Mommy Smokes That…
“Little pitchers…”
Remember that phrase from “A Christmas Story” - well, that’s a pretty popular phrase anyway. The full version being, “Little pitchers have big ears.”
In our house the biggest ears (not literally) belong to Kate. Doesn’t matter where she hears the news or how confidential it sounds like it should be, Kate (aka ‘The Informer’) is going to spread it some how.
Prior performances include:
“Daddy, I’m not going to tell you that your Christmas present is in the laundry room.”
“Ethan has a girlfriend and her name is…”
When I was pregnant with Maggie, Mike attended all of my doctor’s appointments. At the first appointment the nurse asked if I smoked. My husband is quite the comedian and looked at her solemnly and replied, “Only pot.” I turned 9 shades of red and became quite flustered as I explained that I have never smoked, anything, at all. The nurse was cracking up and Mike was quite pleased with himself.
So pleased that he later had to tell my mom the whole story…
A few weeks later the kids were spending the evening over at my dad’s house. They were watching TV and a commercial for the show COPS came on, as usual, people were pulled over with pot in their car. Kate says, “Is that pot? Oh, mom smokes that.”
Ethan said, “No, she doesn’t Kate!”
“Yes, she does, dad said!”
So, there you have it, Kate overheard Mike telling my mom all about his comedic moment at my doctor’s appointment and Kate decided she should tell the rest of the family about it. Fortunately, Ethan had the good sense to explain the story so that I didn’t look like the 2005 version of “Mommy Dearest.”
I, of course, was mortified and spent several long minutes giving my husband a serious talking to.
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August 8th, 2005
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Posted in: Personally
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