Mountain Dew Night

So, the other weekend my parents had agreed -or begged- to watch Chase overnight while I had a night out with some girl friends.  My Mom, Chase and I went out to Taco John's for dinner before my night of "whooping it up" (Ya, you're right, I can't really pull that off) began. I believe Taco Johns's was the perfect choice- because frankly, what two year old doesn't want to have a gallon of nacho cheese and a fist full of potato ole's for supper?  Well, Chase ate an entire box of fruit snacks (Dora ones of course) on our drive to my parent's house, so I figured he had already consumed his servings of fruit for the day, so he could have a dinner that was a little less nutritious.

While at dinner, Chase asked me for a drink of my pop- which of course was Mountain Dew.  I typically wouldn't have let my child guzzle down a 16 ounce cup of caffeinated Mountain Dew at 7pm, but since he wasn't going to be in my care for the evening, I thought this would be a great idea.  So guzzled he did.

I came- well stumbled- home at 3 am hoping to sneak down to the basement of my parents house, curl up into a ball and sleep blissfully until at least 7 am without anyone knowing I was even in the house. But my dream of sleeping in (or sleeping at all) was crushed when I walked into the house and saw my two year old, sitting straight up in bed waiting up for me as if I was a teenager who missed my curfew.  But not only was my child waiting up for me at 3 am, he was up for the day (Did you know that Barney is on at 3am?  And did you know that Barney is not any less annoying at 3am?), and I guess so was I.

Lesson Learned:  Do not teach your child how to bong Mountain Dew before bedtime unless you know for a fact that you are not sleeping in the same house as him.

 
On a side note: My mom told me that around midnight my child strolled into the living room where her and my dad were watching tv, crawled up into a rocking chair and nonchalantly asked, "So, what are you doing?"  Apparently caffeine does effect a 2 year old.  Who would have guessed?  Certainly, not me.