Okay, so I've officially entered the "Embarassed by your kid club." I thought it was bad when she shouted loudly when we entered a restaurant at a man with an eye-patch, "He's a pirate!" But no, it got even worse today!!!
We were at Wal-Mart (great place for all sorts of different people for your children to experience) today waiting in line at the pharmacy for Isaac's medicine. I thought I was going to get it for $4, which is why I went there, but of course, it was not on the approved generic list....I digress. Otherwise, I'd have dropped it off at CVS thru the drive-thru and picked it up later and saved myself the humiliation. But, I guess God was up for a good laugh at my expense today. :) We had to wait 40 minutes for it to be filled, and having loaded the kids in the cart already, I figured I could blow 40 minutes there while they were filling it. Madeline was under my skin from the minute we entered, as she likes to stand in the cart while Isaac rides in the seat. I was tired of repeating myself to no avail for her to sit down, sit down, sit down. I guess she was tired of talking to me, because anyone that would look her direction, she'd try to strike a conversation with. (Who am I kidding, this kid will talk to a wall...didn't have anything to do with me :) ). Anyhow, we were in line to pick up the medicine and in front of us was a young (20 something) African-American man and he sat on the bench in front of us and looked our direction. Well, Maddie couldn't miss this opportunity to talk to a stranger! He had a puffy hairdo (a.k.a. afro) with a pick in the back of it, and she looked right at him and said, "What do you have in your hair?" and she made a crooked face. He pulled it out and showed her and said, "It's a pick." And she said, "Why did you put your brush in your hair?" Clearly, she was not going to let up until she got a good answer. He was very nice, and smiled and said, "I can't put it in my pocket, because it pokes me." She said, "You didn't listen to your momma when she said you need to leave it at home." No Joke!!! Well, his mouth dropped open and he just started laughing, and she just smiled, so pleased with herself, that she'd finally figured it out! All the while, I'm trying to keep myself from cracking up, and at the same time, telling her that's inappropriate. What am I gonna do with that girl???!!! She's killing me! I'm gonna have to wear a wig next time I go to Wal-Mart, or better yet, put a wig on her!
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Oh, I am laughing, b/c that could so be my life. We were driving in a parking lot today and Brea saw a lady with a bright pink bandana on her head. I just sat there, knowing that the wheels were turning. All of a sudden she says, "Are you kidding me?"
I couldn't help but laugh, problem was, this was a lady with cancer so I had to get serious very quickly. Yikes.
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