- when getting ready to buy a door, you should measure both the width AND the length
- BEFORE starting to strip or paint a door, it's a good idea to measure it before starting in case you didn't do lesson one
Now for the "butt flakes".
Amy and Jon were out of town a while ago and Noelle had stayed over at their house with mom and dad to help take care of the boys. When I got there to pick her up, dad said that the boys wanted me to give them a bath.
I take Mr. Jack into the bathroom and start running water. As he puts his foot in the water, he turns, looks at me and says, "mommy says I have to pee". He then removes his foot from the tub and takes a seat on the throne. Once done, he returns to the tub and quickly starts to tell which toy belongs to which boy, he doesn't want too many toys, shows me how the letters stick to the side of the tub, we have to brush his teeth before he goes to bed, he wears big boy pants to bed, he gets to pick out two books to read. All of that information is provided in about 2.5 seconds.
Suddenly, Mr. Riley come plowing through the door removing his clothes and lets Jack know that he wants HIS Dora. Riley then puts his foot in the water, looks at me and says, "mommy says I have to pee". Jack starts to laugh and says "silly Riley" then continues his list of instruction of before bed routines. I'm thinking two things: first, this is a lot of information and second, Amy has amazing powers.
Once Riley is done and in the tub, he fills his little homemade boat with water and starts to put it up to his mouth. I told him, "Riley we don't drink the bathwater". He laughs and continues to lap the water from his boat. Jack, now repeating his list of before bed needs in case I missed something and instructs Riley not to drink the bathwater.
I again tell Riley we don't drink the bathwater with the assistance of Jack. Seeing this is going no where, I think to myself, "this is the PERFECT opportunity to payback Amy for things she taught my kids". I look at Riley and tell him, "Riley, you can't drink the water because there are butt flakes in it, we don't drink butt flakes". Jack who is repeating everything I say about a half second after I say it, pauses, looks at me and while laughing so hard he snorts tells tells his brother, "we don't drink butt flakes Riley, we don't drink BUTT FLAKES".
Jack is now laughing so hard he can't even talk as am I. Riley dumps out the water, looks at me with his head cocked, eyebrows raised and looks at me. "Butt flakes?" he says. "Yes, butt flakes" I tell him. He looks at his brother, who is still laughing and trying to say butt flakes, looks at me and says in a sing song voice "we don't drink butt flakes, we don't drink butt flakes".
Ah, yes, the joys of teaching my nephews things that will drive my sister nuts is really starting to take off. Soon they will start to remember the things I've taught them. I can sit back and laugh with thoughts of the boys sharing these things with random people, a waitress, the check out person at the store or a friend. Amy will feel the "did they just say that" and "oh no, what are they going to say next" feelings I had after she taught the kids to say fun little things...only in stereo!
