Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Monkey girl

We're encountering a recurring problem at our house. Sydney and Jenna seem to think it's okay to climb onto the counters to get to whatever they want. I'm always chasing them back down, especially Jenna.

Earlier this week, Randy turned the TV on for Jenna before he left for work. I slowly (I plead the 5th!) made my way downstairs & found this:

Jenna was eating the last of the strawberries I had picked. She had also helped herself to Dad's leftover popcorn kernels, the last of the Halloween candy, and had gotten her chocolate milk powder all over.

(Notice the "Monday Morning Aftermath"?...I would tell you to ignore it, but, ummm, it's impossible to ignore.)

Of course, when I first came downstairs she said, "I not s'posedt be up here" and "I getting down". However, the TV quickly pulled her back into it's grasp and I had to remove her myself.

9 comments:

Unknown said...

haha.. thats funny.. at least she knew she wasn't suppose to be up there!

Sandi said...

You can assuage your guilt by listening to this: today when I wasn't looking, Annalee grabbed a cereal bowl off the counter and ate the contents . . . which was soggy Kix cereal from YESTERDAY! I hope the old milk doesn't make her sick!

Vanessa said...

Oh my gosh how could you be mad at that...I love that she said that to you! I want to squeeze her!!

Koreena said...

What a handful! Good to know my kids aren't the only ones.

Maren said...

Wow! She looks so grown up.

Climging on the counters has always been a problem at our house and probably always will be. It should be a reason to keep my counters clean.

Merri Hackett said...

that's classic. :)

Amanda said...

I seem to have the same problem at my house. I'll let you know if I find a solution (even though I don't really have faith that I ever will). But thank goodness we love these little monkeys so much!

Unknown said...

LOL what a funny little girl. So busy!

Nalene said...

Would you look at those skinny little buns!