Hold the Mayo and Mustard, FYVM.
Posted By AmyD. on March 27, 2009
Maggie’s virus has been lingering this week. By yesterday I was the only person in the house who had any sympathy for the kid. The only thing she wanted to eat was a bologna sandwich and apples.
Kate graciously agreed to make her a sandwich. Ethan made her a chocolate milkshake.
From the kitchen I overheard:
Kate, “Do you want this? (silent pause) It’s MAYONNAISE!”
Maggie, “NO!”
Kate, “Do you want this on your sandwich? (pause) It’s MUSTARD!”
Maggie, “NO NO!!!!”
Kate, “So you don’t want anything except meat on your sandwich?”
Maggie, huffing and incredibly annoyed, “Yes!!!!”
Kate, “You’re a freak.”
Maggie, “That’s it! I just want apples and a sandwich okay? OKAY? You just give me my sandwich and leave me ALONE!!!!!”
It takes a lot of work and close supervision to get a sandwich made in this house.
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My house isn’t that bad, but there are certainly some moments of WTF.
Me: You get ham tomorrow, as there isn’t enough peanut butter left for four sandwhiches and you need PB&J on Friday.” He’s a very relaxed Catholic, since Lent is the only time we do fish on Friday.
Him: Well, you’re going to the store now….
Me: No, I’m going to Wal-Mart now. It’s cheaper at the commissary. That, and I just dont’ feel like buying peanut butter right now.
Him: So I’m never going to have peanut butter again?
I’m still trying to figure out how the hell that made sense to him.
Oh don’t feel bad… my husband is the same way. It’s always got to be an extreme, “So, I can never go fishing again?!?!??!”
Your house is SO like my house. Older siblings trying to be kind to the younger one, then saying things like “you’re a freak”. My teenagers will take Aaron to Subway then get all over him because he puts honey mustard on his meatball sub! Do you think we’re living in parallel universes? :aooga:
J.
Awww, poor kid. That’s not cool. I think we do live in parallel universes!
But if it wasn’t such a process, what would you blog about???
True. True. I’d have to actually do something horrible myself!
Just let the poor girl have her plain sandwich and her apples!
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Exactly!!! :thumbsup:
It’s funny. My step-son and step-daughter moved out on their own (separately) ages ago. When we see them, it’s rarely at the same time. And yet, when we DO happen to see them together at the same time, they easily, and shall I say HAPPILY, fall back into their old routine of snarking on one another. The punks.
Laura’s last blog post..I’d rather have a bottle in front of me.
Hee hee, my sister and I are just as bad.
Not all the time, but sometimes.
In my house, if Taylor was helping Seth make a sandwich….this would happen:
1. I would faint
2. A major food fight would break out and my kitchen would be the casualty.
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That is exactly how it would be if this were Ethan and Kate at 8 and 5 or 7 and 4… oy. A mess. For sure.
LOL, cute! Is a sandwich and a few apples too much to ask for? I mean REALLY?! :yep:
I know! You’d think they could cut a cute, blonde kid a break!
Same with me. My kids are all grown and gone but when they come home together, I just pop the popcorn and pull up the lawn chair because they pick up EXACTLY where they left off!
But gosh, poor Maggie!
I’m looking forward to getting to watch them for entertainment instead of having to play referee and stop everything before the fun really gets going. Thanks!