Table Manners

Jill Smokler, AKA Scary Mommy

Jill Smokler, AKA Scary Mommy

What started as an innocent on-line baby book to chronicle Jill's stay-at-home days with her children, (Lily, Ben, and Evan) quickly transformed into a vibrant community of parents, brought together by a common theme: Parenting doesn’t have to be perfect. Learn more here.
Jill Smokler, AKA Scary Mommy

@scarymommy

NYT bestselling author of Confessions of a Scary Mommy and Motherhood Comes Naturally (And Other Vicious Lies). Fond of curse words, sarcasm and Diet Coke.
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Jill Smokler, AKA Scary Mommy
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Clearly, we have some work to do. {Charming, isn’t he?}

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1 Rhea March 7, 2009 at 11:36 am

Oh, my god, that’s messy. SUPER MESSY. But totally adorable.

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2 rmgales March 7, 2009 at 11:37 am

Oh my, perfect picture for a messy baby contest.

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3 Marinka March 7, 2009 at 11:43 am

Ding! Ding!

How adorable is he? I hope that Day 5 is better.

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4 starnes family March 7, 2009 at 11:51 am

What? You don’t get food on your toes when you eat?

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5 Shannon March 7, 2009 at 12:16 pm

I think I’ve mentioned before how my 8 year old still manages to get food in her eyebrows.

Yeesh.

And so sorry to hear about day 4 :(
But maybe the worst is over?…

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6 Juls March 7, 2009 at 12:23 pm

TOO Cute~!

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7 Sam_I_am March 7, 2009 at 1:02 pm

haha, my aunt makes fun of me because I used to be messy when eating spaghetti in my younger days, but I think he just beat me out for that award lol

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8 Cristin March 7, 2009 at 1:10 pm

Kids covered in food are my favorite…

I hope day 5 is better, and that you have plenty of booze…

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9 Life at the White House March 7, 2009 at 1:12 pm

You seriously have some super cute kiddos.

I hope tomorrow is better!

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10 Dawn March 7, 2009 at 1:31 pm

can I say that my hubby has been this dirty before? I mean not his toes because he can’t reach them, too fat.
Dehydration is a big in the ass to fix in kids. I hear you Momma!

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11 T Rex Mom March 7, 2009 at 1:52 pm

Messy but makes for great photos! I hope day five finds things a little better – take care!

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12 Jennifer March 7, 2009 at 2:18 pm

He’s so cute, who cares if he’s messy?

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13 Susan March 7, 2009 at 2:46 pm

You know they’re good when they get the food all encrusted in between their toes… I love the pic. Classic! Hang in there!

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14 Mary Moore March 7, 2009 at 3:07 pm

Tomorrow will be a better day.

At least he’s enjoying his meal!

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15 Piece o' Coconut Cake March 7, 2009 at 4:33 pm

OMG, even the FEET!

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16 Momma@Live. Laugh. Pull your hair out March 7, 2009 at 4:39 pm

Awwwwwwwwwwww….so cute! Glad it wasnt my kid!

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17 Nicole March 7, 2009 at 4:43 pm

Yummmm spaghetti?!!!!
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18 Lizzie March 7, 2009 at 9:38 pm

well regardless of how he’s acting, he sure is cute :)

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19 noble pig March 7, 2009 at 9:42 pm

Yeah I figured. I know when I have surgery day three is always the worst for me then it’s all good.

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20 Julie March 7, 2009 at 9:49 pm

Poor kids…I had mine out as an adult and I was such a huge weenie. Hope he perks up soon!

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21 Rachael March 7, 2009 at 11:57 pm

Holy crap that is totally cute!

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22 DysFUNctional Mom March 8, 2009 at 12:32 am

I’m still working on table manners with my NINE year old son. So, yeah. Good luck.

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23 Scary Mommy March 8, 2009 at 5:44 am

I am still finding sauce in crevices, after two baths. And, oh no- this is the baby, Evan. Ben, my three year old is the patient. And he is in no condition to have his picture taken. At all.

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24 Christy March 8, 2009 at 7:01 am

Oh, so cute, and you’ll get through it!!!

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25 The Dental Maven March 8, 2009 at 7:21 am

After your kid has surgery, EVERYTHING is GOOD, even sauce between toes.

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26 Laurie March 8, 2009 at 7:56 am

I love it! What an awesome photo that you’ll treasure forever! I love little kiddo feet!

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27 Jenni Jiggety March 8, 2009 at 9:08 am

He realllllly enjoyed that spaghetti! Cute!

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28 Nan March 8, 2009 at 9:40 am

Hee hee! I love kids with food on them. I remember watching Mum LICK my sister’s chocolate off of her… And swearing I would never do anything so gross. Hope Ben is better on day 5. Poor baby!

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29 Midwest Mommy March 8, 2009 at 11:41 am

Whole Foods is doing a photo contest…this should be entered. So cute!

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30 Cookie Crums March 8, 2009 at 12:38 pm

Love the picture! Are we NOT supposed to eat and get our feet in on the action?? HE HE.

Hope HELL is getting a little less hellish.

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31 Cindi ~ Moomettesgram March 8, 2009 at 12:49 pm

Like all guys, he'll probably clean up nice & grow up to be a real charmer!

Visiting from MBC & fav'd your blog to Technorati!

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32 Tabitha Blue/Fresh Mommy March 8, 2009 at 3:22 pm

SO messy but SO cute and adorable… although a pain to clean up I’m sure! Sorry about day 4, hope it’s getting better now!!

:)
~Tabitha~

freshmommyblog.com

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33 Swirl Girl March 8, 2009 at 3:25 pm

just think – it came , it went, it’s now day 5!

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34 Maggie May March 8, 2009 at 7:44 pm

I just took cell pics of this exact same face last week at work (i teach preschool)

look at those chubby feeet!!!

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35 Ryan Ashley Scott March 8, 2009 at 9:09 pm

Orange is SO his color. :) Sorry to hear about day 4… maybe day 5 was better?

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36 TattooedMinivanMom March 8, 2009 at 11:17 pm

Lovely :)

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37 angie March 9, 2009 at 3:34 am

What fun is food if you can’t smear it all over your face? We all do this at our house. Does that mean it’s not appropriate? j/k.

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38 Live.Love.Eat March 9, 2009 at 7:52 am

WOW. Now that’s one of the messier spaghetti kid pics I have seen. And cute to boot. He even got it all the way down to his feet. WOW.

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39 Pink Heels March 9, 2009 at 8:12 am

This picture is priceless! You are a good mom for letting him express himself through food!

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40 Jen March 9, 2009 at 10:12 am

Manners no but cuteness, my oh my yes!

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41 Tiffany @ Lattes And Life March 9, 2009 at 12:09 pm

So sweet. I love foodie face pics. My 2-year-old still gets super messy when he eats and I’m still snapping pictures. Can’t resist!

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42 Temecula Real Estate Mom March 10, 2009 at 7:02 pm

I hate to break it to you, but my boys are almost 8 and with the exception of the foot actually on the table…they still look like this after spagetti…and that is what’s for dinner tonight!! I really miss my dog…He took care of messes like this for me!

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43 Call Me Cate March 10, 2009 at 7:36 pm

I don’t have kids – does that wash off?

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44 Kat March 11, 2009 at 5:44 am

I love it…so messy and cute!

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45 Donna Perugini September 21, 2010 at 12:33 pm

Saw your tweet and decided to see about table manners…..Oh Yeh! We had those table manners in our home too. Thank God they lasted only a short time! I think either hosing them off or throwing them in a tub works well.

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