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myLot reputation of 94/100. mrghill (1979) 4 years ago

The wife is out tonight with her sister attending a party that will somehow end up being an all night card game. As you can see, I'm stuck at home blogging on MyLot, babysitting a 7 year old and two 13 year old girls.

It's going to be a loooooong night.

I can see that my son has dodged this bullet by ducking out the house earlier today so he can spend the night hanging out at his friends house to play the newest "Grand Theft Auto" game on xbox360. Not like boys really need encouragement to be criminals. So I wont have any support by my only other male household member.

No wife, no son and three little girls that wont shut up. Hours on hours of chatter about how fat each other looks and boys at school. Who likes what Jonahs Brother and the constant playing of Hannah Montana music reminding me that I'm getting really old.

Uh Oh...silence.

The three girls have disappeared from the living room and the TV is off. What happened? Oh? There they are standing behind me. I guess the entertainment with each other has become too boring so they decided to turn on me.

Here it comes.

The million questions.

What are you doing? Are you writing about us? How come you type like my baby brother? Daddy, your hair is really gray. Uncle, can I style it for you? Daddy, why did you eat all of my chocolates from my Halloween bucket?

So, I decided to distract them by making them think with uncertainty about something they can talk amongst themselves. To make things interesting I started telling them about how they were born and how I remember meeting them for the first time after they were...hatched.

Essentially I told them they were actually purchased as eggs from "Kmart" as a "Blue Light Special" and they were hatched at home inside the microwave oven. The youngest girl was starting to believe it, but the older girls weren't buying it. So I had to make my story more convincing by causing them to remember the birth of their younger brother and sisters. They had no problem recollecting the baby inside of mommy for nine months, but after that it was my duty to fill them in to how the baby they saw later on came about.

"Your mommy didn't go straight to the hospital, first she had to go to the Kmart baby distribution center to have the egg that was to be your younger siblings removed and then have a bar coded label stuck on them. After the egg was wrapped properly, Daddy had to take it to the customer service counter and buy the egg while mommy was at the hospital resort to get some much needed rest".

At this point, they are giggling and not believing me completely, but once again talking amongst themselves comparing notes to each other about how babies are born.


I figure I can get another half hour of peace before they turn on me again. This time it might happen while I'm resting and I might wake up looking like a beaten h00ker from Florida that was laying face down on a Macy's make up counter.

Little girls, make up kits and sleeping daddies can be a bad combination.

...especially for the daddy.


Will somebody please help me.

 

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1. myLot reputation of 99/100. lilaclady (22732)   4 years ago

This is where you should have a good video or a book for them to learn from, I think it must be hard for a male to explain these things to girls, but it sounds like you are having a good girls party night..enjoy they will start growing up real fast now..


myLot reputation of 94/100. mrghill (1979)  4 years ago

They are having a good girls night, I'm having a good breakdown. As much as I'm going to miss them at this age, I think the reward of peace and quiet is worth the desire to have them grow up and out the house as quickly as possible. LOL! Thanks for responding.

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2. myLot reputation of 77/100. myklj999 (7218)   4 years ago

No help coming from here. However, I do promise to laugh quietly at you instead of out loud so I don't encourage them any. I'm afraid that's about the best I can do tonight.


myLot reputation of 94/100. mrghill (1979)  4 years ago

Thanks, I can always count on my sarcastic friends to be supportive in my time of need.


myLot reputation of 92/100. Rosekitty (4785)  4 years ago

Will the real Michael please come forward?

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3. myLot reputation of 99/100. Wizzywig (4056)   4 years ago

Tell them you'll play 'Hide & Seek' with them. They go & hide, you dont get round to the seeking. You get to sleep/blog on myLot and they love you for ever for being so rubbish at the game! (actually that would probably only work with the 7year old...)
Get them to start writing their Christmas 'wishlists'?? or make their own commercial for those special 'Kmart' eggs? Print off a really difficult wordsearch? ...or a really difficult list of questions & say that you'll answer more of their questions once they've completed that list? Bribe them to go to sleep?
I dont know.... I never had daughters...


myLot reputation of 94/100. mrghill (1979)  4 years ago

Never had girls, huh? Well tonight is your lucky night, I'll let you have the experience of having three girls for..

..ever.

I'll ship them over to you across the Atlantic puddle in a pink canoe right now. LOL!


myLot reputation of 99/100. Wizzywig (4056)  4 years ago

Well, obviously, I'd love to help but... ummm, I'm moving house....now....this very minute...and going to live in a far off place that is (sadly??) not reachable by pink canoe.
The 7 year old would be ok for a year or so but, having spent a fair bit of time working in schools, I was delighted to give birth to 2 boys and decided to quit whilst I was ahead wink
Anyway, you know you couldn't live without them really happy Hope you enjoyed the rest of your evening.

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4. myLot reputation of 92/100. Rosekitty (4785)   4 years ago

Now Why should i or anyone else help you?..I think you are doing a bang up job distracting the Beauty's by yourself..the nerve of you telling them a story like that..don't you know blue light specials are pink for girls???


myLot reputation of 94/100. mrghill (1979)  4 years ago

Kitty, While you are laying back laughing watching me suffer, I can't help but believe you know something that could have made the situation much easier. Anyway, I'd figure I'll do the old dad standby thing and hook a video game to the TV with a popular girl's game and hope that I'll keep their attention for a while.

