So, this afternoon I was laying on my couch taking a little break from unloading groceries and folding laundry. Bean had been playing in his room for a while and I took advantage of the quiet to just sit for a little bit. Then, as I’m laying there on the couch, Bean walks by on his way to the kitchen. Real nonchalant-like.
Only, he has a diaper on his head.
Like a hat.
Or, really more like a yamaka.
“Man, I hope that was a clean diaper,” I thought.
That’s when I got up and followed Bean into the kitchen, where he was dancing a little jig. All by himself. Just standing in the kitchen.
So, let’s recap.
Bean finds a clean diaper in his bedroom and puts it on his head. Then he deliberately walks across the house to the kitchen where he gets his groove on for about five minutes all by himself.
What a weird, weird child I have birthed.
1) Tabitha (From Single to Married): Not weird, creative! :) (10.04.2010 06:11am)
2) Mary: My brother used to put pull-ups on his head. The first time he did it was on the way home from the grocery store. We were pulled over for something but got off with a warning because the police officer couldn't stop laughing. (10.04.2010 07:36am)
3) Lee Ann: Too funny! When I read the first lines, my screen wasn't showing photos, and I said: "There had better be photos of this." You do not disappoint, Katie and Bean! Thank you for the laugh to start my day. (10.04.2010 08:27am)
4) Lee Ann: Mary, that's as funny as the Bean story. Can you imagine what all went through the officer's head when he walked up to the car? You made his day, I'm sure. (10.04.2010 08:28am)
5) Sara @ embrylovescookies: Leave it to kids to make us laugh! Great pics!! (10.04.2010 08:48am)
6) Jen C: sometimes a (little) man's just gotta dance....and sometimes he needs a special hat to do that particular dance. but ya at least it was clean. (10.04.2010 09:01am)
7) Ella: That is so funny and cute! He looks so proud of himself in the 2nd last photo. Toddlers do the funniest things. My son came into our living room the other day with my bra around his neck! (10.04.2010 09:56am)
8) Kendra: That is awesome! (10.04.2010 10:27am)
9) Jamie: The yamaka! It kills me! (10.04.2010 10:40am)
10) Mindee@ourfrontdoor: Don't you wish you could hear what goes on in their little heads? (10.04.2010 10:41am)
11) Lindsay (YoungMarriedMom): I absolutely agree that the kitchen is the best place in the house to dance. Well done, Bean! (10.04.2010 11:07am)
12) Jennifer: I'm crying cause I'm laughing so hard! Too funny!! (10.04.2010 12:20pm)
13) Bhuvana: Very funny! And not weird at all. P.S. - Sorry to be a nitpicker, but it's actually spelled yarmulke. It's also known as a kippah - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kippah. (10.04.2010 12:24pm)
14) Jaclyn: When I saw you tweet this last night I laughed out loud, and the pictures/longer story are just the icing on the cake! Too cute and very funny :) Kitchen dances are the most fun kind! (10.04.2010 12:58pm)
15) Kat @ Living Like the Kings: hahaha that is awesome. I love it. Way to be ready with the camera! (10.04.2010 01:10pm)
16) Megan @ Red Dirt and Crazy: Yamaka...hilarious!!! :-) Megan (10.04.2010 02:06pm)
17) Nate's Mom: I'm pretty sure Bean was singing, "If I were a rich man, ya ha deedle deedle deedle deedle dum." Look! He's perfectly posed his arms like Tevye! (10.04.2010 02:25pm)
18) Beanie's Nana: YOU ARE SO RIGHT! It fits perfectly. (10.04.2010 02:29pm)
19) Ashley @ According to Ashley: I bet he learned it from his daddy! :) (10.04.2010 08:23pm)
20) Mary: Well, the officer thought he had a head injury and that we had just come from the hospital. He asked what happened and my mom turned around all confused to look at my brother and then said, "nope, that would be a diaper." Easily one of our family's top five favorite stories! (10.04.2010 09:59pm)
21) Kristen: I was just going to point that out! I'm also a stickler for spelling. (10.05.2010 12:46am)
22) Bhuvana: Phew - glad I'm not the only one who notices misspellings! (10.05.2010 01:04pm)
23) Carrie T: Too funny!!! (10.06.2010 02:08pm)
24) melissa: dear katie, this is great. i have a photo of my kid wearing a diaper on her head as well. one of my favourite photos is of my kid at age 2 with the whole head of a ken doll in her mouth. it totally validates my feminist, queer self. you are charming and witty. love, melissa (10.08.2010 02:33pm)
25) Abby C,: ROFL! My younger brother wore diaper-hats all the time when he was a toddler. It got to the point that his play dates demanded them so that they could join the in-crowd - we have blackmail pictures! (10.20.2010 12:34pm)
26) Amy: Because I'm anal, I have to point out that's spelled "yarmulke". And now I hate myself for being one of "those people." Going back in my corner now. (10.20.2010 04:08pm)
27) Amy: And now that I figured out that I can SCROLL through the comments, I see that other anal-retentives have already pointed that out to you. Sorry! (10.20.2010 04:10pm)