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February 1, 2008

Operation Rascal

Operation Rasal is an ongoing insurgency campaign against the established household authority. Objective: Create as much chaos as possible to force the current "benevolent dictatorship" to hand control back to the masses.

Commander: James

Mission Christmas Cookie:
Using distraction of cookie dough playdough, gain access to kitchen tools, lubricate in cat's water dish, lick an replace. Successful

Mission Recital Snack:
Drag stepping stool from bathroom to kitchen counter. Take bite of each pumpkin muffin slated for older kids' Halloween recital party.
Successful

Mission Winter Garden
Gain access open front door and plant new colored pencils tip down in tulip planter.
Successful

Mission Udvar-Hazy

Climb restraining wall and gain access to helicopter at the Smithsonean Air and Space museum.

Unsuccessful...this time

Mission After Dinner Clean-up
Scale table and retrieve open sour cream container. Smear contents on table, self, rug and carpet. Share excess with the cat, taking turns for fairness of course.
Successful

Mission Doorknob

Drag stool to kitchen door for use in reaching doorknob in attempt to gain access to garage.

Unsuccessful (note: Surprisingly, I seem to have reached a height to now make doorknobs accessible and further missions possible)

Mission Tropic Lightning

Remove patches from Daddy's uniform and place his taro leaf shaped Tropic Lightning battle patch (the insignia of the unit he went to war with) on my diaper in an imitation of GI Joe at the Fall of Man. Successful

3 comments:

Fr. Chrysostom said...

That was hysterical!

What is it with you? Your kids are all gorgeous!

Rachel May said...

He was less than cute when he decided to play in the kitty litter this morning though....

Michelle said...

good one!

I thought we had gotten Peter past this stage, but he seems to have simply gone dormant for a bit and emerged more mature (meaning capable of greater destruction).