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“F” Stands For Family Togetherness
by Leslie
Last weekend, Dave, Julia and I settled on the couch together to watch the two night season finale of American Idol that had been waiting for us on the DVR. I know it aired about a week ago, but we’d been so busy playing outside (often with kittens!) and preparing for Julia’s upcoming birthday party that we hadn’t watched it. Plus, we had more important things to watch, re-watch and write theses on first, like LOST and Heroes.
Since the infatuation with American Idol has been fading, it really wasn’t hard to keep from finding out who the winner was until we found the time to see it for ourselves, which was late one night. Julia loves American Idol, so we let her stay up to watch it, too. The show was great, but Dave’s running commentary and Julia’s vocal accompaniment was even better and by the time the three of us crawled into bed together, we were a bit giddy. After a few minutes of tossing, fidgeting and bad jokes, the room fell silent. Then, there was a sound. A funny sound. And a smell. A smelly smell that smelled…smelly. I giggled, “Sorry.”
Then Dave said, “Honey, you just blew that one out the box!”
We all started to laugh.
“That was the bomb!”
We laughed even harder.
“We got a hot one tonight!”
Uproarious laughter and a snort.
After about ten mirthful minutes, the room grew quiet once again. Then, a tiny voice broke the silence. “Guys, I’m outta here,” followed by a sound. A funny sound. A tiny, funny sound and a giggle, “Sorry.”
We howled.
Then Dave “blew one out the box,” and there was no stopping the laughter.
I think it might be against the law to laugh as hard as we did that night. I’m certain it is written somewhere that entertaining your toddler with the sound of your stinkers in bed at 2 a.m. isn’t the best parenting practice, but it was fun. And isn’t that what family togetherness is all about? It’s about enjoying each other. Family togetherness is about fun and, in our case, flatulence. The way I see it, you’ve got to make the most of what you’ve got, even if it’s gas.
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I started reading your blog because you’re funny but I’ve kept reading it because you’re real. Moments like these ARE what it’s all about.
LOL! You guys are dorks. But, it sounds like ya had fun!
Even the TITLES of your posts are funny. You’re one clever chick.
ps- There is always room in Nerd-Land for more nerds. The more nerds the… nerdier.
Interesting how farts are funny when you are really young. Not so funny when you’re older and then funny again when we become parents. My son is going through the potty mouth phase right now. I hope he stops before he goes to school.
If I can stop chortling long enough to type a response, I will tell you that THIS WAS HILARIOUS! I can hardly pick out my favorite lines because each was followed by one that topped it!
But oh, okay, the smell that was a smelly smell that was really smelly had me in tears. You are such a delightful person and a delightful writer.
I am so glad I found your blog!
Ahaha, this is funny…we have lots of smelly smells in our house too!!
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