Thursday, March 21, 2013

who brought the naked kid?

Several months ago, we attended a birthday party for one of our neighbors children. It was a party at their house and the kids were free to roam from room to room. Jack set up camp in the back bedroom, where a more involved parent was reading stories to the children huddled in all corners of the room. I told him I'd be near the food table (obviously) and started chatting up another parent. I checked on Jack once, and secure in the knowledge that he was happy and safe, I got a plate and settled in to enjoy the junk food. 20 minutes or so later, my husband asked me where Jack was. "Oh in the back bedroom, listening to stories" I replied. "Nope" he said, "I just checked". I assured him that Jack was somewhere in the house and we split up to find him. A few minutes later my husband returned with our prodigal son with words I'll never forget. "Um...I found Jack.. naked in the bathtub." Yes, our son had meandered away from story hour to use the potty. While in the bathroom, he decided to remove all his clothes and get into the bathtub. I'm not sure if he was about to take a shower or was just trying out the facilities but he wasn't able to take the next step, because my husband had found him. I'd like to say that he found him just in time, but clearly just in time, would have been before the removal of clothes. He didn't have an answer as to why he took his clothes off and I don't think we'll ever know as its a distant memory now. Obviously, we asked him to keep his clothes on at all future parties but the memory of that moment will always make me laugh and provide plenty of ammunition in the future!

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