Finn has figured out how to buckle the top part of his car seat himself, which helps me out tremendously when I have to also get Lila in the car. Our usual routine when leaving the house goes something like this:
-Come on, Finn, let's go!
-Wait mommy, I have to park every single of my 278 cars and fire engines before we can leave
-Finn, come on. We are late. Again.
-Almost done mommy, 234 left!
-FINN. Let's go. Wait, where are your boots?
-I don't want those boots. I want my red boots. Where are my red boots? Ooh mommy look, can we read a book?
(Oh my God, we are always late - only this I just say to myself)
So by the time I get him in the car and get her in the car I am pretty much ready to go. Which is how one day I let him buckle his top buckle, closed the door, and pulled out of the garage, to be met with his declaration that "MOMMY I'M NOT BUCKLED IN!"
The kid doesn't realize yet that most other kids wouldn't actually tell their parents this. But fortunately he knows no different, so I came to a halt, finished buckling him, and we were on our way.
Now this is his favorite story to tell people, interspersed only with the time I fell down the stairs and lay at the bottom crying Jesus, Oh my God, and he certainly likes to tell that one to everyone, only Jesus is Cheezit and I don't want to correct him because it is too cute.
So on Saturday Lee and I took him to see Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer at a local puppet theatre, while Lila stayed home with my parents. Finn brought up the story about how I forgot to buckle him in, again, but apparently Lee had never heard it.
Lee then said to me "Well, now I don't feel so bad about that time I left him in the car when I went into Chick-fil-A"
Hahaha, wait, what?
Yeah, apparently a couple of years ago Lee went to CFA to get some lunch, Finn had fallen asleep, Lee got out, locked the car, went inside, got in line, and only then realized that Finn was still in the car. He ran right back out and got him, but decided it was best not to share this with me. I agreed.
We clearly will not be winning any parent of the year awards anytime soon, but at least we can (fortunately) laugh at them now.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
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4 comments:
OMG. This has happened to us on several occasions and luckily my lil boy speaked up and said he's not buckled in.
Totally can relate to you girl---esp the part where it seems like both kiddos have to take 10 thousand toy cars.
OMG! This post made me laugh out loud! Thank you for sharing...It makes me feel like "not such a bad parent" - mainly because I've done things along these lines.
Although if anyone asks, I plead the 5th.
Good thing Lee didn't stop at a Brazilian Steak House or any other kind of beef place. Finn would still be in the car.
haha.
How do these kids know how to pull out every delay tactic possible? The cars and boots cracked me up. Larsson does the same thing, and I am panicking thinking I have to get to work!!!
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