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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Why I Love Being a Mom of 6 (one reason anyway)


Yesterday, as I cleaned house holding my baby because he wouldn't stay in his bouncy seat, I decided to tackle the mess in my “office” - which in my imagination is a place where I work on Bible studies, pay bills, plan weekly menus, write letters and basically organize my life. In reality, it has been the “dumping ground” for things that either don’t have a place or we don’t feel like putting them in their place. So normally it looks more like this than an office. Anyway, in the pile of papers, fabric, paint, bills, recipes, toys, etc, I found this red box.

I remembered that a week or so ago, Carys told me that she had a new “club” at school. The club of the Tomates Assassinos – the Killer Tomatoes. One of her friends had a copy of this movie starring none other than George Clooney. The girls began passing the movie around and formed a club. This was their club box. “How cute” I thought as I opened the box to see what was inside. There was a club sign: A club manual containing the names of club members, a schedule of who would keep the box, a secret code and even coloring pages. Also in the box was a plastic bag. In the bag was something slimy. Upon further inspection I realized that Carys must have taken an apple to school for a snack and forgotten about it. After a few days, it had turned into a mushy mess. But no, it wasn’t an apple. It was an actual Killer Tomato. He was missing his right eye, but other than that, he was still intact although somewhat mushy. Complete with angry eyes and his gun – strapped to his tomato body with a strip of red contact paper. So there you have it. Today's reason for having 6 kids. They keep life fun.
PS. Don't let your kids watch the killer tomato movie, it has some unsuitable language. Fortunately the Brazilian kids don't get it, but ours might.

2 comments:

Kimberlee Shaffer Kirkman said...

I have found "snacks"... after a few days. One actually stained a soccer uniform!! The team could not wear that jersey because Anna-Grace's had banana mold on it. Luckily we got new uniforms this year.:)

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