Have you ever read “Please don’t eat the Daisies,” by Jean Kerr? Or seen the movie starring Doris Day? The title kinda says it all. It’s referencing all those things that you say as a parent that really should never have to be said. Here are a few of phrases recently heard in the NewLife household…
- “Ohhh… Don’t lick the table.” (this phrase is frequently used with various substitutions of the last word… window, floor, dog, your sister’s foot…)
- “Be careful the poop doesn’t roll onto the floor.”
- “Um… Why are there biscuits in my purse?”
- “No, you sit on the potty THEN pee.”
- “Don’t play with your vagina in the kitchen please.”
- “I said, Don’t diddle yourself in the kitchen!” (This was, at least, directed at the toddler and not anyone else in the household)
- “Please get off of Fairy Dog, he is not a trampoline.”
- “Could you wait till we’re inside to take your shoes off?”
- “Ew! Don’t put the butt thermometer in your mouth!”
- “Please don’t grab Mommy’s butt while she’s making bacon.” (Seriously)
- “NO! If it’s in the garbage, it is not a toy.”
- “No, it’s not a balloon, it’s bacon. Eat it.”
- “Please don’t put syrup in your hair.”
- “No you can’t take a nap on the bathroom floor.”
- “No toes on the dinner table.”
Those are the ones I can remember off the top of my head. It just seem that, a minimum of 5 times within a day, I find myself saying something that will completely halt my chatter (an amazement in itself) and cause me to think,
“Did I Seriously just say that out loud?”
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