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showering + running kid + muddy dog = funny story

October 8th, 2007

Friday is my day off.

Ha!  I’m laughing just typing that out.  Woo! (I don’t get a day off.)  But, Friday is the only day of the week that I’m not racing to be somewhere at a certain time.  So, I get to catch up on laundry and do whatever the kids want to do that day.  Sometimes I get to sleep in.  (Ha!  Another funny, because sleeping in means until 8 or maybe 8:30.)  But when I do sleep in, then I have to wait and shower until Kennedy goes down for her morning nap.  And, there’s a delicate balance of when I can shower between feeding Kennedy and when Colby is ready to play, inside or out.
On one Friday, Colby tells me he wants to go outside and play.  This is not unusual.  On this day, I sent him outside by himself , but of course with bug spray on, because the mosquitoes love to attack him until he’s left with welts on his legs.  (His one rule about playing outside is “No ants.”)  So he proceeds to go outside and play and run with our dog Cooper until both are covered head to toe in mud.  This is also not unusual.  Colby came to the door and cried out, “MAMA!” and I said, “Okay, I’ll be right there, wait until I put Kennedy down in her bed.”  So he waited 3 seconds until I came back, and I carried him to the shower to spray him off.  Cooper stayed outside because I didn’t want to spray him off yet; he likes to roll in the mud a few times, but he’s a dog.

So I undressed and re-dressed Colby, and then he asked to play with his cars.  I told him he could do that in the living room while I took a shower.  I hurried to get in the shower because I knew it was almost time for Kennedy to eat.

This is a short transcript of what happened while I was in the shower.  Remember, I’m naked, and the time is 10:30 am.  The sun is shining and the window blinds are open.
Colby:  HEE HEE HEEE!  (He’s laughing because he let Cooper inside the house.  Cooper is now muddy and tromping through the house with muddy paws.  Cooper and Colby love to play chase.  This is not unusual.)
Me:  Cooper, come here.  (I pick up Cooper and put him in the shower with me to wash him off.  This IS unusual.)

Colby:  Where’s Cooper?

Me:  Cooper is taking a bath.  He’s all muddy.

Colby:  Cooper is muddy.  (Exit Colby to play with cars.)

Me:  Okay, Cooper, stay here while I shower.

Cooper:  You’re nuts, lady.  (Okay, maybe he didn’t say those exact words, but it was something to that effect.  Because the next thing I know, there’s a wet dog running through the house, shaking water everywhere and rubbing his fur on the carpet to try and get dry.)

Me:  COLBY!  COLBY!

Colby:  Yes, Mama?  (Colby comes to me and opens the shower curtain so he can see me.)

Me:  Colby, go get Cooper and tell him to come here.  (As soon as I say this to him, I realize there is no way he’s going to get the dog back into the bathtub, much less the bathroom.)

Colby:  COOPER!  HEE HEE HEEEE!  (Colby goes back to chasing Cooper.)

Me:  Okay, well, I’ll just finish my shower and deal with the dog later…

Kennedy:  WAAAAAAAHHH!!!

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Needless to say, I didn’t get to shave.

Entry Filed under: Colby, Funny, Kennedy