Tuesday, December 14, 2010

How to Get Your Husband to Come Home in the Middle of the Day

1. Put two youngest children in the bathtub.
2. Ignore children.
3. Hear laughter coming from bathroom. Feel happy that your children are happy.
4. Listen to Parker tell you that McKay and Deacon are dumping water out of the tub.
5. Find your children happily dumping water out of tub. Find two inches of standing water on bathroom floor.
6. Reprimand children.
7. Get towels to soak up water.
8. Go downstairs to get laundry basket to haul soaking towels in.
9. Notice giant puddle of water on kitchen floor.
10. Wonder if rain water is leaking from roof.
11. Remember kitchen is on first floor.
12. Remember flooded bathroom is above kitchen.
13. Call husband.
14. Listen to husband swear. (Inwardly giggle as husband NEVER swears.)
15. Reprimand children again on advice of husband.
16. Get phone call from husband. Husband wants to come home and assess the damage for himself.
17. Continue soaking up water.
18. Listen to husband decide that the water came out through canister light and not drywall, causing only minor damage.
19. Feel happy.
20. Hear husband tell children they are not allowed to break anything else until after Christmas.
21. Giggle when husband tells Deacon he is not allowed to be a crazy monkey anymore, and Deacon responds, "I can still be a good boy monkey."
22. Tell husband how fun it was to see him in the middle of the day.
23. Respect husband's opinion that the fun was not mutual.

3 comments:

Sarah said...

Kodie I miss you I was laughing so hard!!! Sorry about the damage though.

mom said...

What was that Levi said? "Saturday night baths and spankings!" Two kids in a tub and the trouble begins.

Shirley said...

Awesome. :) I love visiting this great little blog of one of my far away very best friends and always having something fun to laugh at! We love you Davis family!!!

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