Being a grown up is cool. Really, it is. I get to drive by myself, dress myself, pastor an awesome church, drink coffee and buy beer without sending my creepy uncle into the Quick-E Mart for me (kidding… my uncle isn’t creepy). But there are a lot of things that my kids get to do that I don’t. Sometimes I get a tad jealous.
- Feet pajamas. You know the ones. The full body, one-piece pajamas that have the feet built in with the slippery pad on the bottom. They usually have cool designs on them too like baseballs and baseball bats or Spiderman shooting his web. I’ve looked for them for adults with no luck.
- No tears shampoo. Once they figured out how to take the tears out of shampoo, why the heck didn’t they do that to ALL shampoo? Are adult eye balls somehow impervious to the stinging torture of regular shampoo? Cmon, L’Oreal, get it together.
- Bubble bath that smells like strawberries. Grown up bath products all smell like musky lavender with a hint of barley. Give me a break. My kids have bubble bath that smells like strawberries. If I’m going to smell like produce after a bath I want it to at least be something I would eat.
- Velcro shoes. No one enjoys tying their shoes (except kids). It’s one more thing in the day that is totally unnecessary and takes time to do. Benjamin Franklin tied his shoes. George Washington. Probably even Jesus. And here we are in 2007 and I’m still doing it. Hasn’t anyone come up with a better way? Can’t a room full of Phd’s get together a work this one out? Yes, they already have. It’s called Velcro and my son has it on his shoes right now. Where’s mine?
- Nap time. This is one reason why Mexico is better than us. To me, it’s reason enough not to sneak across the border into Texas. There’s nothing negative about a nap. You get rest for your body and mind, you get more done later because you are refreshed, and while you’re sleeping you aren’t working or worrying! Where’s the drawback here?
- Sippy cups. Seriously, it’s a better design than the common glass. We use them in the drive-thru, right? Why not use them at home? I know that my couch would be a lot cleaner if I used a sippy cup.
- Happy meals. Why does Ronald McDonald only give the toys to kids? How about an iPod in my quater pounder, Ronny? Hey, I’d settle for one of those glow in the dark wind-up toys. Just stop leaving me hanging.
[tags]funny, humor, kids, children, parenting, growing up[/tags]
hahaha! my daughter has some things too that i want to have. great idea for a post! by the way, i think i’ll add you to my blogroll even if my web manager who’s also a christian doesn’t like religious ones. but in the first, we’re NOT simply religious. are we???