Clean Out Your Pockets!

Question for you.

If a child (And really, he's not a child so much anymore. The boy is almost eleven.) puts something in his pants pocket to use throughout the day, shouldn't he also be able to remove that something from the pocket before tossing the pants into the dirty clothes? Hmmmm?

Yeah, I thought so too.

The cold, windy weather has descended on us and Cameron, being the lip licker that he is, has some chapped lips. He put some lip stuff in his pocket and then never took it out.

This is what I pulled out of the washer -- the lid is gone and so is all the stuff inside.

I presume that the stuff is melted and distributed nicely throughout the entire load of laundry.

If you see greasy looking marks on our clothing, this is why. It's not french fries, it's lip stuff.

So I'm all,

"Dude! You didn't take your lip stuff out of your pants!"

And he's all,

"You're supposed to check all the pockets before you wash anything."

And then I'm all,

"Oh no you di'n't just say that!"

I think some fire shot out of my eyes. Arms definitely flailed in exasperation and indignation.

So he's all,

"Sorry..."

Finding dollar bills in the wash is great. I've also gathered rocks, Hot Wheels, a pocket knife, and many coins. Crud, maybe it is my job. But lip stuff? Greasy, stainy lip stuff?

Please!

What's the worst thing you've pulled out of the laundry?