butter me up!

My friend Katie over at wilson ramblings asked a great question regarding one of the fun facts on my fifty-one is tons of fun post.

Her question: Why did your mom smush bread and butter in your face?

Well Katie, it just so happens that I was quite the whiner when I was little (probably around 6-8ish). I came home from school one day and wanted a snack. For some reason, that day I really had a hankering for a piece of bread with butter spread on it. Let me state for the record that I do not know why I would eat this and that to my knowledge I have not eaten a piece of plain bread with butter since this event occurred. A roll with butter...yes, I will eat it. A breadstick with butter...yes, I could and would eat it. But a plain untoasted floppy piece of bread with butter...no. I would not, could not eat that now. I wouldn't eat that with a cow. I wouldn't eat it on a boat. I will not eat it with a goat. Okay, you get the picture. I digress.

The best I can remember it, the exchange between my mother and me probably went something like this:

Caroline: (in a whiny tone) I want a piece of bread with butter

Mom: (in a calm voice) Alright, give me just a minute and I'll get it for you (getting the bread and butter out)

C: (whinier) I wanna piece of bread with butter!

M: (more flustered) okay, okay, I said just a minute (buttering the bread)

C: (really whiny) ButIwannapieceofbreadwithbutter!!!!!!!

(Ending #1) - Not really how it happened

Mom: Caroline, #@$%&*$#@$*$###$%#$!!!!!!!!!!

(Ending #2) - How it really happened

Mom: (with a frustrated sigh, smashes the piece of bread with butter into my face)

C: (with a look of shock, mouth wide open, and whining) WAHHHHHHHHHH! Why did you do that?

That's all I remember. Did I deserve it? Absolutely! Do I constantly remind my mother of this moment? I don't have to because now that I'm a mom, she loves to tell the story to others. I think it was told at my baby showers and anytime that our family gets together. She's smiling on the inside now that I'm dealing with a whiner.

Payback's a b*$#@!