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Super Mess

I took the day off work today – dreaming of a lovely day at home with the chittlins. Ugh. You guys. Scarlett super glued her fingers together. Naturally, it was while I was nursing Grant. I heard a small whimper coming from the kitchen unlike her usual wreaking-havoc-terror-scream so I knew something was wrong. As soon as she walked in the living room and held up her hand I knew what had happened. I didn’t even know we had super glue in the kitchen. Who keeps super glue within reach of a two-year-old!? Especially when that two-year-old is the infamous Scarlett! Apparently, she thought it was some sort of lotion and proceeded to rub it all over the back of her hand, which basically resulted in a webbed finger. When I called Alex to confront him about this, his response: “At least she’ll be able to swim faster now.” Thanks for the support. I did my best to calm her while simultaneously trying to look up super glue removal solutions (acetone nail polish remover). I was also trying to keep Grant content while dealing with this fiasco so I buckled him in the stroller and made Rose, the four-year-old, push him around the house. This seemed like a good idea at the time. While still in the super glue mess, I heard Rose suddenly yell and Grant start crying. I looked up to see Rose had somehow managed to tip over his stroller with him still buckled into it. He was dangling and yelling. And Rose felt so bad for doing it she started bawling. It would’ve been bad enough if those two events had happened in the same week. They literally happened on the same day and concurrently. Is this even real life!? Welcome to the Jones household. Going forward you’ll have to sign a waiver before walking in the front door. (Also of note: I called Alex while in the middle of this mess so he could talk me off the ledge. He thought that that would be a good time to remind me he had to work on Saturday this week and therefore wouldn’t be home to help tomorrow and I’d be on my own for another day. He was wrong. That was not a good time. Read the room Alex…read the room.)

12 Replies to “Super Mess”

  1. This brings a whole new meaning to “keeping up with the Jones’” 😂 Sorry your day was crazy! Sounds like your house is just like ours – never a dull moment! I had a coworker describe her weekend to me as “I was Spitzley-ed” because she knows the details of our past few months, HAHA! It’s the stage of life 🙂 On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 9:27 PM World’s Okayest Parenting wrote:

    > sarahjones3197 posted: “I took the day off work today – dreaming of a > lovely day at home with the chittlins. Ugh. You guys. Scarlett super glued > her fingers together. Naturally, it was while I was nursing Grant. I heard > a small whimper coming from the kitchen unlike her usual wr” >

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  2. I’m sorry Sarah – but I’m laughing pretty good right now. Thanks for keeping us all entertained! Tell the kids I’ll be home soon to save them!!

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  3. Ooooh my. I Havn’t heard from you in a while, so I was worried something was wong. Thank goodness everthing is OK and well/normal in the Jones household 😅😅😅! Side note, Alex is a little too quick to come up with “plans” for the weekend. Must be his survival mode instincts that also got him through war. 😌

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  4. Oh my goodness Sarah….I am reading this outloud to Scott as I’m reading it and enjoying my morning coffee…this was one of the funniest reads ever. (Sorry at your expense).

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  5. Sarah – you never have a dull moment! Thanks for sharing. Your stories always remind me of an experience I have had raising my kids and daycare kids.

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  6. Did you notice under the picture of Scarlett’s webbed hand is a hairy man’s leg with edema? I was trying to figure out how that leg fit in to your present situation. It added another layer to my amusement. 😂

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