The Whirley Pop

21 May 2014

So I started this post about mothering earlier today. About how it's hard and wonderful and how I'm learning so much about my attitude. Complete with a little anecdote and some neat one liners. You know. The usual fair from the R Log when Kate gets deepish and introspective.

But then my little brother redboxed Ironman 3, and I'm a sucker for a weeknight blockbuster. Of course I whipped out a wedding gift: The old. The faithful. Whirley Pop


Perhaps the same Whirley Pop I used last night when the same brother brought home Saving Mr. Banks. Perhaps the same Whirley Pop that I used the night before that for the run of the mill Shark Tank viewing. 

Perhaps I have a problem called popcorn, but if you still microwave yours then you have a bigger problem than I do. This baby does caramel corn and kettle corn and you never really have to clean it, it also will roast your coffee beans, but I don't know a lick about that because I'm not that hipster. 

This post brought to you courtesy of my iDevice from a crib mattress on the floor of my bedroom as I lie next to a squirmy 7 monther who almost won't sleep without two feet nestled into my stomach and one hand gripping my shirt. I will soon summon my semblance of abdominal muscles to extricate myself from the tete a tete in a vain and at best halfhearted attempt to teach the baby some soporific independence. No judging. Martha climbed into her son's actual crib, if I remember correctly. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. 

See you on the other side.


13 comments :

  1. No judging! Seriously, we feed them, wash them, clean up after them, they pee and poop and vomit on us, we commit to several decades of behavioral support... But SLEEP?! No, by God, they will fall asleep by themselves and sleep through the night at four months come hell or high water. Or we'll just lock the door and turn off the baby alarm and let the kid figure it out. Total pet peeve here. I don't get the pressure to "sleep train". My two year old still crawls into our bed. We did some midnight math and figured out that if everyone stayed in their own designated zone (ha ha), , we had 45 cm per person in our bed, for mom, dad, toddler and baby. That's a foot and a half. Totally enough, right?

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    1. I think a foot and a half is more than a lot of people ever get ;) You should feel right spoiled!

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  2. Sorry if that came across as some scary outraged troll-person. I just think it's stupid that parents go around feeling even a little bit guilty that their child isn't showing stellar age-inappropriate independence in this one area.

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  3. Umm I too have a blog post devoted to my Whirley Pop. Good luck with the sleep training! A necessary evil IMO.

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    1. As soon as I saw the title of this post, I was like, Theresa be geeking out right now! ;)

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  4. The sleep train has yet to pull into the station here, as well. Also, Mr. Banks is my favorite movie that I've seen in quite some time. I almost wrote 5 faves this week to include it but since Jessie's my name and procrastination's my game...no.

    I do good ol' fashioned stovetop here too but it's a pain to clean up. Could whirly pop be the answer??

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  5. The Whirley Pop is the best kitchen invention ever! It should be a requirement for anyone that eats solid food.

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  6. So I told Ryan I found another kitchen must-have and he replied with, "let me guess, this is coming from Kate." He knows me all too well...

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  7. I have asked for a whirley pop for every gift giving holiday for the last year, including holidays that aren't gift giving (happy flag day Lil, have a whirley pop! What a dream!) I love popcorn on the stove top, but my large pan lid is MIA currently so it's been a week without!! Plus say whaaaattt kettle corn?!? Caramel corn!?!? Oh my!

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