My children are good at trying to stay up later or for getting out of bed once we have bid goodnight.
… I need a drink … I’m hungry … I have a tummy ache … I need a wee … I can’t sleep … I’m too hot … I’m too cold … I need another kiss … I need another cuddle …
I’ve heard them all.
This is possibly the best one I’ve heard so far …
5 year old – Muuuuum
Me - Yes?
5 year old - I think I left my invisible dog downstairs, can I go and get her?
Me - No, you can’t
Possibly the worst thing is what I did next.
I, the sensible adult, stood at the top of the stairs, whistled for the invisible dog to come upstairs and then settled it at the end of the 5 year old’s bed.
I think I just lost ANOTHER marble.
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LOL – This made me laugh so much. We have the same bedtime problems but my two are obviously not as imagianative as yours. We have pretend guinea pigs but they live quietly in the cage with the real guinea pigs…..
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Hi, just thought I’d leave a comment here to let you know that you are hilarious. I have real tears running down my face and I may even have leaked a bit!
We have same problem in our house with the bedtime routine and even though dh lets 5yo dd get away with it I am the hard mummy (!) and put my foot down.
That is until last night when I went to the loo and found her camped outside her bedroom door telling stories to the cats and ROGER (our invisible house guest)!!
Hah – if that had been my child, there would have been very loud complaints as soon as I called the dog upstairs: “That’s not MY invisible dog! That’s someone else’s!”
The latest ploy from the 6 year old to delay bedtime is “But I have to tidy my room.”
They’re cunning aren’t they? The five year old prob doesn’t give two hoots about the invisible dog. She’s prob laughing at your gullability as we speak.
*pats on head*
*backs away slowly not making eye contact*
There, there.
I wonder if my hubby would settle for an invisible dog?!? I might have to suggest this
Far cheaper than a real on … I can assure you
I had an invisible horse who mainly lived behind the sofa!
My youngest daughter was a terrible sleeper till she was 5, in fact she still likes to party rather than sleep. When she was about 2 ish she used to blame her midnight awakenings on her two invisible friends, Baby and Boy.
One day she decided, “Baby and Boy don’t live here anymore”, god, was I glad to get rid of those brats!
What’s another marble in the grand scheme of things? I have to say we have yet to come across an imaginary “dog” – we do however have several imaginary babies and a “Troy”, “Sharpey” and “Gabriella”. Worryingly they tend to appear in the bath?
I think you lose all said marbles the day you give birth don’t you?! No? You lose one per week you say? Damn!
My 7 year old is the only person i know to need a wee 8 times in 20 mins when its bed time. Im keeping quiet about your invisible dog or he may well want one!
Ha! Fabulous. Having the same probs over at mine, bed time is getting later and later until I hardly get half hour alone! Ho-hum.
RMxx
Well, all the GOOD comments were taken, so I’ll just say this is effin hilarious! I luv you!
Thank you!
I had an invisible dog as a pet for a while. They were all the rage over here in the 70′s. Basically, it was a leash with a bit of stiff wire in it that went down to a collar / harness. So you walked it and it looked like there was a dog in it. Mine had a little bottle up where you held the leash, so your invisible dog could releave themselves.
It was something like this: http://www.amazon.com/BWacky-Joke-Invisible-Dog-Leash/dp/B0006GK8GE
Do you know … I remember going through a phase when I was about 10 of wanting one of those.
You’re mental.
That is all.
Pot .. kettle?
I had an invisible frog as a pet. I made my mother get back onto a plane when I lft him sitting on the window ledge after a flight.
My poor mother!
If we go on holiday we will be leaving the invisible dog with our real dog at the kennels
Equal rights for invisible pets! I have two invisible dogs and a whole house of invisible monkeys (should I admit that here!) and Top Ender has an invisible husband and a lot of invisible children…
I’ll be going home tonight to lay down the law … only one invisible dog per household nad NO monkeys!
LOL!
Neeenaw, neeenaw, neeenaw…..they’re on their way.
They arrived and I went all invisible …
You allow dogs in bed? I have never heard of invisible dogs – are they as hairy as the other ones?
Our REAL dog isn’t allowed upstairs let alone on the bed, which makes this madness even more concerning.
You’ve still got marbles left? Mine are so long gone I don’t even remember what they are.
Bless the invisible dog. Does it also feel the need to get into the dog food and spread it all over the kitchen floor again?
I thought I’d lost them all, but it appears there was one left
Forgive me for saying, especially as I don’t know you, but do you have that many left to loose?
Perhaps, send the invisible dog to fetch it?
That’s just it … the invisible dog swallowed it …