Baby Shower Cakes, With an Uncomfortable Twist

Hilarity.  Look here.

Oh, Come On!

Ever stopped and paused during certain moments in your life, to just ask....why? Just to nobody in particular.  Why?  I mean, come on!  I don't mean WHY in a bad way.  There's always that, when bad things happen, and let's face it - there are a lot of bad things happening right now.

However, let me lighten the emotional toll and burden for a few, let's talk about funny crap.  Awkward funny.  Seriously uncomfortable moments that you have to handle head on.  Things that you will definitely look back on later and laugh, sometimes these things piss you off at the same time (while making you smirk on the inside) because you know you will most definitely be laughing later, but you're annoyed that you have to deal with them.  Moments like this.   One of your students walks through the door with one of these on Friday morning.

Nothing weird about this.  Nothing wrong at all.  Except for this balloon had the words "Bailey's and Bushmills" plastered across it in bold lettering, and dad was clearly recovering from the night prior.  I just discreetly put it in her cubby where it stood there suspended in the air for all parents to muse and chuckle over, as they picked up and dropped off during the day.  It was a good time had by all.  But really dad?  Come on!

Then there was this incident.....so call me a prude, but I don't have things like this in my underwear drawer.  I wouldn't know what to do with a tiny little thing such as this. I mean, why even wear anything at all? Seriously, people pay for stuff like this? Give me some ribbon, a small doily and a permanent marker - I'm going into the string underwear making business.  Kudos to the mom with the rock hard bod who can still pull off such a naughty look, but shame on her for not using fabric softener, because her daughter walked into class with THIS stuck to the backside of her jacket. 

Well, I couldn't even find a picture to do it justice. Seriously.  Nothing small enough.  So....use your imagination.

 At first, embarrassingly - probably because of the lace and little tiny flower at the top...I thought for sure it was a pretty pretty headband, and I almost nearly, quite possibly  could have tried to put it on her daughter's head.  It would have fit perfectly. Maybe I'm an ass, but I thought I would save mom the embarrassment - and I threw it away.  It was the only prudent thing I could think to do.  Save her the humiliation, and really, would she actually even notice it was missing?  Come on!

This leads me to another story, of which I did not have the pleasure of experiencing firsthand.  It involved a nearly 4-year-old boy, who is still on the potty training wagon.  He is a large toddler in my class.  We love him.  He's got great parents, and bless them for raising such a strong willed and spirited little man.  However, he had just been changed, the kids were playing outside for the last part of the day.   Dad came shortly to pick his little guy up for the evening.  He quickly noticed that his son had created something significant and solid in his diaper. 

He then proceeded to ask the closing Teacher if she would so kindly change him.  She patiently explained to him that she couldn't possibly, because she was alone with 10 children outside already, and she had just changed his son 10 minutes ago.  Oh, come on!!!!!!!  You can't take 5 minutes to change your son?  You seriously just asked a poor girl, who has her hands completely full, to drop everything, shuttle nearly a dozen children into the bathroom, so she can change your child's stinky, while you stand in the corner checking your watch????!!!!!! Deep breaths...

Then there's the mom who told me that her daughter was doing so well with using the potty, because she knew that if she stopped pooping her pants - are you ready?  Wait for it......they would be taking her to Disneyland!  Oh, flippin COME ON!!

I am a parent, I say and do stupid things quite frequently.  I don't think it's okay to make fun of people. However, there are some parents who amuse me beyond words, and just when I feel like I've seen and heard it all.....I am blessed with fresh and new moments to chuckle and giggle about - and maybe share with a friend or two.