Recycled Cake
Me: “Maya, what is that on your shirt?”
Maya: “Nothing.”
Me: “That brown stuff there, what is that?”
Maya: “It’s nothing. It’s not chocolate or anything.”
Me: “It’s 9:30 in the morning Maya, I hope you aren’t eating chocolate. Are you eating chocolate?”
Maya: “No.”
Me: “Don’t lie to me Maya, I can see chocolate on your face too. Where did you get it?”
Maya (guilty face): “I didn’t have chocolate.”
Me: “I am going to be more upset if you are lying to me than if you ate chocolate. Tell me the truth – did you have chocolate?”
Maya (scared for her life): “Yes I did.”
Me: “From where?”
Maya: “From the cake box that was in the recycling pile.”
Me: “WHAT?”
Maya: “It was just a little bit.”
Apparently there is nothing like icing from an old cake box. Bonus points if the box is in a recycling pile.
I realize that I shouldn’t be giving parenting advice seeing as my kid is basically eating out of the trash, but allow me to share a pearl of wisdom:
Encouraging your kid to tell the truth when you know she is lying isn’t always the best approach. Why? Because when she finally tells you the truth you can’t smack her silly without contradicting yourself. And where does that leave you?
Mad as hell with nobody to smack.
While I'm not going to win Mother/Wife of the Year Award anytime soon, I haven't killed anyone yet or shot myself in the head. And that, my friends, is how I calculate success these days. 
FANCY THAT FANCY THIS 
Oh Maya! This reminds me of that sex and thr city episode where Miranda eats Betty Crocker devils food cake out of the garbage.
AHAHAHAHAH I absolutely loved this story! How funny. I’m pretty sure I did something like that when I was younger. If you ever find a mass amount of hair under Maya’s bed and she tells you it’s not from her Barbies, just look at her Barbie’s new do’s. Apparently when I was younger, I thought I could get away with that one.
LOL– yes!!! This is a child after my own heart 🙂
On the bright side, it sounds like Maya takes recycling to a whole new level. 🙂
Too much!
Totally George Constanza from Seinfeld – remember when George eats the eclair out of the garbage can and gets caught?…oh maybe I’m the only Seinfeld freak here…love George, he always makes me feel better about my stupidity…
Those “buns” in your header? Do you eat them? Or just for prettiness? It’s so inviting, and I feel like I want to come, drink tea, eat scones with you and talk tales 🙂
I did eat those exact scones from my header – I took that picture during tea time at Harrods in London a year (or maybe 2) ago. We’ll definitely have to eat scones and talk tales when you come visit Los Angeles!
Looks like she’s being resourceful – no food must go to waste!
The cake was still in the original container and sitting on TOP of the recycling? She can’t be blamed. You may as well have just left a note on top saying, “Eat this cake Maya.” What child wouldn’t have?
You’re so right though. Once you teach the child about telling the truth your hands are tied as far as discipline. At least this was a minor issue. Better than a navel ring (those days are ahead).
hahahahah!! ooooooooooh maya. she is way to cute and precious 🙂
Can I borrow her?
And there IS ALWAYS someone to smack…most of the time, many women SMACK themselves, or each other.
I say “smack attack” and leave a kiss imprint on the box. There’s nothing like love to make the urges all worth it.
I think someone already said it, but yeah- reminds me of Miranda eating the chocolate cake she made out of the top of the trash…
A girl’s gotta get her fix somehow… 😉
Wow, that’s totally something I would have done as a kid.
…I might even do it now.
Chocolate cravings are tough to overcome.
that’s hilarious – what a great story. so did you find anyone to smack in the end? Perhaps this calls for a punching bag somewhere in the house — never too late to take up Thai Boxing!
I never did find anyone to punch so I just yelled at a bunch of people while I was driving and it made me feel a little bit better. 🙂
Oh my goodness! That is priceless.
This was too funny!! Proves Maya is a normal kid that is desperate for sugar.
Hahahahaha….Ameena you tell the best stories. I love this! Poor Maya..when you want chocolate you gotta have it!
