Friday, July 2, 2010

The case of the missing baby

I hate to brag........... but I need to announce that I am mighty talented at keeping caught up on laundry. I never have a spotless house, but my laundry room is very organized and usually always empty. I do laundry on Tuesdays and Fridays. Tuesdays I wash clothes... Fridays I do towels, rugs and sheets. I always change all the bed sheets every Friday. There is just something wonderful about having crisp, clean sheets for the weekend. Some weeks my Tuesdays are busy, so I have to do ALL the laundry before the weekend. Today was one of those days. We've washed and folded about 8 loads today. The kids and I have been sitting in the same place folding clean clothes and watching old home videos. Simon (thankfully) was asleep for most of it. He has a special talent of destroying anything in his reach. He's a clever baby, that one. His brothers are also pretty clever and found a way to keep him from knocking down their tall towers of folded laundry..
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The funny thing about this situation is not that Simon was under a clothes hamper for 30 minutes, but that I didn't realize he was under there for 30 minutes. I was happily folding clothes and watching classic footage of chubby Luke at 8 months, when I realized that I currently own a chubby 8 month old baby--- who had been awake from his nap for some time. I started to panic and said, "WHERE is Simon?" My boys giggled, "Mom, he's playing under the hamper!"
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When I insisted that the hamper come OFF of the baby, the baby started to cry. He liked his quiet life of hamper solitude.
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But he quickly realized that the outside world is okay too.
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Who needs a baby sitter when you have a mini jail to keep them busy (and out of trouble?)
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3 comments:

melita said...

Simon is so handsome! I admire you about the laundry. I think we are the opposite of each other. I'll not do anything till the house is spic and span, but when it comes to the laundry, I close the door of the laundry room and try to forget about it. I just detest it, because I can't do anything else while folding a bunch of clothes. Sometimes, I listen to books-on-tape or music, but I still don't enjoy it a bit. And then, add Charlton to the mix, who like Simon, will destroy any thing orderly on the floor, and my will for order in the laundry room will evaporate as soon as it came.

Hibbard Family said...

What a great cage.. clever boys haha!

Cody said...

I didn't think it was possible but Simon is even cuter than before! It's amazing how all of your boys look like brothers but then all have their own look that is definitely unlike each other. I miss you you guys!