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5. myLot reputation of 92/100. Remembering1996 (1920)   4 years ago

Wow! you have a great story it had me laughing lol. Looks like you had your fun for the night story telling but you had them wondering and got them to leave you alone for a few more minutes more. Poor guy I can only imagine what you were thinking in your mind "hoooooney pleeeeeease come home" lol You did good you kept them entertained and I think you deserve the daddy of the year award!thumbup.


myLot reputation of 94/100. mrghill (1979)  4 years ago

No daddy of the year awards for me, I'd prefer if Mary Poppins drop in and take over for a while.

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6. myLot reputation of 95/100. redkathy (1860)   4 years ago

Sorry you are on your own ghill, I had all boys! Good Luck


myLot reputation of 94/100. mrghill (1979)  4 years ago

Boys are easy. WE can just play some kind of multi-player game that involves shooting innocent people, crashing cars into anything and exploding major landmarks in various countries and that can keep us well-behaved for hours.

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7. myLot reputation of 97/100. gitfiddleplayer (6410)   4 years ago

G, are you still alive? If so I have a great plan. Rummage through the attic or basement and find a scary Halloween mask. First you'll need to kill the power to the house, you won't be able to myLot but it will be worth it. Then you'll need to find some black sweats and black gloves, cover all exposed areas. If you have their cell phone numbers this will go even better. Hide outside, since you know your yard better than they will you'll be able to sneak around and find out where they are. Call them and use your best scary voice to tell them you are watching them, pop up outside the window and let the grey hair begin on them, that should either scare them to death or cause a first period, either way you'll have a great story to tell tomorrow.


myLot reputation of 94/100. mrghill (1979)  4 years ago

You sir are the purveyor of the most diabolical and naughty ideas anyone can conjure up. I love it!
Yes, girls are easy to scare, but after thinking your idea through carefully, I may find that I can end up with three very frightened little girls pushing me out of my bed at night, so it's a no go.

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8. myLot reputation of 99/100. Opal26 (14496)   4 years ago

Hi mrghill! They left you alone to babysit! What were
they thinking? You alone with 3 little girls! What a
horror! And that's the story you tell them for
entertainment! I think that was cute and funny!
I like it anyway! I hope you thought of something
else to keep them amused because I don't think
that will hold their interest for long. It sure
is going to be a very long night for you. You
better hope that they get sleepy really soon!
I can't wait to hear what you did next!


myLot reputation of 94/100. mrghill (1979)  4 years ago

Help!

I'll tell you what? Maybe I can pack them up in the minivan and we pay "Auntie" Opal a nice visit.

Well, after using a video game console as a way to babysit like good parents would do, I found that little girls are just like little boys and you have to remember to tell them to got to bed or they'll play all night long.

Which is exactly what they did.

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9. myLot reputation of 95/100. CinderInMySoul (4337)   4 years ago

LMAO!! you know i remember hearing my dad telling my little sister that he found her in the broccoli fields near the house, and that she was left over from the first harvest..so she was still good enough to put in the store, but not enough to make a gourmet meal out of her! hahha! i also remember having the hardest time not laughing and almost wetting my pants!!

now i am helping to raise her and she is a whopping 13 years old. aaaagh. rumors and rumors and whining and whining and when there is another 13yr old girl over..far too much giggling and whispering for anybody to feel comfortable. im sure there is a world domination conspiracy taking shape every time one of her friends spends the night. just a matter of time now.

ooh..silence is not good. more than 5 minutes of silence make the hair on the back of my neck stand up and my ears shoot up like the dogs hearing you whistle!

heh...you better make sure you have the "dads hazardous teen girl" kit! which consists of...makeup remover wipes (LOL! i can totally picture that too!), scissors (for the knots you'll get after the stealth braiding is done), tylenol (extra strength), ear plugs (wear these with caution, silence may go unnoticed..in fact just save those for when you start to feel your brain oozing out your ears..it should help plug up the holes for a bit)....and the last but most important piece...the emergency adult female contact number! make sure she is dependable and knows how to handle a bedraggled, mushy brained dad when he rings her up, screams "HELP ME..." and the only sounds after..are giggles..and a body dragging.

yup..that should about do it, IF it isnt to late HAHAHA!


myLot reputation of 94/100. mrghill (1979)  4 years ago

Cinder, you are my friend! Thank you so much for your tips. Lets see, I'll need to go shopping for my "Dad's Hazardous Teen Girl kit" right now.

1) package of make-up wipes!
1) bottle of Extra-Strength Tylenol
1) package of extra thick ear plugs
1) industrial-strength, braid removal sissors
1) anti-boy shotgun

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10. myLot reputation of 92/100. underdogtoo (8736)   4 years ago

I think you're having the time of your life. Lol!!!


myLot reputation of 94/100. mrghill (1979)  4 years ago

No, I'm not having the "time of my life". Jumping off a 50 story building, face first and without a parachute is having the "time of my life", this is just plain torture.

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