HA HA HA HA HA. That was great. And, c’mon, like you haven’t wanted to do that before! 🙂
The real question is, why was perfectly good cake frosting in the recycling pile? After years of living with the hubster, expiration dates are simply guidelines in my mind. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again- that Maya is one smart kid! 🙂
HAHAHAHAHA! I love it! Obviously a mother of more than one child. With my first, everything had to be sterilized, leftovers thrown out after two days, and if she ate anything from the trash I’d call the poison control hot-line (true story). By the third kid, they ate Cheerios that hit the floor before continuing with what was in their bowls (I guess floor food had more flavor) and I wouldn’t mind because then I wouldn’t have to sweep up afterward.
Hahaha! Oh dear. I’m not looking forward to those days. Honestly, I think the next house I get, I’m putting a secret hidden room in it so I can hide everything I don’t want the kiddies getting near in there. Which means I might have to lock myself in that room too :-D. Have a great day Ameena!
omg, hahahaha. I guess I know now for when I have children to never leave chocolate cake boxes out in the recycler. lol
you are teaching her great values of not wasting anything 😉
I know there’s more to this story. Do tell. I can’t wait to hear your explanation of why “waste not, want not” isn’t working here.
lol! This reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where George eats an eclair from the garbage and gets caught by his girlfriend’s mom!
Once my dad caught me eating Mr. Barky’s Vegetarian Dog Biscuits…
This goes to show you where there’s a will to get chocolate there is surely a way! Funny.
maya is hilarious. I can’t believe she ate from that. ohhh the mind of a 5 year old!!
LMAO, seriously, I would have peed my pants if I was there to witness that exchange of dialogue.
Chocolate must be her favorite! Sorry I just could not help laughing. The cake on the box looks very good – very tempting. If it was flattened and folded, may be it would not get visitors in the recycling pile. I just love Maya already!
hahahaha that is kind of awesome. Its almost like dropping food on the ground and just eating around the parts that actually got dirty. 🙂
Maya deserves points for trying to reduce the food waste in your household, lol!
ROFL……’nuh’ said! In this single post you have capsulate everything we love and hate about parenthood!
PS – Howz the book coming along?
Ciao, Devaki @ weavethousandflavors
The book is coming along slowly….it is a lot harder than I thought! I hope to have it done sometime in the next 20 years or so. 🙂
It could have been 7am….
“mad as hell with nobody to smack”
hahahahahahaha
I have had that feeling so many times. my boys are too little to smack and my husband.. well he calls it domestic violence. so can’t smack him. bah
Oh Sana – I wish I had some words of wisdom for you but Ali calls it domestic violence too….
Maya rocks! Thanks to Maya for giving us an opportunity to hear a great story and valuable knowledge!
That is pretty funny 😉
Reminds me of a commercial for “Grounded for life” in which the son of the family is told that he cannot continue eating out of the trash or drinking from the toilet (ew).
XD
Yes Maya has great look toward the recycling. We have old saying Children are gods, as they don’t how to tell lie. Once they learn how to tell lie, they become humans.
This is funny! Except in my house, I’m usually the one picking crap out of the recycling bin to eat…well, not so much anymore but last year when I was on a low-carb diet, when I was having a carb breakdown, no carb was safe, garbaged or not!
Love the part of your post where you say you were mad and had nobody to smack! still laughing…ya, smacking would be so satisfying. I think I’m parenting in the wrong generation. I should have been around in the 1800s when it was encouraged to beat your child with actual objects.
oh maya. i totally get it!
That is too funny! At least she didn’t get it out of the trash! No other choice but to laugh this one off I suppose 🙂
Too funny–that’s all I can say.
I love the tags you put on this post – my kid eats out of the trash. Followed, of course, by the actual reason she decided to go ahead and do it – Trader Joes chocolate cake rocks!
Priceless!
Haha! I love that you tagged this “My kid eats out of the trash”! Have a great day!
laughing out loud at my computer at work. coworkers think i am crazy, but at least i am being entertained 🙂
Well at least Maya likes to recycle! I love hearing little kid’s try to lie…I imagine I would be less tickled if they were my own. Have a great day, love!
