We were talking last night when Little Bug walked up to us and said, "ear hurt, popcorn." She had been eating popcorn and realized that she might have stuck a kernel in her ear.
I asked her, "did you put popcorn in your ear?"
Little Bug: yes
me (holding up a USB stick): did you put this in your ear?
Little Bug: yes
Me: What else did you put in your ear?
Little Bug: a puppy
At this point, we figured there was a chance that she may have put a popcorn kernel in her ear - but it was going to be impossible to get the straight story from her. I tried to scare her into telling the truth so I told her we were going to the doctor's office. She got excited and started singing, "doctor, doctor, doctor." I realized that trying to make her not afraid of the doctor's office by telling her the doctor's office was fun totally backfired on me.
We called some friends and they advised us to pick up one of those scopes to look in her ear and hopefully save us a trip to the emergency room. We headed to Walgreens and sat her down while we used the scope to look in her ear. She kept saying, "I can do it."
Her ears wound up fine, and she was thoroughly entertained by the whole ordeal.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Oh my Goodness, Halloween
Last night when we were getting ready to trick-or-treat for Halloween, Little Bug wasn't really excited about putting on her costume. So, I told her that "M" (the little boy in the neighborhood who she is obsessed with) wanted her to be a pink princess so they could trick-or-treat together. I've never seen her get dressed so quickly.
I was fixing her hair and she looked in the mirror, put her hands on her cheeks and said "Oh my goodness, Halloween."
We met up with the other kids from the neighborhood to take a group photo where not a single kid looked in the same direction, but no one had a melt down so we chalked it up as a success. Little bug wanted to walk around with the big girls (7 year olds) who were also dressed like princesses. She would run to keep up with them and if she was behind she'd yell, "Hey guys, I'm coming!"
Most houses she just took the candy and then yelled, "TANKYOU" - every once in a while she'd remember to say trick-or-treat. One guy answered the door and asked the girls to tell him who they were dressed up as, and they all stared at him as if to say 'listen man, just give us the candy and cut the small talk.'
We ended the night at a neighbor's house for some hot chocolate (since it was cold and raining). The bigger girls all started opening up their candy, so little bug started eating their candy. I showed her that she actually had some, too so she'd stop stealing from the girls. Little bug walked up to one of the girls and pointed to her own candy and then the little girl's and said, "this is mine, that is yours."
I was fixing her hair and she looked in the mirror, put her hands on her cheeks and said "Oh my goodness, Halloween."
We met up with the other kids from the neighborhood to take a group photo where not a single kid looked in the same direction, but no one had a melt down so we chalked it up as a success. Little bug wanted to walk around with the big girls (7 year olds) who were also dressed like princesses. She would run to keep up with them and if she was behind she'd yell, "Hey guys, I'm coming!"
Most houses she just took the candy and then yelled, "TANKYOU" - every once in a while she'd remember to say trick-or-treat. One guy answered the door and asked the girls to tell him who they were dressed up as, and they all stared at him as if to say 'listen man, just give us the candy and cut the small talk.'
We ended the night at a neighbor's house for some hot chocolate (since it was cold and raining). The bigger girls all started opening up their candy, so little bug started eating their candy. I showed her that she actually had some, too so she'd stop stealing from the girls. Little bug walked up to one of the girls and pointed to her own candy and then the little girl's and said, "this is mine, that is yours."
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