Valentine Family

If you give a mom a cookie,

She's going to want a Frappuccino to go with it.

But before she gets a Frappuccino, she has to find her toddler's sandles.

To find the sandles, she has to venture into the playroom.

When she tries to straighten up the playroom, she finds Daddy's pager, the salad bowl, and an open bag of cereal. She also finds her cell phone.

So she'll yell at her toddler about the cell phone and wake up the baby from his morning nap.

But if she goes in to pick up the baby, the cell phone will ring.

When she answers, it'll be the doctor's office reminding her that she had the toddlers 18 month appointment and the baby's 4 month appointment this morning and would she like to reschedule, say sometime in September?

While she's trying to mentally re-create her calendar, the baby will start to cry.

Then her toddler will run to see what's the matter and find the bag of cereal.

When he finds the bag of cereal, there'll be crumbs all over the playroom.

So the mom will get the vacum from the hall closet and notice that Daddy forgot to buy diapers last night, as she asked.

But she will find her toddler's sandles.

And when she finds the sandles, she'll remember her emergency stash of diapers in the truck.

So she'll wrestle her toddler and her baby into their car seats and drive to the store to buy more diapers and more milk.

While she's buying the milk, she'll remember that she wanted that Frappuccino.

And if she manages to order her Frappuccino without a tantrum or poop episode from either of her kids.....

Then she's going to need another cookie. --Meghan Valentine
(Inspired by Julie Tilsner If you give a mom a cookie)