Paul and I went to a farm store today to stock up on some hardware items as it was the store's annual open house. We opted to take Clark and Trent with us.
I got Clark his complimentary ice cream cone and took him and Trent out to the truck to wait for Paul. A quick check told me what I had already gotten a whiff of earlier: Clark needed a diaper change. (We will save the fact that he is 3 and still in diapers for another time....)
Anyhow, when you run to the hardware for a few minutes with 3 and 8 year olds, diaper bags don't necessarily cross your mind. At least it didn't mine. Good thing for me I generally stuff disposable diapers in the vehicles for just such emergencies.
I had Trent look around and sure enough there was a diaper behind the truck seat. It was a little greasy. Clark took one look at it and said, "That's dirty!"
I gave him the old "yes, dear, but you know when you're 3 and still wearing diapers and you are in this situation you have to take what you can get" lecture. Plus, I told him the inside was clean and that's what mattered most.
Well, I proceeded to secure the tabs and wouldn't you know, story-book-fashion one of the tabs ripped off the only diaper I had. I immediately thought of duct tape. Aren't people always joking duct tape is good for anything?? I found none.
About this time Paul gets to the truck and I asked hopefully (but doubting), "Did you happen to buy duct tape??"
"Yeah, why?" he asks.
Voila! We laughed at this whole manuever. The diaper was oily/greasy enough that the tape actually wouldn't stick, so we took it a whole round around him. Sorta like a duct tape belt. I think the whole thing hung a little low and wasn't the most comfortable, but it worked till we got home.
~Colleen
