| Around Our House |
| I didn't realize the effect television had on my children, till I was at the grocery store one day. My oldest son, Matthew, was about 4 at the time. He was busily occupied looking over all the candy while I was paying for things. The cashier asked for my phone number to write on my check. I said "285-XXXX". Just then a small voice piped up near my elbow, "Call NOW! You'll be GLAD YOU DID!" |
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| We had spent a whole Saturday shopping for clothes, and everyone in the van was exhausted. Tom had just passed a Hostess bakery, and it gave him an idea. He offered the children a choice. He said, "We can go buy socks and underwear, or we can go to the Hostess store for some Twinkies. What will it be?" Cheers of "Twinkie! Twinkie!" came from everywhere. Not to be left out, 3 yr old Amanda called out, "I want to go to the Hostage place and get some Stinkies!!" |
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| Having just brought a large load of laundry upstairs, I had an empty laundry basket sitting on the top landing. Matthew, 7 at the time, thought it would be a good idea to slide down the stairs in it, and told me so. I quickly doused that idea, telling him of the dangers. I told him the basket would not "slide", but would roll over and dump him. He sighed and walked away. I got busy in one of the rooms and was startled by a loud bumping, banging noise. I ran to the stairs just in time to see Matthew all sprawled out on the floor at the bottom of the stairs, holding his head. When he saw me looking down at him, he said, "You were sure RIGHT!" |
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| I was on the computer in my room when I heard water splashing in the bathroom on the other side of the wall. I said "Who's there?" No answer. More splashing.... "Who is it?" Still nothing. Then I heard...FLUSH... and a squeal. It was my 1 yr old, Nicholas, playing with the toilet. I said "Stop that, Nicholas!" and got another flush as an answer. I heard another splash, a flush, and then suddenly he was screaming at the top of his lungs. I about broke my neck getting in there... only to be greeted by the most hilarious sight. He had climbed into the toilet and was sitting there, only his head and shoulders sticking out the top. He then had flushed again, and the water rushing out scared him to death. He kept pointing at the hole in the bottom and screaming. He thought HE was going to go down the drain!! |
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| We took a vacation to San Antonio with my parents. My mom had brought along some fruit -oranges and tangerines, for the children to snack on. Hannah, 10, had helped herself liberally to them, and was suffering the consequences of an upset stomach. My mom didn't know the cause of her pains, and asked her if she had eaten too much. Hannah replied "I don't know what did it, Grandma. All I ate was an orangutan!" To which my dad said, "AH! That will do it everytime." |
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