Soup with a Smile
January 1, 2012
My 2yr old does not handle caffeine well. Let me rephrase that……DO NOT GIVE MY DAUGHTER CHOCOLATE! She acts ape crazy after eating it!
Tonight my husband and I were hiding in my 6yr old daughter’s room.
No, I’m not kidding.
All the baths had been given, our bed was being jumped on by a 2yr old, so we ran to the nearest room on the same floor and kicked our feet back as we attempted to retell our day to each other. We don’t get out that often, but we do make ample attempts to hide from our children. They just never seem to work out.
Within seconds, our 2yr old Sherlock Holmes found us. She then proceeded to take advantage of the play kitchen and tea set in the room and opened a pretend coffee shop.
She spent about ten minutes hollering at us to “DWINK YOUS COFFEE”. If we didn’t drink it fast enough or extend our deepest thanks upon receiving the hot cups, she added some finger pointing and a lot of disappointed head shaking with what sounded like Russian spoken mumblings.
At one point my husband was laughing so hard he couldn’t muffle it anymore. That’s when she gave him a stern look with a finger extended out like ET and asked, “YOUS LAUGHIN AT MYS COFFEE POT?” And before he could defend himself she added, “NO MO COFFEE FO YOU!”.
I quietly added, “and no soup for you”, as I began laughing so hard I nearly feel off the bed.
To which our miniature house chef quickly shifted her feet and her mood, and with a wide smile asked, “Soup? Yous want soup? Ok. I get it for you. Wait wight there.”
After we graciously polished off our warm cups of soup, we quickly realized we didn’t manage to get a single word of adult conversation in. That thought cued our remaining three rugrats to make their way into the newly established coffee & soup shop in the house.
Oh well, I guess whether we manage to get out of the house, out of our room, or just dine in……at least we can get coffee soup served hot with a smile.
