Thursday, May 7, 2009

Little Sneaks!

Not that long ago (a decade is not that long) I was a freshman at BYU. I lived in on-campus housing with five other roommates. My roommate, Melissa, had a pretty great movie collection, which she generously shared with us. One weekend she went out of town. Her movie collection was inadvertently (could it have been purposefully?) locked in her closet. Knowing that she wouldn't mind us watching one of her videos...we did what any normal roommates would do. We broke in. Sort of. The tops of our bedroom closets were connected....so there really wasn't any "breaking" of anything...but we did "enter." Well, actually, one of us entered. She was the tiny one...the only one of us who could climb to the top shelf, fit in it, slither across into Melissa's closet, and (somehow) reach down (without falling off the top shelf) through the sea of hangers and clothes and open the locked door. She was successful and we nicknamed her "Sneaks." And that was what we called her the rest of the year. It just stuck (the sign of a true nickname). And now, as I remember her, I cannot recall her real name. She was Sneaks.

Anyways...when I downloaded pictures off my camera onto the computer, I was surprised (again) with a slew of pictures I did NOT take. I guess I'm rooming with another little "Sneaks." Those Sneaks...they're sneaky!!

Here's some our little Sneaks' photography:

(So this picture rules out Treyson as the "Sneaks")



Okay...now the following is a picture I took. Examine it... you might not be able to tell...but there are 8 (EIGHT!!!) Fruit-by-the-Foot wrappers in that garbage can. Treyson was napping. Carson was at school...so we know the little "Sneaks" involved in this mystery.
How sneaky...or maybe not so sneaky...
Where was this Sneaks' mother?
Oooooo....now there's a mystery...

13 comments:

Bob and Julie said...

Hilarious!! Seriously had me laughing out loud! I am trying to imagine your roomate "sneaks" position while getting that movie...hmmmm. Next time I leave you alone in my house, I'm going to have to take inventory of everything!!

That picture of Treyson is priceless...so glad the "sneaks" got that! And that Nixon takes after my Nathan. I seriuosly have NO IDEA how they he gets those things in his little paws so fast and then opens them and eat them without me hearing. I bought a box last week, left it on the counter (because I didn't get my groceries put away) That night when I got back, I went to put the box away...and it was EMPTY...every fruit by the foot was GONE!!!! Derrick innocently said that he didn't even get one, Amanda was with me, so then when I confronted Nate, he just looked at me, like "Duhhh".

Kathy said...

Matt will come home sometimes and ask how something happened at home that one of the kids did. I don't know how I don't catch those naughty sneaky kids. I came down yesterday to find Larke in front of a pile of half eaten strawberries. Thankfully I still had enough for the dessert I bought them for in the first place.

Steven and Kristin said...

Ha ha ha! That is so funny! You'll be a super-sleuth-mystery-solving mom before long with all those sneaks in the house!

jillpill said...

The pictures of the army dudes are pretty darn hilarious! Boys are the GREATEST! Good luck in the future with "Sneaks"! Our "Sneaks" I have found is a certain 8 year old who likes candy when the diabetic isn't looking. tricky tricky!

Rick and Angie said...

That's too funny and it made my night!!! thanks!!!

Erickson Fam said...

so funny! All I have to say is at least the fruit by the foot trash made it in the trash and not behind the couch like it does it my house!

Alisha said...

I'm just impressed that all the wrappers made it to the trash!

Holly said...

Nixan the "sneaks"...I like it! So adorable! Can't wait to see him. Your kids have grown so much! They are adorable!

Kari Dawn Edmunds said...

Hilarious! I love the funny things kids do!

Cyndi said...

He is sneaky. Cameras and fruit roll ups are just too tempting.

I love the pictures of this toys guys. They crack me up.

Norma said...

Wasn't it Kate, or Katie, cause we had 3 but then we all just called her "sneaks" cause 2 Katie's was enough!

Norma said...

NO, it was kathleen right, but went by kate or katie

Katie said...

I was thinking her name was Kathy or something, but Norma's got it -- it was Kathleen :-) I can't believe we had Kate, Katie, and Kathleen!