The other day I was cleaning off my dresser for the one hundred, four thousanth time.
(What? I maybe sorta kinda have a problem with piling things on it. See humiliating proof here. And well, here, here, here and, oh... here.)
Anyway, as I was trying to find the top of my dresser so I could remember what it looked like, I came across a homemade "card" my daughter gave me for my recent birthday.
I read it. Smiled. Folded it back up. And walked it to the trash can in the kitchen.
Just when I was about to let it fall into the trash, she comes walking up. Caught. In the act.
"Mom? What is that?" She asked.
"Um, let me see," I fumbled to unfold it as I tried to formulate a plan to get me out of this mess. "Oh, um, I guess it's your birthday card you made me." And offered a half-hearted smile.
"What are you doing with it?" She asked incredulously.
"I was, um, just putting it up on the fridge," I fudged as I lovingly smoothed it out, reached over the trash can and put two magnets on it just so.
"Oh," my daughter said, "for a minute there it looked like you were about to throw it away!" Then she walked away.
Oh come on, we've all been "caught in the act." Admit it!!
I mean, the VERY SAME THING just happened to Frankie Heck on the sitcom "The Middle" two weeks ago. And I laughed. Hard.
Because it's just so true. Us moms can't get away with NOTHING!
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A friend and I joke that you have to be ninja-like to throw away our kid's things. I put mine in a black garbage bag or a hidden bag near the washer where they'll never find it. You just can't save everything!
ReplyDeleteMy kids have caught me in the act so many times.... they are actually surprised when I do save something. :)
ReplyDeleteYou took a picture of it. Now you can toss the original. When she wonders why, tell her it's a good way to keep all of her treasures and still keep the house uncluttered :)
ReplyDeleteGood gravy, I JUST had this happen. My son brings home a tooooooooooon of work from Kindergarten, so I toss a lot of it and he is none the wiser. Very recently, I was busted. "Why'd you throw this out?!?!!"
ReplyDelete"Um, because it's got stuff spilled all over it." And it does. Now that's it's been in the garbage.
lol
My new plan is to stockpile what I'm pitching and put it in on garbage day...after he's gone to school. ;)
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xoxo Jennifer
I have to sneak things out when my son away for a weekend at his dads and even then, it has to be something he hasn't seen in a while. LOL
ReplyDeleteLOL. Yes. I, too, related with your being caught in the act. I think I cried from laughing during that particular episode of the 'The Middle'. :)
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