A New Form of Hand-Washing

proper handwashing

First it was the licking of the shoes incident.

Now this.

Here are the facts:
1) Jane and I had ham sandwiches and Cheetos for supper tonight.

2) For those of you that don’t already know this, Cheetos cheese powder comes off on your fingers and turns them orange.

3) A quick wipe of the hands with a wet washcloth is generally sufficient to get rid of Cheetos residue on fingers.

4) Jane doesn’t like stuff (particularly food) on her hands.

5) I didn’t wipe Jane’s hands immediately after she ate her Cheetos. Big mistake.

6) I should never turn my back on my children. Ever.

Tonight, as Jane and Elizabeth were supposedly watching their nighttime video, and I was doing a quick email check, I hear this come from Jane’s mouth:

“MOM! I washed my hands all by MYSELF!”

Knowing that I had not seen her cross my line of vision to go to either the bathroom or kitchen to use a sink, I turn around horrified at the prospect of what I might find.

Sure enough, there was Jane with no trace of orange on her fingers, smiling proudly in front of her urine-filled potty. The lid was up.

Clearly, I need to spend more time teaching personal hygiene.

Or grow eyes in the back of my head.

Or both. Fast.

Filed under: General, Catbird, SAHM, Jane on August 27th, 2006

12 Responses to “A New Form of Hand-Washing”

  1. rob, on August 27th, 2006 at 7:52 pm Said:

    Sounds like she understands personal hygiene. She washed her hands after #1. However, the phrase “location, location, location” comes to mind.

  2. Dana (sunshine), on August 27th, 2006 at 8:21 pm Said:

    OH MY GOSH. now, that is gross. ha ha. Poor thing. Her heart was in the right place..just not her hands. EEEEKKK

  3. Neighborhood Lurker, on August 27th, 2006 at 8:45 pm Said:

    Gotta love her!

  4. Rinnie, on August 28th, 2006 at 8:14 am Said:

    The gross things we endure as parents!!! :)

  5. Pam, on August 28th, 2006 at 9:27 am Said:

    I love it! Did you take a picture for her scrapbook. :)

  6. Christy, on August 28th, 2006 at 10:36 am Said:

    HA! “Oh Jane!”

  7. Russ, on August 28th, 2006 at 11:02 am Said:

    At least she wasn’t thirsty!!!

  8. jillbryant, on August 29th, 2006 at 2:03 am Said:

    oh..no…
    and - the comments from the men here…
    gotta say - very icky funny.

  9. Lindz, on August 29th, 2006 at 9:11 am Said:

    me = laughing hysterically at my desk! I love your girls!!!

  10. Bonnie, on August 29th, 2006 at 2:15 pm Said:

    EEWWWW! (my first reaction)
    Hysterical laughter (my second reaction, after realizing my kids are past this stage and therefore, I won’t have to deal with this)

  11. meg, on September 1st, 2006 at 2:17 pm Said:

    that’s hilllarious. i just read it to my roomate and we were cracking up. thanks for sharing…

  12. like a fire » Cheetos Potty Training, on November 1st, 2006 at 11:22 am Said:

    […] After this experience, I thought we should get rid of it before she got other ideas. Parenting, full of training for youth ministry. […]

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