not this cute anymore!Our TOP TEN list of things you don't want to hear on a road trip...
(all of which were said yesterday)
(all of which were said yesterday)
10. "Are we there yet?" (said by Ben AND Luke within the first ten minutes of driving.)
9. "I wanna go to Zacky's house!" (said by Zacky himself)
8. "You better turn off that electric guitar, or I will throw it out the window." (said by both Mom and Dad.. ps. thanks for the presents Grandmother!)
7. "I just threw up." (said by Luke at halftime.)
6. "Hey! Your throw up has ALL the colors of the rainbow!" (said enthusiastically by Benny Boy.)
5. "I believe this is our fourth stop in four hours." (said by Dad)
4. "I CAN'T put my shoe on because Luke threw up inside it!" (said by Ben in response to "GET YOUR SHOES ON ALREADY!" said by Mom)
3. "I just threw Luke's carseat in the dumpster." (said by Dad who has cleaned out one to many carseats after long road trips.)
2. "Look at me. Look at ME! Mom! Look at this funny face! Mom! Mom.. Mom! Look at ME!" (said by Zack AT LEAST a 20 times..)
1. "A policeman is going to see you and take you to JAIL! Seriously! put on your seatbelts, FOR THE LOVE!" (said by a tired, flustered Mom.)
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I'm so impressed with your blogging. Seriously, you have a new post everyday, I can't keep up. You'll love it though looking back.
Love car trips and the things kids say. The pictures of Zack are so cute!!!
Wow, after reading this I am SO not looking forward to our road trip on friday!
I had to laugh at that one. I think all of our kids have said some of those things before. Zacky is seriously the cutest little guy.
I'm glad your trip was at least entertaining. I can just imagine Zach in the back saying, "Look at this face" a million times, and every time you look back, he has a different face. What a funny kid. And by the way, I love that you have a testimony of blogging.
I'm glad I'm not the only mom who has threatened their children with the policeman taking them to jail for not wearing their seatbelts! That must have been one fun car ride!
If I have to clean puke one more time I think I'll be leaving the entire car by the side of the road! I can just feel your stress level rising with each "Mom!"
I was totally on board joining the bloggers anonymous group until I had some time to think about it. I would be in a room with fellow crazy bloggers, learn all their blog addresses, go home and blog about my blogger addict meeting, and then have dozens of new blogs to check out and read about their blogger addict thoughts...this could ultimately lead to much longer, time-wasting sessions on the computer. I better keep this addiction down to a minimum. As always, thanks for the entertainment!
And btw, after reading this one, I'm SO glad I'm not in a financial position to go on many road trips at this time.
Your little WHITE boy is pretty dang cute. It's weird how annoying the 'mommy look at me' can get isn't it? Funny...I love the one at the top, right. Very cute!
Hi Janet,
This is Emily (Ross) Moore. I just wanted to make myself known as one of the 500. :)
Ahhhhhh.... car trips! Good move throwing out the car seat.
How can you make such frustrating and annoying situations seem so hysterical?! Even when you're flustered, I'm sure you're still a great mom. I'd probably be going bonkers.
By the way, Joshua missed Zach and was asking about him on OUR road trip home. Are you really going to move away when you find your dream home in this wonderful buyer's market?!? Please don't!
Its good to hear you got home safe. Thanks for having us over for dinner and spending endless hours chatting with me. You are an amazing person. You and Aaron have a cute family! See you at Grandmas B-Day........
Janet-
Sounds like a fun car trip! I am so glad we found airline tickets on sale for our next adventure--I think I lose a little bit more of my mind every time we travel. Your boys' comments are funnier than mine. Most of ours involve soem type of fighting, blaming, screaming, yelling...I just don't understand! Why can't we all just get along??? (And shut up and let mom sleep until we are there!)
Anyway, I love your sense of humor! your shoplifting story was great! As a former graveyard checker at a grocery store, I must say that is probably WAY against the rules. I had to stay in front at all times and had to call someone up to watch the front even if I had to go pee! I'm glad you enjoyed the cantelope!
Oh Janet, I think I have you beat! We were STILL IN THE GARAGE when Brendan said "are we there yet"!! Jason and I looked at each other and just died laughing. It was a long 3 hour drive after that!
Love that my best-friend's-sister has a blog I can read! (I'm trying to get HER to blog more!!)
Love you and your blog,
Mandy
Thank you so much for your lovely email and letting me join your blog groupies. Aah! What I just love about your blog is that you say all of the things that I think and also you make me feel better about my house not being totally spotless all of the time, or even most of it. Blogging is so extremely satisfying. I used to play a game called snood. A freebie my husband downloaded. It's the only computer game I ever got into. And what I liked about it was that at the end, when I'd shot all of the little faces before they hit the bottom of the screen, (and I got better and better even than my eleven year old son and moved up lots of levels) I felt a sense of accomplishment. Well, how sad it that! I really don't think a blog addiction , by comparison, is all that much of a time waste.
I hear ya on the puke! We take puke bowls with us. It's the only way to travel. Or try motion sickness pills next time.
I think I have use # 1 plenty of times.
:) Tiff
This post is pretty funny. I wonder if Luke will ever get over the puke on long drives. I thought of you last night. Jayben was in the tub and peed in a squirt bottle. All I could think was how your kids did that on a trip and how useful that skill will be one day.
Wow, I'm glad you guys all made it back with out strangling each other. That sounded like our road trips growing up.
Janet- I'm back to the blogging world and have been checking in on you- just to properly indentify myself- you are so clever and I love it. Thanks for being real. Most of the time I move on when there's no pics on someone's blog but you are hilarious and such a fun writer. Being the English major that I was I'm a little envious I must say. Take care. You are doing a great job.
Had to get a new password. Hope it works with your blog too. I can always count on my laugh for the day--or I should say laughs. Thank you for brightening it and since I know you, Aaron and the boys they are especially funny. It's Zach who was 10 months old when I saw you all last who amazes me. I can picture it all as if I were there.
Bev
Ruthie--
So funny that you mentioned Snood! My husband and I were TOTALLY ADDICTED to it a few years ago. We were so competitive and would constantly try to beat the other's high score. The addiction was SO bad that we had to delete it off our computer so we wouldn't be tempted to waste our time! So funny! So glad you came out of the closet and made a comment.. keep 'em coming!
Bev-- you never cease to amaze me! You are totally right, 80 years old is the NEW 60!
I really appreciate your comments and your sense of humor! Even though you are old enough to be my Grandma, you understand me like someone my own age (but you're that much wiser!) Love you!
I don't know how you do road trips with throwing up kids... and I love Bev!
My parents HATED road trips. There were 6 kids and i recall times that my dad left my brothers at the gas station because they would wander the aisles. He would come back for them of course, but gave them enough time to think they actually got left...I had mean parents.(No way would they have done that now a days).
we always fought over who sat where and next to what person. Finally my parents made us draw numbers to see who got to sit in the 'best' seat.
I loved road trips, some of my favorite memories.
I know motherhood is great...but I'm going to enjoy these next few years without kids. Thanks for the sneek-peek. After reading your blog I should be ready for anything!
P.S. My comments are lame...I just want to make sure you know I'm not crazy...just addicted.
My name is Amelia and I'm a blog addict... and I keep referring people to your blog, so blame me for some of the 500. It is such a boost to my day to hear about the moms around the world trying to do their best.
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