Comments on: Liar, Liar Pants on Fire

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:44:00 +0000

Don’t worry. I’m sure Peanut will take after mommy and come up with some good ones of his own in the next ten years.

By: Her Bad Mother

Her Bad Mother — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:38:00 +0000

Oh yeah, everything and everyone goes night night when WonderBaby does.. or when the TV needs to be turned off.

By: The Kept Woman

The Kept Woman — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:31:00 +0000

Girl, let me tell you about the saddest day of my life…the one where I could no longer pass off crappy animal crackers as “cookies” and I had to give my kids the good stuff…you know Oreos, Nutter Butters. It sucks when they get onto your games…

We told our daughter that our toilet was broken so that she would use her own in the middle of the night instead of coming in to wake us up to tell us that she had to go. That dang toilet’s been broke for two weeks now!

By: Peg

Peg — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:48:00 +0000

Loved this. My pants are on fire too!

I can’t tell you how many things in this house have even broken, “closed”, or just plain disappeared.

Now that mine are 3 & 5, I send them on wild goose chases…LOL…”go find me your blue shoes in your room…” Knowing exactly where they are, and that is on the other end of the house! Hey–it buys five minutes…ten on a good day!

By: ed's girl

ed's girl — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:20:00 +0000

My 5yr. old just asked me the other day if there was a difference b/t lying and joking? wonder why–hmm? I always tell my 2yr. old (who begs me regularly for “junk”) that my snickers bar I am shoving down my throat at the sink is “healthy,mommy food” and that “it’s yucky”–love your blog by the way–i think we’d be friends if i knew you

By: carrie

carrie — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:32:00 +0000

I love it!

Oh yes…we “hide” the books we just can’t possible read one more time. And many times “Daddy needs help in the bathroom taking a shower.” The door locks, what can I say?

I love Swistle’s explanation. We are defnitely going to “simplify” around here from now on.

By: Swistle

Swistle — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:42:00 +0000

I wouldn’t call it “lying,” I’d call it “simplifying.” The cookies aren’t truly gone, but they are gone for the purposes of this discussion. The computer is not truly broken, but it will be if we have to see Elmo one more time, because I will Lose It. Those concepts are too difficult for children to understand, and so we, you know, SIMPLIFY.

Definitely I hide books I can’t stand anymore. I also say, “Oh, no, these aren’t for children, these are only for grown-ups”–in the same tone of voice I’d use if I was talking about vodka–when the children want to share my Dove chocolates.

By: In the Trenches of Mommyhood

In the Trenches of Mommyhood — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:13:00 +0000

I totally lie and say that the 2 huge bags of Starburst that Grandma bought (because we know SHE won’t be paying those future dental bills now, don’t we???) are already all gone….when in fact they’re in the copy room at my work being scarfed down by my co-workers (umm….and me).

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:24:00 +0000

Hahaha..yeah, hubby and I ‘nap’ or ‘have talks’ on weekends a bit too.

As for the lies, I try to tell the boys we are out of bubbles, and finally had to hide them because Brendan would insist I open the closet and he shows me where they are. Smart little shit.

By: The Queen of Shake-Shake

The Queen of Shake-Shake — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:17:00 +0000

I love the ‘can’t find the potty’ fib. haha! That is hilarious and a very ingenious lie.

What do I lie about? hmmmm…I’ll have to think on it because I’m sure I did with Parker. Payton was born way smarter than me and I could never lie well enough to fool him.

Now that they are older and can occupy themselves for a half an hour on a Sunday afternoon, dh and I will lie about taking a nap during the day. We may be in our room but we aren’t sleeping. hehe.