Are you ever faced with the little mysteries of life that cause you to just shake your head with wonder?
There are times in my life where these mysteries seem to multiply & I wonder what cosmos in the universe are bringing such weirdness to my household. Take the case of the mysterious toddler tantrum that happened just this morning. Ben woke up & was happily chattering away in his crib, like usual. When Brad got him up & attempted to change Ben's diaper, he launched into a true, blue, terrible two temper tantrum. Why did he go from perfectly happy & content to totally insane? He's not even two yet! There was no logic to the tantrum, and simply no clues as to what ignited such emotion. He did keep saying "diaper" - but we had no idea what the problem with the "diaper" could be. Brad thought that maybe Ben had a problem with the particular diaper Brad had picked out (though they are all identical). So, Brad told Ben to go & get a new diaper. Ben happily went to get a new diaper, so we thought the tantrum was over. However, as soon as Brad attempted to put on the new diaper, the tantrum began again. I took over & tried to put the diaper on myself. Surely he would let his mother put on his diaper, right? Wrong!
Perhaps Ben just wanted to be naked. Maybe he wanted to join a nudist colony. Perhaps he wanted to put on his own diaper, or perhaps he wanted to be potty trained. I can question the origin of the tantrum all I want, but the mystery remains, and only the cosmos of the universe will ever know the real answer to such a mystery. However, I am happy to report that Ben did not run around in the nude all day, and we eventually were able to get a diaper on his naked behind!
The mysterious toddler tantrum is just one of many strange occurrences as of late. For example, why did I find my deodorant in Lacey's bedroom on Sunday night? Why was did it leave the cozy and calm shelf in my closet, where it peacefully sits every single day, and walk all the way to Lacey's bedroom, jump up on her window seat, and crumble itself into many pieces, leaving a trail of deodorant as it went? Truly this is a mystery. While we are on the topic of personal care items - why did Ben decide to unravel my dental floss on the same day that my deodorant ran away from my closet?
And, does anyone happen to know where the case for the movie "Hairspray", that we rented from Blockbuster, may have decided to go? I don't believe there's a convention for DVD cases in town right now. After all, the NFR is here, and you can really have only ONE major event of this proportion in the city at a time. It is now a week late going home to Blockbuster, and I do believe it must have really been unhappy there. Why else would it leave the way it did? The DVD is here, but it's case has simply vanished. Wherever it is, I'll bet it's in the same place that the apple corer/slicer thingy and Lacey's black Sunday shoes all happen to be. I may never know the answers to these mysteries, but I know that someone knows the answers. I wish they would share it not just with the universe but with me as well!
Everett Andrew Duncan, Jr. 9/26/1958-01/02/2015
10 years ago
7 comments:
If you ever solve these mysteries, please let us know. I have one to add to the list. Where did my size 5 body go? As soon as that mysteriously vanished a double chin appeared. Truly a mystery. Keep us posted.
I have Judy's size 5 body. I be that Lacey hid her own shoes. The case for Hairspray was in the middle of papers that went out to the recycling bin, so you might as well take it back before they charge you for the dang thing. The apple corer thingy is in the bread basket and as for the diaper thing...well...who can blame him for not wanting to wear one - throw some Cheerios in the toilet and tell Ben to "aim and sink" and then you will be on your way to a potty training the 'little dude.'
Whew - that took a lot of effort to figure out all your stuff, now, how do I be in more than one place at a time? THAT is my major dilema as of late. HELP!
Isn't it funny how those mysteries pop up??? My daughter's friend has a little series going on her blog called "Detective Mom" wherein she writes cute little episodes dealing with things such as the "Mystery of the Missing Underpants." She could get some plot lines from you maybe!
Janet - thank you for solving my mysteries (& Judy's too!). Good theory on the case for Hairspray. Do you really think they'll take the DVD back w/o the case? When you figure out how to be in more than one place at a time, please let me know!
It's amazing the little mysteries children bring into our lives...in more ways than one. Poor Ben, really poor you guys:)
It would seem that you have kids who are very concerned with hygiene, what with the deodorant and dental floss. We have a little elf who sneaks into our house and hides things from us. Very annoying. Just like at your house, our elf likes to take the DVD cover things too. Whenever we ask ry he just says he " doesn't know" with a huge grin on his face. Very suspicious!
I am so glad that someone as organized as you are can still have these problems. I however, have them on a regular basis. Like where in the heck did that stupid hair brush go. I put it back in the same place everyday, and yet found it in the car! Go figure. It is just a daily battle. My guess on the deoderant is that Ben some how got his hands on it, thought it would be yummy, tasted it, decided it was really yucky, then decided it was much more fun to crumble, and make a big mess in his sisters room! I hope hair spray was good! Did you ever find the cover?????
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