Gross Out!

I cannot
For the life of me
Get two kids to bed at the set bed time

(Granted - 

I am the bed time setter - 

But still!)

When it was just Miss M and me
The schedule was set
And we rarely deviated from it.

But with two
It's double of everything
Double clothes out for tomorrow
Double teeth brushed
Double roses and thorns
Double water bottle refills
Double questions
Double the procrastinations
Double the fun
Double the time
Double the pleasure

(Of double-mint, double-mint, double-mint gum.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.)

Tonight
Was late
AGAIN

First I had Miss M's
Parent Teacher Conference

(SURREAL being on the other side of the table and talk!)

(She's an amazing student by the way

And NOT a behave problem!

Woo hoo!)

Then I had a nail crisis

(Note to self - acrylic nails suck!)

Then dinner out
(Because I am not superwoman and was too lazy to have to deal with dinner tonight(
And then showers
And then three pieces of Halloween candy
And then
the
GROSS
OUT!

Ms. O went to the shoe rack to pull out her shoes for the morning
"Maryann?
Why is there water all over the counter?"
"I don't know -
Go brush your teeth and I'll look at it."
Five minutes later.
"Maryann?
What was that water from?"
"I don't know -
I forgot to look."

I walk over
I attempt to move the jack-o-latern

(That I had brought inside over night each night 

Because I didn't want to tempt anyone to the point of 

Destruction)

And the pumpkin is squeezable
And then I realize there is mold coming out of the eyes
Like furry, gray, stringy mold
That's not water.
It's rotten pumpkin juice.
(Note to self - pumpkins go rotten MUCH quicker in Arizona than in Michigan)

Notice anything wrong with Miss M's creation?

The pre-mold look

Now picture three girls
Squealing
Grossing out
Freaking out
Over the mush state
Mold state
Nasty state
Of our works of art

Ms. O says
"I didn't realize we were doing a science experiment
When we craved our pumpkins!"

There was a great mixture of
Laughter
And
Horror.

Especially as I stuck my hand in both
Pumpkins
In order to retrieve the
Battery-operated strobe lights in them.

Can you see the mold pile off the top of the lid???  SO nasty!

I joked with the girls if I die young
We'll know it's because of my mold exposure.

Miss M pipes up.
"You can't die.
Cause then who would be live with?"

Then I promised not to die too young
Not until after her mommy was all ready to care for her again.


Then she smiled and said
"Well, at least when you die you know you are going to heaven,
Right, Mommy."

"Right, kiddo."

Then during prayers tonight she says
"And dear God,
If I die when I am young,
I will be happy
Because that just means I will get to come and live with you quicker."

Then when she got done praying she says to me,
"Mommy,
I could picture the sweet angels in heaven saying
'Awwwwww' when I was praying
And then I could hear God saying to them
'Shh....I'm listening to Miss M pray to me."

Miss M blows me away on a daily basis with her profoundness.
Truly.

Tonight's praise and prayer request is coming in a second blog!