Too Funny!
This morning my kids were arguing over who was going to get to hold their new cousin first–when she arrives, which could be any day now–and here’s how I decided to handle the solution. Both kids have guessed the baby’s birth weight and whoever is closer to the actual weight wins the honor.
“I think the baby is going to weigh 7 pounds 4 ounces because Aunt Brooke is HUGE,” my daughter says. (Lessons in tact are clearly in order.)
“I’m guessing 6 pounds 2 ounces,” says my son. “She’s not that big. She’s pregnant, idiot. She’s supposed to be big.” (I just love how they call eachother names. It warms a mother’s heart, I can tell you.) ”And if you go over, then you lose.”
“That’s not how we’re playing. It’s whoever is closer, remember?”
Son puffs up and shoots me a look in which I know my intellect is being called into question. “Well, that’s not how they do it on The Price is Right. If you go over, then you LOSE.”
Alrighty then. That’s good to know. 
August 28th, 2007 at 8:00 am
It’s true. Whoever gets closest to the value of their showcase without going over wins the prize. You want the contest to be Bob Barker approved, don’t you??
August 28th, 2007 at 8:33 am
Good to know that Bob Barker is the final authority for rules…
August 28th, 2007 at 8:36 am
If only all tough decisions in life could be determined by the Price is Right rule book.
August 28th, 2007 at 9:13 am
Hey! This is Guess the Weight of the Baby not The Price is Right.
“Your house, your rules!”
August 28th, 2007 at 9:27 am
LOL at The Price is Right. When I was in high school I wrote a letter to the network over the inanity of The Price is Right. They wrote back that not every show could appeal to everyone and they hoped I’d find something else I liked to watch.
August 28th, 2007 at 9:54 am
I’m with Kimberly’s mom.
August 28th, 2007 at 10:00 am
Ha! But yep, I’m with Kimberly’s mom, too–your house, your rules. When Bob moves in, he can make the rules (and pay the mortgage…
August 28th, 2007 at 10:18 am
It’s funny how TV often defines rules we set up for real life, isn’t it?
Kids say the darndest things!!!
(The Price is Right just doesn’t seem the same without Bob Barker anymore, does it?)
August 28th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Andrea, I have to admit I have never watched an entire episode of The Price is Right. But my son obviously has.
Kimberly, hope your feeling better!
Kira, you’re so right, lol
Kimberly’s Mom, I think m kids are getting very weary of my rules.
Jen, LOL, I can so see you doing this!
Fedora, if Bob would move in and make the mortgage he could make the rules, too.
Kathy, I have to admit the comment had me rolling. And of course, the Boy didn’t think it was all that funny.