Both Elizabeth and Amanda take turns yelling "safety patrol!" when they find Jack doing something dangerous.
Dangerous can mean just about anything to the girls; the superhero rescue is used whenever, wherever they feel a rescue is warranted. But for the most part they do take it seriously. They are on high alert for chokables, open baby gates, and Jack's obsession with eating "floor snacks" that the girls accidentally drop (without fail) throughout the day.
The girls are really quite amazing with how quickly they come to Jack's aid, and while most of it is waaay too much drama for their mama, they have strong instincts to protect Jack that make my heart melt.
Today's top mission was halting Jack from trying to put his foot into a sequined ruby red dress-up shoe. Funny on so many levels; from "Jack, sequins are chokable" to "Jack! you eating this shoe! Maybe it have nasty dog doodoo germs!" to "Jack you're a boy, you can't play with these shoes."
Last night Elizabeth told us she knew all of the safety patrol rules, and when I asked her to give me the top 5 safety patrol rules she didn't skip a beat. Her list, her exact words:
1. Always wear a life jacket around open water.
2. Always wear a helmet when you're on wheels. Make sure it fits.
3. Don't go outside when there are a lot of strangers. (Huh?)
4. Don't go to someones house if you don't know who they are and who their parents are.
5. Don't go into the woods when there are bears.
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Amanda and Jack, cuddling as usual. Elizabeth, dramatically practicing her right to dissent.
Because I'm the Mommy and I said so.
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Amanda and Jack, cuddling as usual. Elizabeth, dramatically practicing her right to dissent.
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I hope if dogs ever take over the world, and they choose a king, they don't just go by size, because I bet there are some Chihuahuas with some good ideas. ~Jack Handey
Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. ~Russel Baker
This left me alone to solve the coffee problem - a sort of catch-22, as in order to think straight I need caffeine, and in order to make that happen I need to think straight. ~David Sedaris
Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Lead your life so you won't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip ~unknown
No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace
as I have seen in one autumnal face. ~John Donne
The reason grandchildren and grandparents get along so well is that they have a common enemy. ~Sam Levenson
The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic. ~Henry Ward Beecher
It’s a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get. ~Arnold Palmer
Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. ~Phyllis Diller
We cannot wait for the storm to blow over; we must learn to work in the rain. ~Jennifer Granholm
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ~George Bernard Shaw
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry. ~Bill Cosby
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. ~Confucius
Develop your eccentricities while you are young. That way, when you get old, people won't think you're going gaga. ~David Ogilvy
Instant gratification takes too long. ~Carrie Fisher
My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season. ~Mary Todd Lincoln
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. ~Albert Einstein
I have great faith in fools. My friends call it self-confidence. ~Edgar Allan Poe
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is the lightning that does the work. ~Mark Twain
If you cannot be a poet, be the poem. ~David Carradine
My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you? ~Erma Bombeck
I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.~Janeane Garofalo
If I only had a little humility I would be perfect. ~Ted Turner
I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. ~A. Whitney Brown
Every year I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing, and which shirking pain, misses happiness as well. No one ever yet was the poorer in the long run for having once in a lifetime 'let out all the length of all the reins'. ~Mary Cholmondeley
With kids, the days are long, but the years are short.
~John Leguizamo
The day after tomorrow is the third day of the rest of your life. ~George Carlin
Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. ~Russel Baker
This left me alone to solve the coffee problem - a sort of catch-22, as in order to think straight I need caffeine, and in order to make that happen I need to think straight. ~David Sedaris
Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Lead your life so you won't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip ~unknown
No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace
as I have seen in one autumnal face. ~John Donne
The reason grandchildren and grandparents get along so well is that they have a common enemy. ~Sam Levenson
The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic. ~Henry Ward Beecher
It’s a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get. ~Arnold Palmer
Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. ~Phyllis Diller
We cannot wait for the storm to blow over; we must learn to work in the rain. ~Jennifer Granholm
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ~George Bernard Shaw
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry. ~Bill Cosby
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. ~Confucius
Develop your eccentricities while you are young. That way, when you get old, people won't think you're going gaga. ~David Ogilvy
Instant gratification takes too long. ~Carrie Fisher
My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season. ~Mary Todd Lincoln
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. ~Albert Einstein
I have great faith in fools. My friends call it self-confidence. ~Edgar Allan Poe
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is the lightning that does the work. ~Mark Twain
If you cannot be a poet, be the poem. ~David Carradine
My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you? ~Erma Bombeck
I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.~Janeane Garofalo
If I only had a little humility I would be perfect. ~Ted Turner
I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. ~A. Whitney Brown
Every year I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing, and which shirking pain, misses happiness as well. No one ever yet was the poorer in the long run for having once in a lifetime 'let out all the length of all the reins'. ~Mary Cholmondeley
With kids, the days are long, but the years are short.
~John Leguizamo
The day after tomorrow is the third day of the rest of your life. ~George Carlin
1 comment:
I would have thought that the Bears Rule would have been ranked higher. Also, the Aligator Rule is clearly missing from the list. What the heck are you teaching those kids?
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