I saw this ad come across my Facebook feed this morning, and it couldn’t have been at a more appropriate time.
Remember how I told you all about how we used to meticulously care for our vehicles? How they were so shiny and clean, and how we so harshly judged parents who went rolling around town with a Goldfish cracker graveyard and sippy-cup asylum in their back seats?
Smug 24 year old vows to keep brand new, shiny Jeep shiny and fresh-smelling forever and ever.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
We just returned home from our road trip to Columbia and St. Louis, MO, and our Jeep… has seen better days. While this is a shade more extreme than the general state of things when we’re driving day to day, this is pretty standard for how things look after 15 hours of family fun on the road.
Yes, we give him gummy worms and “coffee” (chocolate milk) to quiet him while he watches endless DVDs. Do not judge. 15 hours is a REALLY FREAKING LONG TIME.
We aren’t sure what these mystery substances on his door and window are. Honestly, we don’t want to know.
I used to really take care to keep his car seat clean, washing the cover about once a month. Now I just take care to make sure there’s nothing that will mold or curdle left in the cup holders.
Toddler mayhem, it lives.
Kendall is 3.5 years old and Leyna is 9.5 months old. Can’t wait to see the level of destruction once she starts partaking in the sippy-cup tossing events.