I'm not as mean as my mom was....

So tonight while the girls are in the tub, they ask me for some curious george soap to play with. This soap looks kinda like shaving cream, or blue whipped cream, so I tell the girls (mostly Alexandra) not to eat it. Riley asks me why and I reply because soap tastes nasty. Riley then asks me how I know soap tastes nasty and I reply because it's soap. She then giggles and says "You know because Grammy made you eat it. She told me so!"

Lately one of Riley's favorite things to hear are stories of me misbehaving when I was little. And although my mom has tons to choose from she apparently has told her how she used to make us eat dish soap whenever we were caught lieing or saying not so nice things.

Anyway, so I reply to Riley about how mean Grammy was and how I'm not such a mean mommy. She giggles at me and I said "Don't you think Grammy was mean?" She looks at me smugly and says "Yeah, to you!" and then proceeds to giggle again.

Apparently she is under the impression that Grammy would "never" do anything like that to her. I guess it's a good thing she's such a good girl and probably won't have to test Grammy on it.....Alexandra on the other hand is way too much like me and I have a feeling that one day she just might find out how "mean" Grammy is! Hopefully not though, cuz let me tell you dish soap is nasty!!! When I was little I used to be able to tell you which brands didn't taste as bad. I can't remember now, I think I've blocked all those horrible memories.

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  1. Cathy JonesAugust 29, 2008 at 9:04 AM

    Yes, I was mean. Lying and swearing are punished with soap. Beware, Alexandra! You know, it wouldn't have been so bad for you when you were little, except that you thought you could beat the soap rap by clenching your teeth shut - so I used dish soap. The Dawn commercials do say that a drop goes a long way.

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  2. Ham N CheeseAugust 29, 2008 at 6:19 PM

    I still eat it from time to time...

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  3. Jacob and Meredith HammondAugust 31, 2008 at 3:00 PM

    Remind me to tell you a story about eating soap next time I see you... It's too long to write.

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