forgetfulness

When you have kids, you tend to focus much more on some things and less on others. A simple example would be our lawn. The only important part of the lawn is the bit that the kids use. The rest is unimportant. As a result we have the most yellow boulevard on our street. On the weekend I was asked if I wanted to put up a sign on my lawn that stated I didn't use pesticides. My reply was - "it is already blatantly obvious that I don't". In any case, my real point is this - after a long day at the zoo, we unloaded the kids from the van and went in the house. We had a bit of dinner, put the kids to bed, rested a bit ourselves and went to bed early. When I went to leave for work today, I looked outside and saw the side door on our van was wide open. Interesting. After further observation I noticed that a creature of some sort had noticed that as well and proceeded to hop in and take advantage of the fact that this was a kid transporter. Yesterday, my daughter had crumbled bits of cookie onto the floor (the bits without Chocolate Chips) - they were gone. There were Ritz Scuba crackers in a baggie - missing now. Denise's purse was in the van and it was investigated for Baby Mum Mum's (puffed Rice crackers for babies). I know there was a donut bit in a bag that could no longer be located. All in all, some creature had a smorgasbord of snacks thanks to my distractions and absentmindedness. Maybe at a subconscious level, it was my attempt to give back to the animal community after we had spent a day at the Zoo enjoying them.....

my story of the day..... I am laughing to myself as I read this. This is my life now..... and I love it!