When I was 15ish, I had this nightly routine. I stayed up later than my whole family, and before I would go to bed it was my responsiblity to wake my little sisters up and make them use the bathroom. This may seem weird, but they all grew so fast that their bladders had a hard time keeping up. At that time my little sisters were 3, 4, 4, 5, and 8 years old. (Yes there is 1 set of twins)
It was a pretty normal thing, until they started having blocks in their underwear.
Every night for a week, when I would go to do this, I would find some small toy or building block in their pajamas. I was completely confused.
I asked them about it during the day and they all had no idea what I was talking about.
Then one day, my mother starts to fall asleep while my one of the twins is in the room. My sister leans over my mother to make sure she is asleep, creeps out of the room, comes back in and goes to put a block in my moms pants. My mother, who had not been fully asleep, asked her why. Her response was that she wanted her to have a toy to sleep with.
We informed her that it wasn't polite to go sticking things down people's pants, which is a valuable life lesson.
The moral of this story is kids are weird and there is a reason that they are always featured in horror movies.
HAHA. I read the title and was completely confused. Seriously, this is funny stuff. I missed out on all the weird stuff growing up as an only child. At least I have your stories.
ReplyDeleteAnd I do have a lot of stories... lol
DeleteYou never know when you might need a toy. Easy access is important.
ReplyDeleteWhen my brother was potty training my mother would give both of us stickers if my brother used the potty. You can bet your butt that I was dragging him to the bathroom. I wanted stickers! Good job mom.
We would have run out of stickers pretty fast if that had been they deal in my family.
DeleteThat was really considerate of her.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a baby, my sister put an m&m on my lips. My mother found it before I choked to death and reminded my sister that babies can't eat candy. My sister said she knew that but she just put it there so I could lick it. I appreciate the sentiment. I also appreciate that I survived infancy.
Your sister sounds super considerate too.
DeleteYou are absolutely correct. A horror movie is not a horror movie without a little kid. They are weird and do creepy things.
ReplyDeleteAnd they are always leaving creepy kid handprints in odd places.
DeleteWhy the hell wasn't my little sister this weird? I got ripped off. I am tempted to turn back time, trade her in for a different sister, and enjoy that child's weirdness.
ReplyDeleteAll of my sisters do weird shit like this. I was overloaded with it.
DeleteI get the sentiment but not the placement. Though I do think that there's an invaluable lesson in there. I'd never before realized that it's not polite to stick things down people's pants.
ReplyDeleteYou have to teach them these kinds of lessons early.
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