OMG!! WHEN I READ THIS I THOUGHT OF LULU'S MAKE UP! SEE WE CAN ALWAYS
BE GREATFUL FOR THE LIL THINGS!!


The Ellen Show was on and she read this submission to a contest from a
viewer:

So, we had this great 10 year old cat named Jack who just recently
died.
Jack was a great cat and the kids would carry him around and sit
on him and nothing ever bothered him.

He used to hang out and nap all
day long on this mat in our bathroom.

Well, we have 3 kids and at the time of this story they were 4 years
old, 3 years old and 1 year old. The middle one is Eli.

Eli really loves chapstick. LOVES IT.

He kept asking to use my chapstick and
then losing it.
So finally one day I showed him where in the
bathroom I keep my chapstick and how he could use it whenever he
wanted to but he needed to put it right back in the drawer when he was
done.

Last year on Mother's Day, we were having the typical rush around and

try to get ready for church with everyone crying and carrying on. My
two boys
are fighting over the toy in the cereal box. I am trying to nurse my

little one at the same time I am putting on my make-up. Everything
is a mess and everyone has long forgotten that this is a wonderful
day to
honor
me and the amazing job that is motherhood.

We finally have the older one and the baby loaded in the car and I am

looking for Eli. I have searched everywhere and I finally round the
corner to go into the bathroom. And there was Eli. He was applying
my chapstick very carefully to Jack the cat's . . . butt. Eli looked

right into my eyes and said "chapped." Now if you have a cat, you
know that he is right--their little butts do look pretty chapped.
And, frankly, Jack didn't seem to mind.

And the only question to really ask at that point was whether it was
the
FIRST time Eli had done that to the cat's behind or the hundredth.

And THAT is my favorite Mother's Day moment ever because it reminds
us that no matter how hard we try to civilize these glorious little
creatures, there will always be that day when you realize they've
been using your chapstick on the cat's butt.

hehe...thank you for that.

i certainly hope she didn't wipe my stuff on the kitties, lol...before
making such a mess.

That's too funny and it does make ya wonder.