Another Mother Of The Year Post
At Sunday Dinner last night, NikkiZ ended up going overboard on the (sinfully delicious) chocolate cake MrZ’s sister made. As a result, she spit a giant half-eaten bite down the front of her light-blue top. After doing my best to clean her up, I just took off the shirt and let her run around topless for the rest of the evening. We’re that kind of family.
When it was time to leave, my mother-in-law offered a small t-shirt for NikkiZ to wear home. Keep in mind, it is NOT summer here yet. I mean, we’ve been playing outsides and wearing short sleeves, but it’s still kinda cold once the sun goes down. Not the best environment to send a half-naked toddler out in.
But me? I’m lazy and didn’t really feel like dressing my daughter. You know – because it takes so much energy to put a shirt on her. So, instead I was all, “Nah…she’ll be fine.”
MrZ was saying goodbye to the rest of his family and then looked at his half-naked daughter and said. “Um, shouldn’t we put a jacket or something on her?” I then started to consider his Mom’s offer again and realized that maybe I should have taken her up on it. But instead, I opted for the too-proud-to-be-wrong road and said again, “Nah. She’ll be fine.”
My husband just gave me this look like Are you KRAZEE Woman?.
After realizing that maybe my laziness might should not overshadow keeping our daughter warm, we got the spare shirt from his Mom to put on NikkiZ. I was laughing at myself and explaining to MrZ about how his Mom had actually already offered the spare clothes to me when he wasn’t near and I turned them down. He laughed his knowing laugh and rolled his eyes and said, “Jeez. Why don’t you just give her a pair of scissors while you’re at it.”
Ha! Gotta love a man who source his wife’s blog entries in a moment’s notice.
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heh. I probably would have done the same thing….
more importantly is how was the cake??
Haha! A little help isn’t so bad! (Though Beth @ sothefishsaid just let her little girl go tshirt-less too! haha.)
I know it’s a little late for this thread, but something happened just yesterday that was just like the Scissors Incident. I was talking on my phone (to my husband) as I was putting my 2yo in the car. I sat her down, handed her a car book, her sippy cup, her binkie. I shut the door, got into the drivers seat, started the car, and then, “Mama, No Mama No. Don’t go Mama!” I turned around, and I hadn’t buckled the car seat. My kid had to notify me. Yah. I felt terrible, but then, I remember my parents driving with me on thier laps, cause car seats weren’t mandatory, and I was totally allowed to use my mom’s gengher (they’re really sharp stanless steel 9 inch artery slicing machines) scissors at 2 or 3. So whatevs.
Blame it on the cake
I hope you told him good idea. She could have cut the sides so it was not so tight. Men are always thinking:)