A kid rant

[Pithlet]

It's about my 4 year old kid. He often plays in the kitchen because it's the only room in the house besides the bathrooms that have a hard floor, and he likes to play with his cars there. So, the baby is napping, I'm in the living room DUing on my laptop, and he's playing happily in the kitchen. Except something doesn't sound quite right. I peer into the kitchen and I see him with a can of coffee, opened. I immediately get up to see what is happening, and he blurts out "No! Don't come into the kitchen. Just rest, mommy. Rest". He's dumped a small mound of coffee grounds on the table and is smearing his fingers through it making patterns. He's sulking and cleaning up the mess as we speak.

Just rest, my butt!

[indy_azcat]

1. just hope he hasn't absorbed too much caffeine from the grounds

:D

[Pithlet]

3. I thought of that.

I don't think that's the case, though. He hadn't been in there too long, and I doubt he'd eat them. I did check to make sure, and there's nothing in or around his mouth.

[Bunny]

2. Awww, that's cute!

Just rest, mommy! Hey, it could be worse, right - at least he didn't have it all over the floor?

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Hey, I thought you don't like it when kids are criticized!

:7

Sounds like he was having fun! I think smearing coffee grounds in artistic patterns is a nice way to spend the afternoon.

When I was 4, I smeared peanut butter on the TV, filled the oven with god knows what food thing and told my mom "I'm cleaning the oven, mom!", and threw flour all over the kitchen.

Among a lot of other things, many of which involved electricity, blenders, irons, and breaking things.

I was the child that could never be left alone. Not that I got whiny - because I couldn't be trusted!!

[Pithlet]

5. I doused myself with my mom's Charlie perfume

when I was about that age. I reeked of it for days. I think that's the maddest I ever remember my mom getting.

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. LOL!

That must have been awful.

Peeeeeeeeeee-uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[Iris]

18. "It's the kind of fragrance that's here to stay. . . "

[tenshi816]

13. Ewwww - that stuff was really rank, wasn't it?

Possibly it's just me - but you know how perfume affects people different ways, depending on body chemistry? Well, Charlie perfume is one of the ones that literally made me throw up every time I smelled it.

If one of my kids did what you did, I'd have to make 'em camp outside until they lost the smell. Thankfully, they don't seem to make Charlie anymore.

No offense to your mom intended though! As I said, it's a body chemistry thing. I just couldn't stand the stuff, and even thinking about it now is making me feel a bit sick.

Another perfume that does it for me - in the negative sense - is Chanel No. 5. All I have to do is get a whiff of it and my stomach turns over. I've had boyfriends in the past go present buying for me and come back with it, and no matter how I tried, I couldn't tolerate the scent.

[Pithlet]

16. I had bought it for her for mothers day

I'm not sure if she ever wore the stuff. I'd sprayed the *entire bottle* over every square inch of my little body. It was pretty bad. I could never stand the smell of the stuff myself after that.

[tenshi816]

17. Bless your heart, that was a sweet thought you had..

but I'm really glad Charlie isn't around anymore so my kids will never do that for me!!!

<having olfactory hallucinations now>

[AlCzervik]

6. hey it could of been worse, he could have been playing with sharpies.

[purr]

11. I dont know how but my 2 yr old daughter found one...

My walls have officially been sharpied..

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. My 5 yo likes to try to head me off when I am about to discover what

naughtiness he is up to. Also likes to tell me to go sleep in my room for a nap, that he'll be fine in the living room by himself.

[dhinojosa]

9. He's going to be up all night...

hahaha. 4 year olds ingest a lot of things.

[IdaBriggs]

10. How adorable! "Just rest, mommy. Rest!"

I just read your story to my husband, and the two of us are chuckling. This sounds like one of those stories you can share forever! The coffee grounds will obviously clean up quickly, but all we can say is -- WHAT A CHARMER!!!

:) Best, Ida

[Pithlet]

12. I had to hide a smile for that one

He is a charmer, for sure.

[redqueen]

14. Awwwwww...

That little darling! Thanks for sharing... that is the cutest thing I've seen all day. :)

[SarahB]

15. Time to teach the boy how to use a broom.

I'm a big believer in (though sometimes it's not always possible due to time, etc.) appropriate consequences. He's old enough to learn that we all make mistakes, but big boys help clean it up.

Good luck. :hug: