"Guess what? Weeeee ate all the cookies in our roooooom. Now you can't have them."
"So? Mom said you've eaten all your treats until next Thursday. So you can't have any of the do-nuts. Princess and I get the rest."
"Oh. Um. Buddy? I ate the donuts."
"All of them?"
"Um. Yeah."
"AGAIN? MoOOOOooooom!!! Why this time?"
"Haven't I told you how bad PMS feels?"
"MOM!"
"You asked."
"You have to stop that."
"Yeah, I know, but they have voices, Buddy. You don't understand. They won't leave me alone. They call out (donut voice), 'Keeeeeeerrieeeeeeee. Come eat us. We know we are 360 calories but we are sooooo good! Think about our coconutty crunchy goodness and come eat us. And when we're gone, we won't be able to bother you any more.' They're loud."
"You could just cover your ears, Mom."
"Buddy! It's not like they're people. They have donut voices. They can even seep into your pores. And you can't cover all those up. The only solution is to never go into the store so you don't see them."
"Fine. I'm going to buy Twinkies."
"Oh honey, you can't. The Twinkies have voices, too."
"Yeah, I know. But I'm going to pass them out to the kids and we'll eat them right away."
"Oh. Well then. Go for it."
I have figured out how to deal with the guilt of eating the kids' snacks! I just buy snacks exclusively for me and hide them. I only eat them after the kids go to their rooms. (Nutella has a very hypnotic voice).
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I have found that eating all the donuts (brownies, cookies, or whatever)is the best way to stop the voices, too. OR...throw the whole freaking batch directly into the dumpster in the garage. And then dump soiled kitty litter over the top. That way when they call my name, it's easier to ignore.
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