Wednesday, March 18, 2009

I should be a Mathematician, by Emily

I love being a parent. All day I get joy from ridiculously small things. It's just basic math. Where n equals anything:

my child + n = ridiculous amount of joy

For instance:

Figure 1: A table. Boring.








Figure 2: Theorem Applied
Diana + a Table = ridiculous amount of joy














Here are some more examples:

Diana + Fence = ridiculous amount of joy














Diana + Sandbox = ridiculous amount of joy












Diana + Glasses = ridiculous amount of joy








Of course, the theorem fails because Diana + the grocery store = a very cranky mother, and Diana + the Medicine Cabinet = frantic calls to Poison Control. And for some reason not everyone finds bliss in Diana picking the flowers out of their landscaping. I suspect that there are a few people in this world who wish that children didn't exist at all. If those people ever start giving out free chocolate bars, I'm going to be suspicious.

5 comments:

Hoggards said...

LOL! You are so witty! I love that post!!! I love you guys and I totally LOVE Diana! :)

Sariah English said...

You crack me up! motherhood is the best! I love all those photos. And if "those people" do starting giving out chocolate bars make sure you check to see what kind of shoes they are wearing!

PatrickandErica said...

Dianna + Payson = ??
hmmm, toy stealing & tears.... hee hee, j/k
I see Dianna loves all the same things as Payson. He just played in some window light a couple weeks ago -so cute!

Alexis said...

Diana looks just like Lizzie in that picture with the glasses!
So why does Diana + Grocery store = Cranky Mom and not Diana + Big chocolaty mess = Cranky Mom...I think you must be a nicer mom than me to find joy in the things that would drive ME crazy

Warren said...

This is the same principle that makes 1,000,000,000 (Diana) + 1 (anything else) about 1,000,000,000.