The biggest challenge of parenthood is protecting your feet. I, again, learned this the hard way as I stepped on short, squatty, plastic Farmer Jed as I climbed into our shower. He was passed out in there – drying out (so to speak) after a hard night of drinking at Murray's Tavern. Life on the farm is hard when you can't tend to your crops because an 18-month-old is trying to feed you to the dog. I'd be drinking too. Children are savages when it comes to your feet. My daughter strategically places her plastic giraffe – a zoo reject - at the bottom of the stairs and I've narrowly avoided that more than a few times. My dad, while we were growing up, broke a foot on two separate occasions. Surprisingly, both times were actually work related and not the result of a elaborate trap of toys set in the dining room. Our favorite trick as kids was to lay a minefield of the tiny Nerds candy across the dining room floor. I can still remember my dad howling, "They're like damn little rocks!" Perhaps this is the beauty of children being small – extra encouragement to look down. Oh, by the way, that's Larry Hughes of the Cavaliers in the picture – must have just walked through my house.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Trouble down below
The biggest challenge of parenthood is protecting your feet. I, again, learned this the hard way as I stepped on short, squatty, plastic Farmer Jed as I climbed into our shower. He was passed out in there – drying out (so to speak) after a hard night of drinking at Murray's Tavern. Life on the farm is hard when you can't tend to your crops because an 18-month-old is trying to feed you to the dog. I'd be drinking too. Children are savages when it comes to your feet. My daughter strategically places her plastic giraffe – a zoo reject - at the bottom of the stairs and I've narrowly avoided that more than a few times. My dad, while we were growing up, broke a foot on two separate occasions. Surprisingly, both times were actually work related and not the result of a elaborate trap of toys set in the dining room. Our favorite trick as kids was to lay a minefield of the tiny Nerds candy across the dining room floor. I can still remember my dad howling, "They're like damn little rocks!" Perhaps this is the beauty of children being small – extra encouragement to look down. Oh, by the way, that's Larry Hughes of the Cavaliers in the picture – must have just walked through my house.
