When my boys were little, they were obsessed with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! We had every turtle created with all of the unbelievable accessories. Belts, knives, helmets, and whatever else a turtle needed to take over the world. But there was one thing that I did not have and that was the sewer for them to live in. So these poor guys had to live in a toy box, which I'm sure they were not accustomed too.
There was one thing I knew about these turtles, they loved their pizza, and so did my kids. If dinner was not ready or it looked like mom may order out, PIZZA!!!! was the tribal call. Sometimes they got it, sometimes not. (I love to cook so mostly they got what is better known as a HOME COOKED MEAL)!
One evening when pizza was a possibility, they were supremely excited, about the pizza not the style, LOL....so Cheese and Pepperoni it was. Little did MOM know, they were saving some of the pizza for their turtles....their plan was to feed their Teenage Mutant Ninja's what they had left, but then head to the bathroom and send some down for the local TMN's that lived in the sewer!!! I heard them laughing and talking so I left them alone, no one was fighting, no one was crying. Time for mom the clean the kitchen. THEN I heard it!!! WATER pouring...where was it from? To my not so great surprise, the TOILET! They had overflowed the toilet with pizza leftovers they were sending to the turtles in the great abyss. Now came the crying, the fighting, it was me! Fussing at them and crying because I had to clean the bathroom too!
I asked my little Turtle lovers what the heck they thought they were doing? They told me that the Ninja Turtles were hungry and they had promised to feed them the leftovers. I asked them when did they talk to these Ninja's? With cute little smiles, and sheepish grins, they told me they have conversations with them every day at 3, when they came on the TV. Of course they did!! Sheesh!!
Well I cleaned up the pizza and toilet mess, cleaned the kitchen, cleaned the kids, cleaned my self after that fiasco....sent them to bed and NO MORE PIZZA for a very long time!! Do I miss those days? ABSOLUTELY I do. I don't want to do them again anytime soon, but my fear is now that my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle lovers have grown up, they plan to supply me with a new chain of turtle lovers! And they have started. So I may be cleaning up Grand baby turtle loving pizza messes for a long time to come!
