POP QUIZ!

Who is in charge at our house?

a)

b)

c)


d) A combination of a and b but NEVER c.


If you chose d you are the big winner—and obviously are very aware of how our household runs.

A little background on this multiple choice pop quiz:

Ozzy (a.k.a. choice b) LOVES ice cream. He actually loves any ‘people food’ but this story pertains to ice cream. Mommy is such a nice lady that she buys Ozzy little vanilla ice cream cups for him to snack on. Well occasionally, Mommy would like a little vanilla ice cream cup for herself. Ozzy can hear the freezer open and an ice cream cup coming out literally from upstairs with the door shut and therefore it is nearly impossible to get one out without him knowing it. One night about a month ago late at night Mommy and Ozzy are curled up on the couch watching t.v. when Mommy decides an ice cream cup sounds good. She slowly and very quietly gets off the couch, tip toes into the kitchen trying not to wake Ozzy. She then opens the refrigerator door and moves stuff around to make noise so Ozzy does not hear the freezer door open. Mommy stops, listens, waits……….not a peep from Ozzy! She continues to make noise in the fridge as she lifts out the ice cream cup and peels back the lid. Success! Just as she is about to get her first spoonful out……….she hears an 80 lb. dog jump off the couch and come into the kitchen! Of course Mommy is unable to just say no and shares her ice cream with Ozzy. This is reason #1 why answer c is not correct.

Reason #2 A few weeks after the ice cream incident it was again late at night. Mommy is headed to bed and decides to check on Jace (a.k.a choice a) first. She tip toes into his room, sighs as she leans over Jace’s crib to see her sleeping baby---only to see her sweet baby is laying there AWAKE! No matter how hard she tries to make herself invisible, it is too late! The damage is done and she has been seen! Jace proceeds to cry until she picks him up! Never again will this happen to super Mommy! So a week or so later, Mommy is again headed up to bed late at night. She argues with herself on whether or not to check on her sweet, (possibly) sleeping baby. Finally her motherly instinct overcomes her and she enters his room. Ahh he is asleep! But just then Jace moves a fraction of an inch and Mommy……hits the deck! Yes she literally throws herself on the floor at the slightest movement of Jace’s limbs. She then proceeds to army crawl out of his bedroom in fear that she will be spotted. This is the second reason why answer c is not correct.

Please understand that these are only 2 of many, many, MANY similar incidents confirming that Mommy is indeed NOT in charge. Some of you may be wondering why a certain Daddy was not included in this quiz…….simply because he is so far off from being in charge it would have been a giveaway to even have him as an option on our quiz!