Tips for life

Have you ever heard the sound of an industrial sized bag of Cheerios falling onto your hardwood floor? It sounds like the gentle patter of a sudden cloudburst in the background.

If your baby cried inconsolably for 30 minutes, won't sit or stand, or let you put him down, for that matter: check the diaper. There may be 1 cup of small rocks in it, put there by your 3 year old.

Addition 1: When you hear your 3 yo screaming in the other room about gum, and then turn to see his face plastered in it (nose, chin, hair, eyelid, cheek) try not to laugh. It's no laughing matter because every time said child blinks, the eyelid gets stuck. And getting gum off the eyelid is not easy.

Addition 2: If you're ever feeling like you kids are hounding you, asking millions of questions and not even letting you go the bathroom in peace, start thinking, "I'm invisible, I'm invisible," over and over. And start imagining your invisible. It won't work, simply because your kids are equipped with x-ray vision. But it may make you feel better.

Just FYI.

This day is shaping up nicely.