Every night, when I put my one-year-old to bed, I remind my four and six year olds that they are not to interrupt the putting-the-baby-to-bed-process, which takes about two minutes because he’s a third kid.  I have to remind them not to yell for me. I have to remind them not to scream. I have to remind them to only get me if there is an emergency. “Okay, guys?” “Okay, Mom.” “Okay?” “Yes, Mommy.” This evening, after I was upstairs for about one minute, my four year old started screaming for me. “Mommy!” “Mommy!” “Mommy!” “Mommy!” I threw the baby into the crib and ran down the stairs as fast as I could. What could it be? What happened? Oh, God!  “Look!” He was eating a handful of chocolate chips that I had given him. Two were stuck together. Two chocolate chips were stuck together, and he thought it was “so, so, so important” that I needed to see it right away. The end. UPDATE: I have to add this great comment from Not-The-Mom: “Here’s hoping all your family emergencies are on par with that one!”

Every night, when I put my one-year-old to bed, I remind my four and six year olds that they are not to interrupt the putting-the-baby-to-bed-process, which takes about two minutes because he’s a third kid. 

I have to remind them not to yell for me.

I have to remind them not to scream.

I have to remind them to only get me if there is an emergency.

“Okay, guys?”

“Okay, Mom.”

“Okay?”

“Yes, Mommy.”

This evening, after I was upstairs for about one minute, my four year old started screaming for me.

“Mommy!”

“Mommy!”

“Mommy!”

“Mommy!”

I threw the baby into the crib and ran down the stairs as fast as I could. What could it be? What happened? Oh, God! 

“Look!”

He was eating a handful of chocolate chips that I had given him. Two were stuck together. Two chocolate chips were stuck together, and he thought it was “so, so, so important” that I needed to see it right away.

The end.

UPDATE: I have to add this great comment from Not-The-Mom: “Here’s hoping all your family emergencies are on par with that one!”