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[resonant]

My father sent the kidlet a pair of tiny latex gloves. One's green and one's blue. I have no idea where he found latex gloves small enough for a four-year-old's hands.

The kidlet decided that the best thing to do with a pair of child-size latex gloves was to fill them about a third full of water, wrap rubber bands around the wrists, and put them in the freezer.

Of course they aren't well closed, and they leak a bit. When I got tired of the game, I picked them up off the child-level shelf and put them up high in the freezer to keep them out of sight until I could get a chance to throw them out when the kidlet isn't looking.

Which is why I opened the freezer door this morning and saw two little wrinkly child-sized hands spilling runnels of ice down the back of the freezer.

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[schuyler.livejournal.com]

When you get to a certain age (that is, 7), latex gloves filled with water make excellent (albeit dangerous) pets. Especially if you have a mother who is allergic to dander.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

This made me giggle! Reminds me of one of kidlet's favorite Shel Silverstein books:

I have a hot dog for a pet.
The only kind my folks would let
Me get.

[venivincere]

Photograph it. You may have a chance to guilt her into household chores when she is older. In the mean time, next time it happens, resign yourself to wrapping the rubber bands tighter when she's not looking. :-)

Me, in a similar situation: I was working on the computer about a year back and realized at some point that my son had been in the bathroom for about an hour -- so I got up to look. The sink was filled to the rim with water, and half his Matchbox collection were parked nose to tail on the counter -- the other half were in the "underwater lot," because, as my son pointed out (correctly), there was no room left for them to park in the regular lot.

Me: Darling, you do know that these weren't meant to go in the water, don't you?
Son: But Mom, if they can't go in the water, how do they go through the car wash?

I decided not to argue the logic of that.

[zarahemla.livejournal.com]

1) I Love the Froggie Icon!!
2) "Underwater lot." Hehehehehehehe

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

[laughing] What is it with these kids who think they've been to law school already?

Me: No more snacks. It's almost dinner time.
Kidlet (full of outraged logic): It's not a snack. It's cornflakes.

[darkkitten1.livejournal.com]

Which is why I opened the freezer door this morning and saw two little wrinkly child-sized hands spilling runnels of ice down the back of the freezer.

What a very weird and cool image. *shivers* It's like the beginning of a Stephen King novel.

And I'm not sure I want to think about what four year olds need latex gloves for. Aieee.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Actually my dad tells me they were my mother's contribution. For washing dishes, dontcha know. [shakes head]