"Eat your food ... self
Singing bananas"
You can imagine his confusion. Why would his wife write this on a note and then leave it behind? Or really, why would she write it at all?
Let me explain.
This morning Steve left super early and he missed the throw-breakfast-at-the-kids-and-sprint-out-the-door routine. While the girls were eating breakfast I started snapping pictures of them because they were being so stinkin' cute.
They even broke into our favorite Yo Gabba Gabba song "Banana" without being prompted and sang the entire song. Here they are singing the chorus:
They were entertaining each other so much that Caroline wasn't really eating. I told Caroline to start eating her food.
***Note: Whenever I tell Caroline to do something, Lucy will always say the exact same thing to Caroline in a very motherly voice. In fact, Lucy is often more interested in keeping Caroline in line than she is in making sure she is doing what she needs to do. So Steve and I will often tell her to "worry about yourself instead of Caroline."
So, here is how the conversation went:
Me: Caroline, please eat your food.
Lucy: Please eat your food ...
Me: Lucy, worry about -
Lucy: self.
Me: Lucy, please worry about yourself and not Caroline.
Lucy: Mom, I was talking to myself. Didn't you hear me say 'self'?
As Steve pointed out, this is pretty clever. And also very obnoxious. If she is like this as a 4 year old, I can only imagine what she will be like as a 14 year old.
Now back to the note. I have started leaving notes around because I see hilarious things like this and tell myself to remember but it never quite happens that way. So I write myself a note with a few key words so that I can remember and hopefully post about it. And that is why I leave Post-It notes around the house that read:
"Eat your food ... self
Singing bananas"
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