Gooo!

Could anything freak you out more than these hideous things??! Trav brought them home from school on Thurs. and has since enjoyed chasing me around the house with them in. Apparently he has spent many hours doing impressions, spacing out the teeth, coloring and polishing the gums, and making cavities everywhere, until it was just perfect. Perfect...

He didn't expect me to react so badly, but they are so freakin' gross! They are nothing like the fake teeth people buy for Halloween. They look REAL and it doesn't help that he puts on a Gomer face, changes his voice to some back-woods hick, hunches over and tries to KiSs me with them! I seriously ran upstairs and got under the covers one time. He LoVeS it! Shudder.

Would YOU kiss this face???!!! Maybe don't answer that.

So if you can believe it, ever since I did that week long nanny job, I have been back numerous times for little jobs. I know, I'm desperate. And, as my loving husband puts it, I couldn't say no to my worst enemy. I do get a kick out of watching Ella lick her bowl clean whenever she is eating, thus getting pasta sauce, clam chowder soup, or whatever concoction all over her face, neck, and hair. And no, she does not let me clean her off without throwing a fit.

Ok, so I was having a hard day Thurs, as I scrapbooked old teaching pictures. I just miss my kids and my classroom! So when I pulled up to the house and these kids poured out and attacked me with hugs before I could get out of my car, my heart melted just a bit. Catherine then proceeded to draw "I love Steph" with a heart around it on her Etch-a-Sketch. So cute. Well, after dinner they wanted me to play Operation with them. Turns out, this was no Operation game I've ever heard of. They promptly dubbed me the "dad". As the dad I was the doctor (they then called me Eric..... their dad's name who also happens to be a surgeon...). I was told that I ,and only I, was to do ALL the operations and get all the money. When I tried to protest, so that they had a turn at playing, they threw a tantrum, trying to explain to me (the ignorant newcomer) that that is NOT how the game is played. The "dad" does all the work. So I did all the operations, and got all of the money. I then was told to hand ALL my money over to Alexandra, who was the "mom". She quickly put the money in her purse then went to Catherine, the "store owner" and spent all of her money on clothes and shoes. Hmmmm. Where do kids come up with these things?? I believe they have taken good notes on how the world works. Or at least their family. Needless to say, I laughed so hard, and decided Operation had finally taken on a quality, making it worth playing!