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08/24/2009 12:19:13 PM · #1 |
Sent to me.....
So, we had this great 10 year old cat named Jack who just recently died. Jack was a great cat and the kids would carry him around and sit on him and nothing ever bothered him. He used to hang out and nap all day long on this mat in our bathroom.
Well we have 3 kids and at the time of this story they were 4 years old, 3 years old and 1 year old. The middle one is Eli. Eli really loves chapstick. LOVES it. He kept asking to use my chapstick and then losing it. So finally one day I showed him where in the bathroom I keep my chapstick and how he could use it whenever he wanted to but he needed to put it right back in the drawer when he was done.
Last year on Mother’s Day, we were having the typical rush around and try to get ready for Church with everyone crying and carrying on. My two boys are fighting over the toy in the cereal box. I am trying to nurse my little one at the same time I am putting on my make-up. Everything is a mess and everyone has long forgotten that this is a wonderful day to honor me and the amazing job that is motherhood.
We finally have the older one and the baby loaded in the car and I am looking for Eli. I have searched everywhere and I finally round the corner to go into the bathroom. And there was Eli. He was applying my chapstick very carefully to Jack’s . . rear end. Eli looked right into my eyes and said “chapped.” Now if you have a cat, you know that he is right–their little butts do look pretty chapped. And, frankly, Jack didn’t seem to mind.
And the only question to really ask at that point was whether it was the FIRST time Eli had done that to the cat’s behind or the hundredth.
And THAT is my favorite Mother’s Day moment ever because it reminds us that no matter how hard we try to civilize these glorious little creatures, there will always be that day when you realize they’ve been using your chapstick on the cat’s butt.
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08/24/2009 12:23:45 PM · #2 |
For some reason I had skipped over the "Sent to me..." sentence. Everything was fine until I got to the "...I am putting on my make-up" phrase. Then I thought, hmm...Jeb wears make-up? I was a bit confused until I looked back up to the first sentence. LOL!
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08/24/2009 12:39:52 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by AperturePriority:
For some reason I had skipped over the "Sent to me..." sentence. Everything was fine until I got to the "...I am putting on my make-up" phrase. Then I thought, hmm...Jeb wears make-up? I was a bit confused until I looked back up to the first sentence. LOL! |
LOL ... I did the exact same thing! |
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08/24/2009 12:56:20 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by pamelasue:
Originally posted by AperturePriority:
For some reason I had skipped over the "Sent to me..." sentence. Everything was fine until I got to the "...I am putting on my make-up" phrase. Then I thought, hmm...Jeb wears make-up? I was a bit confused until I looked back up to the first sentence. LOL! |
LOL ... I did the exact same thing! |
Haha, so did I, except it was the first part of that sentence that stopped me in my tracks: "I am trying to nurse my little one..." I was wondering how Jeb would manage that when I re-read the op. |
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08/24/2009 12:58:35 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by eqsite:
Originally posted by pamelasue:
Originally posted by AperturePriority:
For some reason I had skipped over the "Sent to me..." sentence. Everything was fine until I got to the "...I am putting on my make-up" phrase. Then I thought, hmm...Jeb wears make-up? I was a bit confused until I looked back up to the first sentence. LOL! |
LOL ... I did the exact same thing! |
Haha, so did I, except it was the first part of that sentence that stopped me in my tracks: "I am trying to nurse my little one..." I was wondering how Jeb would manage that when I re-read the op. |
I did a double-take when I read that part (the nursing part), but I gave him the benefit of the doubt and just thought he was using a bottle, but then again...we are talking about Jeb...
LOL! :-)
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08/24/2009 01:00:08 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by AperturePriority:
I did a double-take when I read that part (the nursing part), but I gave him the benefit of the doubt and just thought he was using a bottle, but then again...we are talking about Jeb...
LOL! :-) |
Yeah - we all know what a devoted and supportive husband/father he is :D |
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08/24/2009 01:15:28 PM · #7 |
| well, I think it's a darned funny story and I would be using a DIFFERENT chapstick, hidden away...rofl! Euwww! |
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08/24/2009 02:38:57 PM · #8 |
| Ditto to the nursing/makeup comments! Feel very sorry for the cat, though, no wonder he didn't live past age 10. |
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08/24/2009 03:05:22 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by AperturePriority:
For some reason I had skipped over the "Sent to me..." sentence. Everything was fine until I got to the "...I am putting on my make-up" phrase. Then I thought, hmm...Jeb wears make-up? I was a bit confused until I looked back up to the first sentence. LOL! |
I did the same thing and for a moment...I wasn't shocked that he wore makeup, but that he wore makeup to CHURCH!!! Hahaha!
My own cat, Sammy, is very much like that with my kids as well. He does everything with them and they spoil and pamper him beyond belief. Fortunately, I don't wear chapstick...;-) |
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08/24/2009 03:32:09 PM · #10 |
| Now that is a funny story. |
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