There are a lot of funny things my kids say. I find myself laughing an awful lot when I hang out with them. Some are things I can share on my blog, and some I have to keep to myself and teach them that it is not nice to say things like that, as I try as hard as I can not to laugh.
Like most parents around Christmas time, I have been using the old tactic of telling my kids they need to be nice and have Christmas spirit or Santa won't come, in order to get them to do things and behave. I never expected it to turn on me................
About a week before Christmas I had bought a couple of grapefruits for us to have for breakfast one morning. That afternoon the kids came in and told me they were hungry. I told them to get and apple or an orange from the fridge for a snack. As they were heading towards the fridge I remembered the grapefruits were in there and I knew they would want to eat them, but I was saving them for breakfast. So before they could even ask I greedily said, "You can't eat the grapefruits. Those are mine."
There was a little bit of complaining because like I suspected they would have asked to eat the grapefruits, but they got their apple or orange and didn't mention it again.
The next few days breakfast was a whirlwind as I rushed the kids off to school for their last couple of days and I headed out to do a few last minute Christmas errands. The grapefruit were completely forgotten by me and my kids. Then on Wednesday Joe came home from school and was getting ready to go sledding with his friend Charlie. I wanted him to have a snack before he left so I told him to eat and apple or an orange before he left.
Joe went to the fridge. Then he came out holding a grapefruit and said, "Mom, why don't you get some Christmas spirit and share one of these."
I went into the kitchen to cut up the grapefruits and we all ate them together for a snack.
8 years ago
