It’s summertime and when I’m not busy sitting on my deck, watching the maple leaves gently blow in the breeze, I’m usually inside watching crappy reality TV like “Celebrity Wife Swap” with Barry Williams and Joe Piscopo. (The ironic part of watching that particular episode is that neither Barry nor Joe had wives. What the what?!)
I’m also enjoying my kids this summer. My kids, like most kids, never fail to annoy amuse me. Here are three riveting stories from our life this week:
1. My son turned 11 and requested a CAT PUFFLE cake from Disney’s Club Penguin for his birthday. I’m not kidding. And, no, I didn’t know what a CAT PUFFLE was either until I looked it up:
So I did what most moms do and drank wine. Then I baked two 9″ cakes and hacked them into pieces until I assembled a cat puffle cake:
For extra bonus points, I made the cat puffle cake dairy-free to accommodate a guest’s allergy. All I can say is Martha Stewart, watch out! And pass the wine.
2. My son lost his last baby tooth and asked if he could save it rather than leave it for the Tooth Fairy. I put it in a plastic bag and labeled it for posterity. Imagine my surprise when I noticed the bag on his dresser with a note to the Tooth Fairy:
Ha! “If you’re going to take this, please leave $20 or more.” Go for it, kid!
3. Do you know that song by Rihanna, “We found love”? The lyrics include the phrase, “We found love in a hopeless place” over and over. When it came on the radio, it piqued my daughter’s curiosity.
7yo daughter: What does she mean? “We found love in a hopeless place?”
Me: Um, well, that they fell in love in less than ideal conditions.
7yo daughter: Like the bank?
THE BANK! Awesome.
I hope you are enjoying your summer as much as I am. I’d love to hear if you fell in love at the bank, made a deal with the Tooth Fairy, or know what a Cat Puffle is. If your kids have done anything that amused you, please consider sharing your story via a guest post!
Thanks for the tip to start saving for my daughter’s last tooth! I never knew that last one was so valuable!! LOL!!
PS That cake is awesome!!
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Yup, start saving!! And thanks for the cake compliment.
Katy @ Experienced Bad Mom recently posted…A Peek into Experienced Bad Mom’s Week
I always love reading your posts! And i would definitely count that cake as a win!
Yay for reading and cake-making compliments! Thank you!
Katy @ Experienced Bad Mom recently posted…A Peek into Experienced Bad Mom’s Week
Your post inspires me to share more about the funny things my kids do. Been tweeting like that recently, but posts may be in order. They are just so funny and teach me so much! Your cake is beautiful!!! I bet your son loved it! What a week you had! So did the tooth fairy come? 🙂
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Nope, the tooth fairy did NOT come. Probably his demands are too rich for the Fairy to handle!
Katy @ Experienced Bad Mom recently posted…A Peek into Experienced Bad Mom’s Week
HA HA HA!!! I am dying over the tooth fairy note!! That is just AWESOME in every possible way! My kids crack me up, too!-Ashley
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I bet your kids (and Lisa’s) are hilarious. You gals are so hilarious yourself that you have too much material of your own so you don’t need to steal theirs! 🙂
Katy @ Experienced Bad Mom recently posted…A Peek into Experienced Bad Mom’s Week
Oh kids are annoying and funny aren’t they? Currently mine is begging to be taken to one of three expensive places. Summer is breaking the bank over here…
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Pretty sure all kid-friendly places (laser tag, putt putt, etc.) break the banks these days! School will be back in session soon. Wish, wish.
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