April 19, 2015
Sunday Humour: An Ode to All Mothers
Aren’t we all? And I speak for myself on this one.
I mean, how else could I explain my action when I picked up whole scoop of newly bought ice-cream off the floor when Spud had accidentally toppled over from her cone? I swear I did it purely out of reflex!
Spud was devastated. Her face, aghast, clearly upset that she dropped it. Squirt was never going to share his and I was not going to buy her another one as a replacement.
So what’s a mother to do? Within 0.58 seconds, I picked the fallen scoop off the relatively clean-looking floor with my bare hands, scrutinized it, used a wet-wipe to hack off the bits where it had fallen off, gave it a lick all around (yes, me..I sacrificed myself…yeah! I know, eeeewwwww!), and placed it back on her empty cone.
She was good to go. (and I pretended that no one saw me)
My logic: If there were any germs, they would be in my stomach first. 3 days later, neither Spud nor me showed any signs of stomachache. We were good.
Gotta love wet-wipes.
Just don’t try this at home.
I love this post. Sometimes protecting your child’s delicate emotions are a much more important consideration than being sanitary! What we don’t do for our kids….
haahaa! Thanks Helen! The sanitary police would balk at me for sure!
Nice save! I would have done the same thing. Emotions are more important than germs anyway! Bonus points for this stunt!
LOL! Gotta to love bonus points! Makes me feel like the superhero I’m supposed to be and a whole lot better that there might be other parents doing the same! :p
I can tell you are not married to a Swiss ;)) well done Mama!
LOLROTF! If you tell the Swiss Man that the ice-cream was really, really huge and that it would go to waste (plus all that $$ you spent), would that have been a saving grace? :p
Wet wipes are awesome and saved you a tantrum! That is a winner in my book 🙂
Best thing ever invented! We never leave home without them.