Not Me – Being brutally honest and living to tell about it.
When we found out that Suzanne (the nearly-finished-with-college, college student who lives with us) was going to be home for dinner rather than out late studying. We did NOT quickly take a few french fries off of everyone’s plates in order to save enough for her to eat.
When I went in to kiss the children goodnight, I discovered that Nicholas (2) was not in his bed. I checked the other beds, but no Nick. When I turned on the light I did NOT see this.
He was NOT sound asleep with even his blanket and pillow under there with him.
I did NOT leave him there until Mark got home so that Mark could chuckle at our silly baby. 
Of course we did NOT let him spend the entire night sleeping under his brother’s bunk beds.
Shortly after I’d gotten out of the shower on Sunday morning, Mark asked me if I had just washed the towel that I used. We wash our towels once a week so I was a little puzzled at his comment. “No, why?” I queried. He did NOT respond by saying, “Because the kids used your towel to clean up the floor when the toilet overflowed.”
My sweet and loving husband did NOT then proceed to horse laugh at my expression and the thought of me using THAT towel unknowingly.
Edited to add: Who says there is no justice in the world, read what happened to MARK’S towel the very next week.
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EW! I suppose you stepped right back in that shower!
Love the under-the-bunk pics.
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Oh no! I never trust our towels completely either–but that’s the worst! Nick is so adorable
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OMG! This just made my day
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OK the towel incident made me LOL harder than anything I’ve ever read on-line. Maybe it’s because I know you in real life…
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Oh, I’m so glad it *wasn’t* your towel, because that would be enough to ruin a lesser woman’s day.
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What!?!
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What a cutie!
I would have to shower at least 2 more times and burn the towel! I’m not OCD. Not at all.
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You just made me laugh out loud at the towel…but then, I am SO SO glad that wasn’t me.
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Okay… I laughed out loud at the towel incident and can relate to the sweet child sleeping under the bed.
Thank you so much for a wonderful laugh before bedtime tonight… you truly bless my socks off!
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This is so cute! My kids love to sleep on the floor too. If I can remember correctly, I like doing it when I was a kid. I love the jammies too!
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I think this is your funniest “not me” post to date. At least it’s funny because it didn’t happen to me!
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The towel thing is so gross. That pj picture looks like the witch feet from the Wizard of Oz. What a funny post!
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So funny!! My son who is now 7 used to sleep in the middle of the staircase! I wish I’d thought to take pictures.
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I know there’s nothing quite as cute as a baby falling asleep under a bed, and I know the purpose of these Monday posts is for you to point out the ways in which you don’t always make the best decisions (a cool idea by the way.) But I feel like it should be mentioned that letting a child of any age spend the entire night sleeping under a bed that another child is sleeping in especially (please correct me if I misunderstood what you were saying, that’s the impression that I got from your last photo caption, but I could be misinterpreting.) is not safe; bends, even bunk beds have been known to collapse unexpectedly (even ones that appear pretty sturdy.)
I know you weren’t intending to promote this, and that it was a one time occurrence for you (and like I said a rather adorable one.) But child safety is such an important thing, I feel like it should at least be mentioned.
Be well!
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Frankly, if I found my son asleep, even if it was underneath something else, I’d leave him there. I would not make it regular practice. But his sleep is vastly more important than the risk of a sturdy, well built bed collapsing over him.
(If I had concerns about the bed in the first place? That would be a different matter)
Living is not risk-free, so we must decide what risks we are willing to take and which we are not.
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My Nicholas who is now 18 used to sleep with his bum up in the air for the longest time. What a cute picture.
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Hehe! I purposely read the comments because I *knew* someone would comment on the “safety” of sleeping under a bed.
Good for you Kimberly, for not waking up your sleeping toddler, I certainly wouldn’t!
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That’s hilarious!! Love the pictures of the feet under the bed!
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[...] to fully appreciate the irony and justness of this next part, you should be familiar with the recent towel incident and my sweet husband’s reaction to my discomfiture. Go read it, trust me, it’s funny [...]
Ewww! I can’t tell you the number of times a kid has used a towel to wipe the floor, put it back on the rack, then washed their hands and dried them on the same towel!
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