At our house, if there are cakes or cookies around, this conversation is repeated constantly:
Kid: “Mom, can I have some cake (cookie, doughnut, ice cream, pudding….)?”
Me: “Have something nutritious first.”
This is my general policy on sweets, has been for a while, yet they ask over and over.
This morning Conner came in from a soccer clinic, tired and hungry. I was working on the computer in the kitchen.
Conner: “Mom, can I have a piece of cake?”
Me: “Have something nutritious first…”
He eats a sandwich then goes into the fridge and grabs strawberries.
Conner: “Have these been washed?”
Me: “I don’t know. If in doubt, wash them.”
He does, then looks in a drawer for the strawberry hulling tool. He doesn’t see it.
(Which, by the way, does not mean it is not in the drawer. It means he didn’t immediately see it and therefore stopped looking.)
Conner: “Are the dishes in the dishwasher clean?”
Me: “I don’t know, Conner. Why don’t you look….”
They are dirty. He sees the strawberry tool he is looking for and holds it up.
Conner: “Mom, what should I do?”
At this point, I am sick and tired of all of these questions that any bright 14 year old should be able to figure out without mom’s help…
Me:”Conner! Think about it! What would you do if I wasn’t here?”
Conner: (Not missing a beat) “I’d have just eaten cake.”
ugh. Does anyone else have this problem?
LOL!!!! Oh my gosh, I almost just peed in my pants…
Well he has a point, mom! LOL!!!
I love it! Personally, I’d have the cake first too. 🙂
Have a great weekend!
Pam
Bahahahaha! Hilarious!
I think I need to stop buying cookies because Evie can’t stay out of them (she is her mother’s daughter after all). My kids have been home 2 full days and I feel like I should be playing Cruise Director. That’s not my job, right??
yes, I do, but its my husband!
I agree with Bill Cosby…cake is nutritious!! Milk, eggs…good for you!! Let them eat cake!!
Ha!
Hugs
SueAnn
Lmao!!
This cracks me up – I love that he literally asked what to do with the dirty dish, lol
Did he end up getting his cake??
Hahaha! I just had a similar conversation with my 12 year old. I walked into the kithen to find him drinking straight out of a two liter. (EW!) I asked him, ‘why are you doing that?!?’ His answer: Because you weren’t in here a minute ago…
Wha?!? Boys…