Someone is laughing when Cooper tells us that the reason he had gotten out of bed and climbed into ours the past few nights is because the hickumpotamus keeps biting his hair at night. Where this animal was conjured up I'll never know - We have no stories with hippos in it!
Someone is also laughing when Cooper poops, insists on seeing it, and even tells me he wants to eat it. (Oh, please, not that.....EVER)
Ironically enough, just a couple of days ago, Cooper decided that SOMEONE had to try it. I discovered his err in judgment when I heard him say "Mommy, Rayla no like poopy! Mommy! Rayla no like poopy!!" What?? Oh, man.......scrub, wipe, sanitize.....There's no beauty in that.
Someone is laughing when I am alone and one baby crawls one way, another baby crawls the other way and Cooper is balancing himself on the top of his high chair, yelping to get down before he falls. Two me's would be nice when this happens.
Someone is laughing when I drive down the road and Cooper begins to scream hysterically because he has dropped his string cheese and can't reach it. He sits in the third row - Handing him something is not a possible option when the car is moving.
Someone is laughing when Katie tells us with a straight face that her teacher jerked in class today. Huh? What?? Stupid song, stupid dance, stupid name.....Recipe for a misunderstanding disaster.
Someone is laughing when Corey wakes up to Cooper doing a body slam on unmentionable body parts, resulting in a holler and possibly, a 2 year old getting thrown off the bed. (He doesn't really get thrown from the bed, surprisingly - But the holler happens without hesitation.)
Someone is laughing when I find the salt shaker put away in the pantry UPSIDE DOWN and pull it out only to dump a tablespoon at my feet. Even funnier, I accuse Katie and she vehemently denies ever doing anything so stupid - Until the next morning, when she recants her denial after getting caught putting THREE boxes of cereal back in the cupboard totally empty.
Someone is laughing at me when for three hours I battle with fussy babies and FINALLY get to go climb into my own bed to sleep. But, when I get there, Cooper has already awaken from a hickumpotamus nightmare and is sleeping soundly on my side of the bed. I, of course, don't have the heart to wake him to put him back to bed, so I waddle back in and cuddle up on the couch with the fuzziest blanket I find.
Someone is laughing when Cooper asks for days and hours for a "honey pot" and Corey finally gives in and heads into a Super Walmart on our out of town trip to find one. That someone's laughing harder when Cooper asks for a solid 5 minutes the same question: "Where'd daddy go? Where'd daddy go? Where'd daddy go?" I answer him each time with "in the store." But, after 5 minutes of asking, and apparently not getting the right answer he starts to scream the question - My answer? "He's looking for that damn honey pot!" Naturally, when Corey returns we hear "Where's my damn honey pot?" Someone's definitely laughing at that one.
Someone is laughing when Corey is driving on a bridge, on a freeway, doing 55 miles an hour in back to back traffic, in the rain, with both babies screaming because they have a poopy diapers, the bluetooth phone rings, and we're already late to an appointment for a baby and Cooper decides that he is going to use his foot to unlock the door and kick it open and scream "want out, get out!" It's funniest when I rip out the headrest so that I can writhe my not so small self over the seat and hold on to the door so as not to lose a toy or a child. We didn't find it that humorous. But, after we were able to stop Cooper shouts "That was fuuuun!"
Someone is laughing when I cook food for Cooper and he refuses to eat it. But, when he's told that daddy made it, he eats it without hesitation. Hmmmmm......
Someone is laughing when we tell Katie that she needs to clean out the dog kennel, along with other chores, and she declares that day the "worst day EVER!!" Hahahaha...We're sooo mean!
There is always humor to be found. Sometimes we have to overlook craziness to see it. But, somehow, it's always there.
