The Strange Things Moms Say

Tonight I was half watching a reality show while I swept the crumbs from under my son's booster seat. As I dumped the dustpan into the trash I heard, "DO. NOT. MAKE. YOUR. CHICKEN. DANCE." I smiled. Replace "chicken" with sandwich, french fries, or green beans and you've got a sentence I've uttered myself on more than one occasion. I wonder, how many times a day we mothers find ourselves saying something that would ordinarily sound totally bizarre, but under the circumstances makes perfect sense?