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A conversation between a mother and a father.
“Morning. How did you sleep last night?” - Mother
“How do you think? Terrible. Little Boy has to sleep in his bed at night, not ours.” – Father
“Well, just wake up and put him back to bed.” – Mother
“He comes to your side of the bed. Why don’t you put him back?” – Father
“I’m too tired. Having him in the bed at night isn’t nearly as draining as having to entertain him all day. It’s like having a vacuüm stuck to your head sucking the life out of you.” – Mother
“I totally agree. We have teenagers. I thought our imaginative play days were over. Playing dinosaurs isn’t fun anymore. I always have to be the wimpy dinosaur. The one that gets eaten.” – Father
“At least you don’t have to pretend you’re the mother cooking dinner. Nothing like reenacting the thing you hate doing in your real life.” – Mother
“Shh. I hear something. Be quiet or the Vacuüm will wake up. Then we won’t have a moment alone.” – Father
“Okay. I’ll speak softer. How about some breakfast?” – Mother
“Sure.” – Father
Mother opens refrigerator door and looks around. Mother closes the door.
“Where are the eggs? Are we out of bread? There isn’t any milk. How are we supposed to eat breakfast when there isn’t any food? I went shopping two days ago.” – Mother
“It appears the teenage Vacuums have eaten all the food.” – Father
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poor mom and dad!
Yes indeed. Poor mom and dad.
I knew we had a lot in common! I’m just working on a post about vacuums – only the mechanical, nonhuman kind. Still I was amazed to see your title!
Vacuums are universal. We all have to deal with the human vacuums…unfortunately. They are amazing at their ability to suck the life out of us.
Oh gosh. Vacuums abound your house. Hold on tight before you guys get taken away.
I guess I do feel exhasted after a day with kids similarly to a day at the office. They fight, and they argue and they fight again… But at the same time hugging them or just looking at their picture in my office gives me energy. I cannot imagine my life without them.
Sadly, I can picture my life without the kids. It would be a lot quieter and more food in the house.
Signs of things to come for us as we have a 15 week old…conversations with husband follow the same theme – sleep and food
there is never enough of either…will I one day get more sleep? I could do with a little less food 
Sleep and food situation will get better as the child ages, until the teen years.
I keep hearing about the “teen years”…I was a great teen, but was the youngest of 3 and my older siblings did the damage…
I knew my husband when he was a teen…trouble…what are the odds that Baby will take after me?
I wish us all luck!! haha!