Thursday, January 24, 2008

Science Center Mayhem....

A good friend of mine recently "retired" from her job as an attorney and decided to start a new career -- that of a stay at home mom! I couldn't be happier about it. Our girls are a month apart and her son is 9 months older than Caleb. She's due at the end of May with their third child... We haven't been able to get together since she joined the ranks of the unemployed, so we decided that today was the day. Since we both were due to renew our Science Center memberships, we decided to meet down there after Katherine's gymnastics class.

As soon as we got there, I took off the kids' coats and hung them up, and then went over to update our membership. While I was doing this, the kids (as usual) went to take a stroll through the gift shop. They have a rotating inventory of super cool stuff depending on what type of special exhibits are there, and the kids are always taken by unique things they have. OK, I must confess.... they're not the only ones who love checking it out!! LOL!

Anyway, all of a sudden, Katherine comes running up to me screaming and crying. She's terrified and has what appears to be blood ALL OVER her. I'm not talking a drop or two either.... It's literally dripping down her face and all over her shirt. It looks like she'd been hit with a paintball. She's covered and scared to death... She's sobbing uncontrollably, so I immediately try to find out what happened, and determine where the blood is coming from.

She leads me to the gift shop and can barely get the words out. All she can do is point to the floor and sob. FINALLY I figure out that THANKFULLY it's not blood at all. She was having too much fun with the horrorball, and it blew up on her -- literally. It's this squishy ball thing with fake blood and bugs on the inside. Not something I would have chosen to play with, but hey ...... Somehow, Katherine popped it... Oh, my goodness.... I think I've had my scare for the week!

Tonight I have the all important parent-teacher conferences at preschool. I know I'll get a glowing report, but for some odd reason I'm still a little nervous. After I get home, it's a late girls night out at the movies. We're seeing 27 dresses, and I'm ready for a good laugh with great friends!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I want to see that movie. Can you imagine being in 27 weddings? The blood thing was GROSS. Thanks for sharing. LOL