I'll push myself up through the dirt and shake my petals free
I'm resigned to being born and so resigned to bravery.
~Dar Williams

Saturday, July 2, 2011

House Rules.

Hear ye, hear ye…

I am a baby.
I can barely walk.
I only know a couple words.

But.

I know what I want, and the following rules WILL be followed.

1.  Only Mommy is allowed to dress me after a bath.

2.  ONLY Daddy is allowed to rock me to sleep at night.

3.  You will offer me a piece of anything you are eating.

4.  Unless you are eating cherries.  I HATE THOSE SO BAD, why would you give me that crap?

5.  You will let me out of this house at approximately 8:00 each morning.  It doesn’t matter where we go, but we will go.  We will.  Or I will stand at the gate at the top of the stairs leading down to the door that goes outside and shout angry, unintelligible words. I would prefer that we go to Cami’s, Nana’s, or a walk around the lake, and don’t give me that stupid Dora sippy-cup, I want a real water bottle.

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6.  Upon arriving home, you will close the gate at the top of the stairs.  It is unacceptable for that gate to be open.  I could fall, people – close the d#%^ gate!

7.  During the day, I will nap in my carseat; however,

8.  At night I will sleep in my crib.

9.   At the store, you will not humiliate me by making sit in the shopping cart.  I will walk about the store by myself.  You can’t take away my dignity. 

10.  You are permitted to kiss me, but only when I’m in a very good mood (cookies help).  And don’t even think about cuddling with me. 

11.  Unless you’re Daddy and it’s bedtime.

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8 comments:

amy said...

oh that's so funny and so cute! don't you love their crazy personalities? it is baffling, and funny and entertaining - and maybe a little frustrating sometimes. you captured it perfectly! by the way, are you coming to utah this summer? :)

Cami said...

Ha ha ha. I'm still laughing about the cherries.

A girl's got to have standards. She's off to a good start.

Marsha said...

Only 11? She's really cutting you some slack.

Joe and Joanne said...

She's so cute! We need to see her again. We need to see you again too.

So, what does your beginning of July or all of August look like? (meaning, we'd love to see you any time you're available but we will be out of town pretty much the entire last third of July. We'd even love to see you when we're not in town so if you want to take a long weekend with us to Martha's or tag along to Seattle - we'd love that too). ;)

Diana said...

Oh, that sounds a familiar. . .

Michelle said...

I hate Dora! I wouldn't want a Dora sippy cup either.

Aneesa Bee said...

hahahahaha. Glad she's learning to communicate so well!!! makes me laugh. They grow up so fast, though!!!

Angie said...

I love this post a lot. The end.