Today at lunch, my darling boy stuck a carrot up his nose, pulled it out and then ate it. It apparently caused quite a stir among his classmates!
His teacher is a bit up in arms about it and the lunchroom staff is making him have a "silent lunch" tomorrow. While gross and unsanitary, I think it is rather funny and quite normal.
Two of my friends (both the mothers of boys) reinforced my feelings. Nikki said: "Boys hardly do things alone. Aidan was probably not the only one. Just the only one that got caught!"
And Kathy said: "Why are they getting all up in arms over that?! I love it. Gabe has just started realizing he can put his finger up his nose. Boys will be boys. :D"
ETA: The funniest comment came from my former boss, also named Cathy: "I think they should all take carrot out of their butts and get over it. I would have laughed and snorted milk out of my nose!" To which the aforementioned Nikki then added: "And this is why Cathy has been banned as a motivational speaker at elementary schools. Can you imagine? When she finished with them...Aidan would have been telling the teacher just that. 'If I take the carrot out of my nose, will you take the carrot out of your butt?' LOL."
I have a funny child and funny friends!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Mommy swap #2
No, we don't swap families (although there are days when any number of us entertain the thought briefly) but we swap goodies between mommies. I had so much fun participating in last fall's Motherhood Later Rather Than Sooner group swap - both giving and receiving - that when the leader proposed another swap this spring, I didn't even have to think twice.
The swap is not really a swap between two people, but is more like circle: A sends to B, who sends to C, who sends to D, who then sends to A. And this time around we are doing a secret swap this time; the recipient does not know who is sending them a package until it arrives.
I sent off the package to my swap recipient yesterday and since she does not know that I am the person sending to her, I can go ahead and talk about it here. Of course, I suppose there is always the risk that she might figure it out if she reads this post, but I will take that chance.
The theme of the swap is Pampering Mom, so I chose to knit a back scrubber and a soap sock:
The soap sock is much bigger than I anticipated; she can almost use it as a shower mitt, too.
I addded a few other goodies, such as spa socks, a bar of handcrafted Cafe Latte oatmeal shop (purchased from Karen's Soap Co.), a skein of Malabrigo in the luscious Tiger Lily colorway and a bar of Dove dark chocolate. Aidan was with me when I went to Sugarfoot Yarns last Saturday and was very excited that I let him choose the color. He chose a great color!
I chose items that I would like to receive, and I hope my swap recipient likes them, too!
The swap is not really a swap between two people, but is more like circle: A sends to B, who sends to C, who sends to D, who then sends to A. And this time around we are doing a secret swap this time; the recipient does not know who is sending them a package until it arrives.
I sent off the package to my swap recipient yesterday and since she does not know that I am the person sending to her, I can go ahead and talk about it here. Of course, I suppose there is always the risk that she might figure it out if she reads this post, but I will take that chance.
The theme of the swap is Pampering Mom, so I chose to knit a back scrubber and a soap sock:
The soap sock is much bigger than I anticipated; she can almost use it as a shower mitt, too.
I addded a few other goodies, such as spa socks, a bar of handcrafted Cafe Latte oatmeal shop (purchased from Karen's Soap Co.), a skein of Malabrigo in the luscious Tiger Lily colorway and a bar of Dove dark chocolate. Aidan was with me when I went to Sugarfoot Yarns last Saturday and was very excited that I let him choose the color. He chose a great color!
I chose items that I would like to receive, and I hope my swap recipient likes them, too!
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