As we were walking out to the car yesterday, Mabes found a rock that she had to take in the car with us. "It's my magic rock!" I wasn't sure what was so magical about the raisin-sized pebble, but hey, she likes to hold random things in the car so why object?
We got in the car and I called my mom (with my bluetooth, so it's safer, right?) to tell her about holiday plans. We were talking for all of 5 minutes when Mabes starts yelling, "My nose! My nose! My magic rock is stuck in my nose!" Oh you're kidding me. I know there comes a time when kids discover that their nostrils seem to be the perfect size for many things, but why? Thankfully, my mom was already on the phone and could hear the mayhem in the background. "You'll need tweezers," she responded with a matter-of-fact, been-there-done-that tone. I quickly got off the phone with her so I could pull over and deal with Mabes.
As luck would have it, the first place I could pull over was the park. As soon as we pulled in, Mabes gets really excited and starts saying, "Park! We're going to go to the park! I want to swing and slide and run!" Sorry, Mabes, you stuck a rock up your nose. You can't swing with a rock up your nose. I jumped in the backseat with her to see if I could get it out. Nope, too high up. She sneezed a couple of times, and even with me covering the other nostril, the rock wouldn't budge. So we headed back home for tweezers, with Mabes upset about the no-playing-with-foreign-objects-up-your-nose rule. Then I hear, "Yaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy! My magic rock jumped out of my nose!" I turned around to see a beaming Mabes pointing to an empty nostril. "The rock is gone! Now we can go to the park!" Well played, Mabes.
We went to the park. It hadn't been part of my plans, but since the only objection I had given was the rock up the nose, I figured we could squeeze in a quick trip. And then I promptly called Sarah, only to find out that I'm in for all sorts of things-up-the-nose fun, and that a 3-year-old's nose can apparently also hold several peas.
Monterey revisited
8 years ago
4 comments:
That is so funny. The worst thing my girls have put up their nose is their finger. I'll keep my fingers crossed and be grateful it's just that!
Fortunately for me, my boys haven't stuck anything up their nose yet. We'll see how long that lasts. Thanks for the good laugh. :)
Scary! Glad she was okay! I guess that rock turned out to be magic after all!!
I remember sticking a bean up my nose in Primary when I was a Sunbeam. I think my mom had to take me home to get it out. All I remember is the teacher calling while we were eating dinner to see if I was okay.
Great story...
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