Thursday, June 01, 2006

Five Year Old For Sale

Can be adorable, articulate, and artistic but has developed a slight tendency toward tantrums (before school, after school, at bedtime, when hungry, when tired, when desirous of unobtainable object, when departing, when thwarted, when tormented by sister, when tormenting sister...really, hardly at all).

Comes with lots of toys, good book collection, ridiculous amount of clothes, very small baseball glove, bike, and booster seat.

Will go to highest bidder (we'll pay shipping) (hell, we'll pay you). No givesies backsies (OK, if you can eliminate the tantrums, we'll take her back) (better eliminate the baby talk too).

7 comments:

landismom said...

There's really nothing more cloying than the baby talk of a five-year-old, is there?

Phantom Scribbler said...

I'll trade you for one slightly used toddler (weaning optional).

Libby said...

Hmm, sorry, I'm not buying, but my sympathies. I could trade you for a know-it-all eight-year-old (almost nine), which would make his sister happy, but I'm not sure that would really be an improvement for either of us!

Deb said...

Ha, I could've written this, Becca (even though mine won't be five until next week)!

And I agree with landismom: the baby talk is *the* worst!

Sinda said...

**WHY** does the baby talk annoy me so much? I have to walk away, I seriously can't stand it.

Too funny - maybe we should set up a swap meet and pass them around.

Anonymous said...

Is she a Red Sox fan? If so, J. would gladly take her for a while, at least.

my mind & welcome to it said...

oh. you wanna trade?
i have a lovely 9yo little girl.
with other people, that is.
yu wont have the constant nagging about an IPOD.
(grandma got her one of those, so now its constant nagging about a cell phone).
no: momma, what can i do to change your mind.
and this is a child who already has three american girl dolls, a beatiful wooden disney bed for these dolls, her own tv/vcr. and much more. hey, they come with the package.

no constantly challenging whatever you say. no, why why why 20X a day.

however, you will get an only child who doesnt do a darn thing for herself. i have to give her her clothes in the morning. i have to give her a glass of milk. i have to change the TV channel. theres more, but youd be horrified.
maybe for you, shell do it all herself.

her diet is limited to: pasta, pizza and milk. hey, thats easy, isnt it. oh, and anything full of sugar.

shes very affectionate. so affectionate, that she insisted on sitting with me on a leather chair at home. and it broke. (youre welcome to that too).

hey but look at it this way: you get to avoid the next 4 years.

i know this is long, but i cdnt resist.