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Home » Humor

Not Very Lucky and Not at all Charming

Submitted by Guest Blogger on October 3, 2008 – 12:00 am19 Comments

Brillig speaks four languages, has lived on four continents, and had four children in four and a half years. You can read about her adventures, from the terrifying to the ridiculous, at Twas Brillig.

The scene: My littlest two boys are in bed for midday naps. Fuzzles, the ten month old, is secure in his crib while Scooby, the two year old, is in his room— hopefully asleep, but if not, at least he’s trapped: his door doesn’t have a lock, but it’s very tricky and in three weeks here he hasn’t yet been able to open it. The other two kids (Bubba, 4, and Princess Fluffy, 5) are outside playing on the park with some friends.

And I, well, I need a break. I see this moment of solitude as the perfect time to fill a hot bath and indulge for a few minutes— recharge the ol’ batteries, doncha know. A rare pleasure indeed.

And so, I immerse myself into the delicious water and close my eyes. Ahhhhh. After a minute, I hear some strange noises. I open my eyes to find Scooby (who not only got out of his bedroom but also apparently climbed up the pantry shelf) lording an open box of Lucky Charms over my bathtub. Before I scream, “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO” he turns the box over and the bathtub is suddenly full of Lucky Charms.

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(Scooby and his Charms)

“Oh my gosh, how am I going to clean this up?” I say out loud. Scooby has an idea. He begins scooping the cereal out of the water and ravenously eats it. “Ewww! Ick! No, no!” I squeal.

I busy myself with trying to get the cereal out and keeping Scooby from snarfing it all down when I hear yet more noises. I turn to see Princess Fluffy and all of the neighbor children STARING at me. Me. Naked. In the bathtub. With all of my bits exposed. And let’s not forget the Lucky Charms floaties. (And now I’m just certain that their parents are going to sue me for the therapy that will now be necessary.) At this point I begin shrieking, “GET OUT!!! GET OUT!!!! GET OUT!!!!” And eventually, they catch on, and leave. Clever little things.

That’ll show me for trying to take a break. Mommy never EVER gets a break. I should know that by now….

19 Comments »

  • Amber said:

    Evidently lucky charms are more than magically delicious. :-)

    And about mama never getting a break? The sad realities of life!

    - 3 October 2008 at 6:40 am
  • Carol said:

    Oh!! wow!! I am feeling mortified for you.

    This is why I just skipped right over that age and obtained a teenager. Being a stepmom does have it’s advantages occasionally… well… right up until she finds a serious boyfriend and then the fun is over for me.

    - 3 October 2008 at 7:16 am
  • Kimberly said:

    Oh honey! Ow ow ow! Not just the anticipated alone time ruined, but complete mortification on top of that! Argh! I can’t even laugh!

    - 3 October 2008 at 11:03 am
  • Kateastrophe said:

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

    That is all.

    - 3 October 2008 at 11:36 am
  • Lori said:

    Too bad it wasn’t a milk bath.

    Such a funny scene. But not funny at the same time. Sitcom funny, you could say.

    - 3 October 2008 at 11:38 am
  • Melissa said:

    OH MY GOSH! I would be completely and utterly mortified if that happened to me (the neighbor kids and all). And knowing my daughter, she’d fill in all the neighbor kids that weren’t there on what they missed.

    - 3 October 2008 at 1:09 pm
  • Marge said:

    Bwahaha!
    If you had read your mommy manual you might have seen the section strongly warning against the use of rechargable batteries.
    Um, and recharging batteries in the bathtub is also not advisable.

    - 3 October 2008 at 1:12 pm
  • charrette said:

    HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA! I love this story more than life itself! Last summer on a very long van trip with the kids I managed to keep Jeff awake enough to drive the the kids completely entertained by telling them all this story. But nothing beats hearing you tell it!

    I swear the best, funniest, wackiest things in the world happen directly to you, just so you can write about them! I do believe the universe hand-selects storytellers in just this way. :)

    - 3 October 2008 at 2:04 pm
  • Novembrance said:

    Oh, this should be in a movie. Or at least in a TV show. It needs to be filmed. You’re a genius storyteller, you are.

    http://novembrance.blogspot.com

    - 3 October 2008 at 5:23 pm
  • Karlene said:

    That’s a story that will never get old. Your kids will be telling it at your 90th birthday party. :)

    - 3 October 2008 at 5:54 pm
  • Novembrance said:

    This needs to be in a film, or at least on a TV show. You’re a brilliant storyteller!

    - 3 October 2008 at 6:49 pm
  • Lisa in Poland said:

    Oh my gosh. That is an amazing story. There are a whole slew of semi phobias for me there. Having my relaxing time interrupted, being seen naked, having weird stuff floating in the bath with me, etc. etc. Yikes! (okay so some of those weren’t actually phobias until AFTER I read this post.) Makes for a great story, though!

    - 4 October 2008 at 1:30 am
  • jen of a2eatwrite said:

    Way too funny! I don’t think you could have timed this better.

    OTOH, life just isn’t fair sometimes.

    - 4 October 2008 at 9:17 am
  • Half-Past Kissin' Time said:

    OMG-that’s adorably hilarious :)

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    - 5 October 2008 at 8:23 pm
  • Gunfighter said:

    Bwaaaahahahahahahahahaha!

    - 6 October 2008 at 9:36 am
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    - 6 October 2008 at 9:36 am
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  • cheri said:

    This story made my day with two little ones seem easy!

    - 9 October 2008 at 9:29 pm
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