Owen: 1
Gibson: 14
Mer: 1 (Overall cuffs caught on sticking-out thing on tricycle wheel. Luckily able to catch fall with arm on refrigerator. What? You don't keep tricycles in your kitchen?)
Chocolate Milk: 2 glasses
Box of 64 Crayolas: 1
Number of trees climbed:
Owen: 2. One Chinaberry, One Cherry Laurel
Number of times Owen begged Mer to lift him up into a giant oak tree:
58
Number of times Mer caved as to oak tree lifting:
1
Strength Of Mer:
Mighty
Number of times Owen begged Mer to let him play on the railroad tracks:
58
Number of times Mer caved:
0
Number of times the baby chickens were checked on:
4
58
(Hey- there's food and water in there.)
1
Number of duck weed fish caught:
58
58
Number of times Owen said, "Mer, watch this!"
158
Trips to post office:
1
Trips to feed the goats:
2
Games played:
Old Maid: 2
Roll The Dice Into A Cup: No idea. Owen made up the rules. When asked how we would know the game was over he said, "I"ll tell you."
Number of ants that bit Gibson:
58
Soda baths given:
1
Times Gibson wanted Mer to pick him up:
1,058
Number of times Mer picked up Gibson:
1,056
What we are having for supper:
Who the fuck cares?
How much I love those boys:
58 infinities times 58 infinities
How many beers Mer may consume tonight:
58
* All facts and figures may be approximate.
you are very funny, mer mer, and you make me laugh. now go lie down.
ReplyDeleteAwww :) Enjoy your beer! Enjoy your exhausted sleep x
ReplyDeleteSooooo funny (insert semi-hysterical laughter) and so very familiar! Have a beer, and have one for me too! Our daffies are 4 inches tall!!!!hugs from Vermont, where we have had 2 spring days now, but not in a row.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a day in my life. Except there would also be cartoons watched: 58. Trips to the kitchen with Gibson who cried for a snack 158.
ReplyDeleteAngella- The moment I lay down is going to be, oh god. I don't have the words.
ReplyDeleteJo- Yes m'am. All of that.
Big Mamabird- But not in a row? Oh Jesus, woman.
Lily- Uh, yeah. Those were there too. "Kitchen! Please!" Tom and Jerry were not on all day. What was up with that?
It all brought a smile to my face.
ReplyDeleteJon- When are y'all going to have another one so that you can truly and fully appreciate the kid experience?
ReplyDeleteYou've given me a huge smile tonight, thinking of you having such a day with your precious boys.
ReplyDeleteI am smiling 58 times 58 times.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I needed that.
Ha! Sounds like a terrific day, times 58! :)
ReplyDeleteI keep my tricycle in the closet. At least that's where I think it is.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was little, I knew a girl who got her foot caught in railroad tracks and lost the whole end of her foot that contained the toes. Train tracks STILL make me nervous!
Oh MerMer, you are #1.
ReplyDeletemessymimi- It was tiring but it was good.
ReplyDeleteDenise- I love my funny ones. I wish I was funnier all the time.
Steve Reed- Approximately.
heartinhand- They make me nervous too. I mean...it's sort of tempting fate, no?
Jill- As a MerMer. Somedays more than others.
Very cute post. I can totally relate.
ReplyDeleteYou exhausted me. Whew!
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