Do You Use Chapstick

This just came in my e-mail. I thought if you haven't seen it you might
find it interesting enough to use in one of your lists this week. If either
of my kids ever did anything this bad, I didn't see it. Getting a big
sloppy kiss from the dog who was eating, well, organic material from the
back yard was bad enough!

You have a little one and cats in the house don't you? Do you have
Chapstick?

So, we had this great 10 year old cat named Jack who just recently
died. Jack was a great cat and the kids would carry him around and
Sit on him and nothing ever bothered him. He used to hang out and nap
All day long on this mat in our bathroom.

We had 3 kids and at the time of this story they were 4 years old,
3 years old and 1 year old. The middle one is Eli. Eli really loved
Chapstick. LOVED it. He kept asking to use my chapstick and then losing
It. So finally I showed him where in the bathroom I kept my chapstick
And how he could use it whenever he wanted to, but he needed to put it
Right back in the drawer when he was done.

Last year on Mother's Day, we were having the typical rush around
Trying to get ready for Church with everyone crying and carrying on. My
Two boys were fighting over the toy in the cereal box. I was trying to
Nurse my little one at the same time I was putting on my make-up.
Everything was a mess and everyone had long forgotten that this was a
Wonderful day to honor me and the amazing job that is motherhood.

We finally had the older one and and the baby loaded in the car and I
Was looking for Eli. I searched everywhere and I finally rounded the
Corner to go into the bathroom. And there was Eli. He was applying my
Chapstick. . . Very carefully to Jack's . . . Rear end. Eli looked right
Into my eyes and said "chapped." Now if you have a cat, you know that
He is right -- their little bottoms do look pretty chapped. And,
Frankly, Jack didn't seem to mind.

And the only question to ask at that point was whether it was the FIRST
Time Eli had done that to the cat's behind or the hundredth.

And THAT is my favorite Mother's Day moment ever because it reminds us
That no matter how hard we try to civilize these glorious little
Creatures, there will always be that day when you realize they've been
Using your chapstick on the cat's butt.

 

wonder what else he did with that cat : ;D

 

I an't going to speculate on that.
I'm just relaying a funny story

 

erm.... :-*

;D ;D ;D