baked them because
b. they don’t contain chocolate and
c. dessert = chocolate, so therefore
d. rice krispies are for people who don’t know what dessert is THEREFORE
e. they must suck ass
Boy, was I wrong. Oooooh how my life could have turned out differently had I enjoyed the crispy yet sticky yet gooey yet yummy deliciousness of the wronged treat. I ate a good 1/3 of the pan before I gave two smallish squares away. Oops. I’m not sure I can make it through the evening without another cut. Just. one. more.
LL Cool Jojo — What with the ridiculous heat and lack of good airconditioning, we’ve found ourselves out at restaurants for many a meal. Every time we find ourselves with a waitress, Jojo charms them with his tooth grins and many “thank you nice lady”s and eventually ends with this line, complete with emphatic hand gestures: “come over to my house next week.” We’re not sure where he gets the “next week” idea… does he see the kitchen calendar filled with playdates or is he just careful of double booking the ladies?
Jojo’s black eye – wow, kids are resilient. The black-purple-blue-green-yellow eye has almost completely vanished, and he’s stopped telling stories of how the fire truck came to fix his broken head. Perhaps we should take him to get re-evaluated, since no fire truck was called. Oh my little dramatic boy. Honey, we’ll get you ice cream even if you were taken to the ER in a 13 year old Toyota Corolla.
The Nugget – still growing. Still super stinkin’ cute. Still pooping every 8 days or so. How does this happen? I don’t know, but I’ve been assured this is not abnormal. For babies. I mean, can you imagine not pooping for 8 days?
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June 12th, 2008 at 8:07 pm, Becca Says:
I’d LOVE it if Charlie pooped every eight days! But we had an “incident” in a public restroom this week that still makes me gag just thinking about it. Why must we choose between worrisome constipation and blow-out of the century?
June 12th, 2008 at 8:31 pm, Sallyacious Says:
I wish my bang-ups healed as quickly as Jojo’s. Alas, I’m something like 20x his age, so it’s probably not surprising that it takes the aches and pains a while to go away.
Fortunately, I am not a big rice krispie fan. One less thing in the world to go to my hips. You’re welcome to my share.
June 12th, 2008 at 8:31 pm, susie Says:
I remember asking my pediatrician once about this same thing. “But he only has a bowel movement once a week!” And my dear doctor replied, “And why are you complaining?!” As long as he wasn’t worried…
June 12th, 2008 at 9:25 pm, Jezer Says:
Dude, you gotta try peanut butter on the Krispy treats. Or, I just mix peanut butter in with the marshmallow stuff. AND…you know, you could mix in some chocolate chips with that, too. Come to think of it, I think I’m going to eat all of my Weight Watchers points in Rice Krispy treats tomorrow. Thanks a lot.
“Come over to my house next week.” That is the funniest thing ever. Little playa.
8 days? He’s just a good nutrient-absorber.
June 12th, 2008 at 9:52 pm, the ex Says:
I’m pooping RIGHT NOW so no I clearly couldn’t imagine that.
June 12th, 2008 at 10:30 pm, SJ Says:
You need to buy yourself some chocolate frosting, whip up a batch of Rice Krispy Treats and you guessed it – lather the chocolate on.
DE. Licious!
I can’t believe you’ve never had them before! My Mom used to make them all the time when I was little but she’d put red food coloring in them, which would turn them pink and well, I thought that was normal. When I saw the little treats normal in color I couldn’t figure out what was wrong with them.
I? Am crazy. I KNOW.
June 13th, 2008 at 7:32 am, Liza Says:
I miss the days of +90% pee only diapers. All those people who claim that breastmilk poop doesn’t smell bad are nuts, IMO.
Of course, I don’t miss the frightening poopsplosions where you wonder how one 15 or 20 lb little creature could have held in a quarter of his body weight in poop, let alone for a week or more.
June 13th, 2008 at 9:27 am, Maria Says:
I am in lurve with Jojo! He is so going to have girlfriends (s!) texting him before he is 4, or whatever the cool new equivalent of calling and hanging up on your crush 40 times in a row is.
June 13th, 2008 at 10:27 am, Bethany Says:
What SJ said!
June 13th, 2008 at 11:30 am, Rachel Says:
I am afraid that some proof of said growing of the Nugget is going to be required. Required!
June 13th, 2008 at 1:51 pm, Kristabella Says:
Oh man I love homemade rice krispy treats. We used to add food coloring to the marshmallow mix for different holidays, red and green for Xmas, red for Valentine’s Day, green for St. Patty’s Day.
Apparently we made a lot of rice krisy treats as kids!
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June 20th, 2008 at 6:02 pm, Daisy Says:
Try peanut butter in the krispie treats… and they can be done with chocolate chip, too. Mmmm.