It’s been a weird day. Tonight I just wanted to chill with The Hubster and watch a little TV while my kids chilled in the next room watching some Old School Looney Tunes. But I couldn’t because one of the little monsters lost the remote to the TV that actually has cable and TiVo. The input select on the TV was set to some flippin’ AV-nonsense which meant I could only see a blank screen and with no remote there was nothing I could do about it.
Emma(4) swore she didn’t touch the remote. Aubrey (6) was at a friend’s house so I couldn’t ask her if she had seen it. Sadie (2) just nodded and said “Yeah, wee-mote,” every time I asked her about it.
So I cleaned Aubrey and Emma’s room in a desperate attempt to channel surf. I did not find the remote, but here’s what I did find…
1) A cereal bowl in Emma’s pajama drawer.
2) An artist’s palette under her covers.
3) A knitting needle under her pillow.
4) And what four-year-old DOESN’T have The Handbook of Knots on her bedside table? (I’m just guessing this is how she learned to rope her baby sister like a cowboy ropes a steer.)
This just further fuels my brother’s theory that Emma is going to be a female Jason Bourne one day. Be afraid people, be very afraid.
What’s the last thing your kids did that left you shaking your head and muttering, “Whhhhhaaaat the… ?”
Totally laughed out loud as I read this post!
Cleaning out my kids rooms is always a surprise. I'm pretty sure my 6-year-old is not reading the Federalist Papers for fun.
And our remote is lost at least 75% of the time. I think my husband eats them in his sleep or something.