Maya is a smart girl~ she likes to recycle…too cute! Thank you so much for visiting my blog~ come again! 🙂
I was dying over your tags too! kinda says it all! THAAAAAAAAAAAAAANKS for the hu MUNGOUS laugh and smiles!
Maya rocks! she is SO 5! (mine would have shrugged his shoulders, made that too adorable face to be in trouble and said “it was an accident”.
hahahahahaha
The many adventures of Maya. LOL. I haven’t laughed so loud in quiet. Goodness…HA!
your Maya stories always crack me up. she’s a hoot and a half. and adorable as hell. this one totally made my day! XO
Hahahahahaha!! Maya likes her chocolate!! 😉 Too funny!! 🙂
HAHAHAH thanks for making me laugh…I think I was maya when I was younger!
That’s priceless. You should meet my Mom, my brother and I used to double team her like Maya until we got the double jeopardy ‘let outa jail clause’ lol
OK…., I’m feeling guilty now 😦
I often have a 9 a.m. chocolate craving, and it sounds like Maya just found a resourceful way to take care of it.
Hahahaa.. that is just absolutely perfect. At least we know Maya won’t ever have to worry about going hungry. 😉
I have a really good feeling about Maya. She doesn’t like to waste anything, she’s clever, and she’s honest (even if it takes a little push). I see bright things for her!
I wonder if you ever ended up smacking anyone? If not, I think it’s time to visit Escalade Dad.
I didn’t end up smacking anyone but I think I will look for Escalade Dad today when I go to pick Maya up!!
dude, it wasn’t in the trash, it was totally on top. i would’ve done the same thing :p
Keep telling yourself, look at the big picture. 🙂
I am cracking up!!!!! HAHAHA! I’m sorry but this is the funniest thing I’ve heard all day. I would have freaked out.
Omg hilariouss. I don’t know why but it’s taking time for me to realize how young she is. Now that I think about it though…when I was 5 and my brother was 4, we would eat jello with our hands and even a raw hot dog while my mom took her afternoon nap-so bad! Atleast you caught Maya. This happened multiple times without my mom’s knowledge haha.
I just texted my sister in law who has a two year old daughter and told her she needs to start following this blog asap.
This is way too funny…Love the dialog, kids are so great with their thought process 🙂
Words to live by! For that reason, I’d never question my sister when I knew she’d done something. I’d just storm into her room, unleash some hell, and walk out. It worked either way– either she knew what she was being punished for, or knew that I was not in a mood to be messed with.
Of course, she’d chase after me and we’d wind up in a grappling match that usually involved hair-pulling.
Haha well at least she made the box more fit for recycling! And at least it wasn’t out of the garbage bin. Now you would have HAD to smack her for that 😛
Haha, I can perfectly imagine how this went! 😀
This reminds me of conversations I have with my dear hubbykins. He doesn’t eat out of the garbage but he does eat so much food behind my back even though I try to put him on a diet.
Bad hubby, bad!
*kisses* HH
Hi Ameena, I’ve been enjoying your hilarious blog for a while. Your Maya is such a cutie! Love how she keeps you on your toes. 🙂
ahahaha! That’s so cute, kids just eating whatever they think is good regardless of where it comes from…exactly how my sister is 😉
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“Mad as hell with nobody to smack.” – HAHAAHAHAHA…sorry, can’t help it..too funny. The best line ever and I know how it feels!! Btw are you going to tell Maya about your blog after she grew up later? :p
I can’t wait until Maya is old enough to read about the crazy things she used to do…and her crazy mother’s reactions!
I know I shouldn’t be laughing so hard, but … HAHAHAHAHA! Oh, poor Ameena … I love this line especially –> “It’s nothing. It’s not chocolate or anything.” 😀 You are fabulous, Ameena, to be able to see the humor in anything.
By the way, Maya’s not the only one who eats stuff out of the recycling … I may or may not have pulled stuff out of the trash when I was little …
BWAHAHAHAHA! Man you just have to love kids.
Hahahahah. Maya is hilarious! “it’s not chocolate or anything”. At least she isn’t a skilled liar?