For all you kids... especially Val

[maizeyoats]

WHEN I'M AN OLD LADY...
When I'm an old lady, I'll live with each kid,
And bring so much happiness...just as they did.
I want to pay back all the joy they've provided.
Returning each deed! Oh, they'll be so excited!
When I'm an old lady and live with my kids)

I'll write on the wall with reds, whites and blues,
And I'll bounce on the furniture...wearing my shoes.
I'll drink from the carton and then leave it out.
I'll stuff all the toilets and oh, how they'll shout!
(When I'm an old lady and live with my kids)

When they're on the phone and just out of reach,
I'll get into things like sugar and bleach.
Oh, they'll snap their fingers and then shake their head,
And when that is done, I'll hide under the bed!
(When I'm an old lady and live with my kids)

When they cook dinner and call me to eat,
I'll not eat my green beans or salad or meat,
! ;I'll gag on my okra, spill milk on t he table,
And when they get angry...I'll run...if I'm able!
(When I'm an old lady and live with my kids)

I'll sit close to the TV, through the channels I'll click,
I'll cross both eyes just to see if they stick.
I'll take off my socks and throw one away,
And play in the mud till the end of the day!
(When I'm an old lady and live with my kids)

And later in bed, I'll lay back and sigh,
I'll thank God in prayer and then close my eyes.
My kids will look down with a smile slowly creeping,
And say with a groan, "She's so sweet when she's sleeping!"

God Bless All Moms and Grandmas Everywhere

[DebMG]

I love it!

[Mamasue]

Thank you Virginia...love it! :D Happy Mother's day to ya!

[Beth]

Thanks for sharing. This one might go on the fridge this weekend too, but I did think that the phone part should have been about getting in their face or screaming.

[valchemist]

something to look forward to.

:rolleyes:

[boisewinesnob]

Heehee!

but I notice it doesn't mention anything about stuff to do in the car:
*spill stuff
*scream/argue
*kick the back of the driver's seat
*make faces and/or gestures to passing cars without your driver
knowing
*ask, "are we there yet?" repeatedly


:p

[funnybone]

I just read that one to my kids - I guess it was a threat! :D Thanks for the laugh!

[Beth]

Originally posted by boisewinesnob
Heehee!

but I notice it doesn't mention anything about stuff to do in the car:
*spill stuff
*scream/argue
*kick the back of the driver's seat
*make faces and/or gestures to passing cars without your driver
knowing
*ask, "are we there yet?" repeatedly

:p

More favorites! :D And it should include at least one panicky trip to the emergency room only to sit for hours. Or the deathly ill until you walk in the door to the doctor's office.

[boisewinesnob]

Originally posted by Beth

And it should include at least one panicky trip to the emergency room only to sit for hours.

This will most likely happen when taking (elderly) parents to the ER....do you think they'd lay on the floor and whine; or, what about laying on the floor and having a screeching fit in the middle of Target? ;)

[Canice]

Thanks, maizeyoats! Don't have kids myself, but you might be glad to know that my elderly (78 y.o.) mother is making good on this very promise! A couple of fine examples:
We were in a large department store browsing when suddenly - I couldn't see her anywhere! I thought I'd covered every square inch of the floor we were on when I FINALLY found her calmly flipping through an earring "rounder". When I complained that she'd really frightened me, she just smiled sweetly and said, "I've waited years for my turn to do that."
After we kids had grown up and Dad passed away, Mom, Sister and I took to going out for nice drives through the Wine Country, just to pass the time and be together -- Mom insisted on sitting in the back. AND on kicking my (front) seat. She even pulled my hair! (Though gently and jokingly, of course.) She poked my neck, and made faces at me in the visor mirror, and said that she finally understood how such behavior could really enliven a family outing!
BTW, until the day she had to give up driving, she tooled around in her VW with plate frames that read Insanity is hereditary - you get it from your kids.
Off to surprise her on her 79th next month! :) ....

[Peggy C.]

I love it Maizeyoats. I'll send it to my Dad.