If you Give a Mouse a Cookie

Moms, do you ever feel like you're living in the story, "If you Give a Mouse a Cookie?"  That is totally my life right now.   I think Laura wrote this book just for me.

If you give your children a cookie, they're going to want some milk.  If you give them some milk they'll make a mess and want some napkins to clean it up.  While they're cleaning it up they'll probably get their clothes wet and have to go change them.  When they change their clothes they'll remember that they wanted to paint their fingernails to match.  After you paint their fingernails they blow on them until they're mostly dry and then want to paint a picture.  You'll get out all of the paints, papers, aprons, etc...and they'll paint until their hands, the table, the paper, and chairs are covered with finger paint.  All of the colors of the paint will remind them of their favorite book and they'll want you to read it to them.  They'll decide that they want all of their stuffed animals to hear the story too and set them up along the couch.  Then they'll forget entirely about the story and start pulling all of the cushions off the couch to make a fort.  They'll want you to get a blanket to go on top of it, and a flashlight to see when it gets dark.  You'll go into the kitchen to get a flashlight and they'll follow you.  Being in the kitchen will remind them that they're thirsty and want some milk...chocolate this time please.  When you get them the chocolate milk, chances are they'll want a cookie to go with it.