The thing nobody tells you, before you have kids, is how much they will entertain you.
My parents said that years ago, when Jon and I were thinking about whether we should start a family. There are so many pros and cons. But my parents said two things we never forgot.
When I said it was probably not a good time to have a baby because of this and that, my mom said, "There's never a good time to have a baby." Meaning, of course, that babies make their OWN good time, whatever your "other plans" are. Um...were.
We then asked them what the one biggest thing was about having children. (We consider them experts, as I am the oldest of seven children. And no, they were not Catholic. Careless, perhaps...?)
Without a second's hesitation, my dad said slowly, "I don't think you could put a dollar amount on the entertainment we've gotten out of you kids."
I thought that was an extremely odd thing to say about children, especially coming from my dad. He's extremely pragamatic and down-to-earth, and that sounded a little....frivolous?
But both statements have proven themselves true time and time again. As proof of the second, I offer you this image:
Apparently, our son Doug buttered his waffle this morning by simply stuffing it on TOP of our butter dish. You can see the imprint.
Now....what was he thinking?
a) "Hey, we don't have any clean knives!"
b) "Hey, I can't FIND a knife."
c) "I don't want to create dirty silverware for my mom to have to wash." (Ha ha. This would involve thoughtfulness. Not my first guess.)
d) "How many different ways can I think of to butter my waffle without using any utensils?
e) "Oh gosh, you can see where I let the cat lick the butter bowl! Better disguise it with a waffle print."
f) I have no idea. Do you??
P.S. UPDATE!!!
Doug just came home from school, so I was able to actually ask him what he was thinking.
I showed him the butter dish, and said, "What's this?"
He said, "What does it look like?!"
I said, "But why did you do it?"
He said, "Because I was hungry."
I said, "So....when you're hungry, you stick things in butter?"
He said, "No, I was hungry and in a hurry, and didn't have time to get a knife out."
Now, to appreciate the logic behind this, you should know that if you are standing in front of the toaster, the flatware drawer is directly behind you. And our kitchen is so small, you could open the drawer and grab a knife without even taking a single step.
