The Girl is getting ready to go to one of her friend's houses for a playdate. To make sure that she maximizes their time together, she wrote up and presented me with an agenda of planned activities:
As a anal-rententive person who's been known to throw down a few lists of her own, it brought a little tear of motherly pride to my eye to see that The Girl is following her old mom down the Type A path, even at this tender age.
So I began gathering up and packing all of the required props for her to-do list. I was cross-checking the bag full of stuff against the list, when I saw this item, which I hadn't really noticed the first time:
Er... This family, as far as I can recall, only has two school-age kids. I thought I checked them out pretty thoroughly, and I'm pretty confident that they don't have any extra babies stuffed in a closet somewhere.
I hope that she didn't discover any funky pictures on their computer the last time they went on Polly Pocket.com...
Monday, May 26, 2008
Playdate, Or FBI Child Pornography Sting In The Making?
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Maybe she surfed on over to YouTube? LOL....did she tell you what that meant?
I like the Snack on Smartfood line better. Did you ever ask about the naked baby?
LMAO... you must tell us what that was all about.
That jumped right out at me--but then it would; I've been listening to teenagers talk about STD's and Gummi Bears!
You should think about starting a list blog for her--this is great stuff!
That list is adorable. The naked baby thing maybe slightly disturbing, but only very slightly. Like in the way my daughter refuses to eat cereal with anything but her hands.
I hope you save that list for her when she's 16, or better, when she's a mom. It'd be way cool to see.
Hilarious! Hope you tell us all what that naked baby was about!
and incidentally, who's vanilla? Perfect porn name.
This is all so hilarious. Still laughing at the naked baby business.
Way to go on how to teach your daughter just one more life skill that she will forever thank you!
LOL
This is so hilarious - you must save it b/c she'll never ever admit to or believe she did this. Ever. And I'm with Jenn, having teenagers the naked baby jumped out at me. Dying to know what it was!
still waiting to hear what the naked baby thing was all about! i'm at the edge of my seat.
When I asked about the naked baby, The Girl answered, "Oh, that's just pictures of her older sister from when she was a baby."
I'm not sure that this answer makes me feel any better.
Pictures of her older sister!Bwaahhhaaaa!!!
I get handed website addresses by my girls here. Now a days, the tv commercials tell them to go to a particular website. Of course...there is always a LONGER commercial waiting for them there.
Let's just think positively...
Maybe it's code for *pray for the homeless* or something.
(what a great kid!)
That's too funny! I love her answer...but more than that, I love your post title. :0)
My fine mother skills are weak - I would have totally missed that. I was intrigued by the Play with Vanilla task though.
Yeah, the Vanilla thing was the next thing I asked about. I was afraid that Vanilla might be a teenage stripper cousin of theirs or something like that, but it turns out it's their cat...
You know she will never ever be normal..OR she will be brilliant. I have been a list maker my entire life. I totally understand her thinking..but when I want to look at naked anything I usually make a mental note and don't document that..maybe you need to tell her that...
You are so stinkin' funny, obviously your daughter is too (though of course, not intending to be) The 'naked baby' jumped right out to me too... I was trying not to think the worst :)
hi everyone. I just moved to Stamford and found this blog and I LOVE IT. thank you Manager Mom... you're absolutely hilarious. I totally missed the naked baby thing the first time I read the list (which I would have taken great pride in as well). It reminded me of the way we used the term "naked baby syndrom" whenever we gave our kids a bath as a play on the term "shaken baby syndrom" and thought it was really funny for the first few years. A perfect example of the loss of a true sense of humor whenever you have children.
At least it's just pictures. At least you didn't walk out the door at a friend's house to find her 3 year old son holding open his swimsuit so that your then 3 year old daughter could get a peek. I should have brought my camera - you don't get many Hallmark moments like that.
Btw, my 10 year old went to a sleep over this weekend and she and her friend put together a detailed schedule that included doing nails, gossiping, and snacking multiple times. Their schedule ended at 3 am - the mom and I ended their schedule at 11 pm.
That's hysterical. My nine-year old also makes lists and schedules! French philosopher Micheal Foucault would say that we're producing 'disciplined bodies,' children who grow into people who will self-regulate according to the clock and schedule.
Give me a T
Give me a Y
Give me a P
Give me a E
Give me a A
What’s that spell?
TYPE A!!
I can’t hear you.
TYPE A!!!
Ra-ra-re, kick’em in the knee
Ra-ra-rass, kick’em in the other knee
GO TYPE A
YEA TYPE A
With the vanilla thing, I just get picturing them playing catch with a vanilla extract bottle (not recommended).
Then, I thought "Vanilla" was a cat or a dog. But why name them that? Is the cat or dog boring?
These are the types of thoughts that keep me from working.
Deb
sandiegomomma.com
ROFLMBO!!! Looking at pictures of your baby sister - I'm sure that picture was the butt (sorry for the pun) of many jokes w/ her friends.
Okay so I"m giving myself away here. Yeah we used to do that to my little brother's naked pix.
OMG that is so funny! The naked baby and the vanilla jumped right out at me. Thought they might be doing some baking.
My 13yo daughter gave ME a list of requests for her last birthday sleepover. One of them said make sundaes with wipe cream. I was SO tempted to put out some preparation H.
Keep the Girl's posts coming! Too funny.
I love how she puts it right on the list. SO SNEAKY.
This is exactly the reason I read blogs. Hilarious!
I guess you can at least be glad it wasn't the first item on her list.
Woah. I love your kid. Your kid would love my kids. Let's move in together. What, too soon?
Interesting...
Maybe I could parlay this into some sort of Dateline NBC appearance. I could become the female Chris Hansen!
Anatomically correct doll?
Nothing wrong with a little naked babies
1. my girl, and your girl, who are both, by the way, named The Girl, must be the same child. seriously. the same.
2. i hate to think who is going to pop into your blog from google searches after this one. eeps.
Hey ckag, welcome to Stamford! I can't find your email address so if you come back, shoot me an email and let me know how to get in touch with ya. I can bore you with more than you'd ever want to know about area stuff, restaurants, kid stuff, etc...
When my friend and I stumbled upon his dad's playboy in second grade, we'd tell his mom we were going to have a meeting about Mindy (their cat) in the parents' bedroom. Cats have been a great excuse for generations, I guess?
Awesome. I love how my four-year-old has become a tiny little manager. Is it my genes or my behavior that is rubbing off? I can never tell.
Thanks for the comment! Love your blog!
We went through this interesting phase when my son wouldn't eat unless I put the contents of his plate on a list and then checked off each item as he took the last bite. Chicken...check it off. Rice...check it off. Broccoli...check it off. We got lots of vegetables into him this way.
Hmm. I too am an inveterate list maker (no naked babies, though, and "vanilla" on mine definitely means we're out of vodka). Only one of my nine kids is, though. Do you suppose it's because I've been making up chore lists for them since they were four?
My daughter does this too. It doesn't surprise me.
That's probably the problem, right?
I have a list making kid, too. Though, I've yet to see "look at naked baby," on his lists. =)
Oh My!! I have a daughter who does lists exactly like this (except the naked baby part). She has been doing them for years and it scares me because it is just like me!
I have tears in my eyes from laughing. By myself. At a very late hour. After reading Girl's response, though, I started thinking. My third grade class LOVED to look at pictures of my very own naked baby whenever my laptop was projected on the wall. They think it's so funny, and cute (much like myself-you're oh-so-right, ckag!). Again, from a third grade teacher's perspective, I love how kids will write detailed lists of playdate plans, but getting them to write 3 sentences about ANYTHING at school is torture! At least I know what my first writing prompt will be next September!
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