Your macaroni does not need a drink and it doesn't go in your ears, either!

It's funny to catch yourself saying things you never dreamed would come out of your mouth. I never thought I'd be saying this tonight: "Your macaroni does not need a drink and it doesn't go in your ears, either!"

Ethan, Erin and I made a trip to Walmart this afternoon to get things for his birthday party. I ended up with some Capri Sun drinks to put in the kids' treat bags because I thought they might like it. I gave Ethan one at dinner tonight to test out. He kept squeezing the Capri Sun causing it to gush everywhere. Then he kept trying to squirt it on his macaroni and cheese. When asked what he was doing, he stated simply that "it needed a drink". Um, ok. Plants need a drink. Animals and people need drinks. Mac & Cheese? Don't think so. I'm going to reconsider giving them to a group of toddlers/pre-schoolers. Our carpet has seen enough. We don't need to traumatized it any more than usual. To top it off, Ethan then decided that macaroni (especially the juice covered kind) makes good earplugs. Funny? Yes. Gross? Yes. Appropriate and socially acceptable? Nope.

It's so hard to keep your kids in line when they do stuff that is funny but not cool. I wanted to laugh at him but I had to put my mommy face on. *sigh* I think I live at the circus.