November 7, 2011

• I'm Awful

  Today I took the kids to Wally World for a few necessities. As I was browsing one of the aisles, I saw a fake snake that belongs in the toy section up on a higher shelf. We were in the back of the store. I grabbed the snake, put it behind me and asked Caden if he had ever seen a snake. He says "yes." I asked him if he thought a snake could ever get in the store. As we are walking into the main aisle, he says "yeah, pra-bably through that back door right there" and points. While he is pointing I toss the snake into the aisle and when he turned around he jumped back and then screamed "ahh!" (I'm laughing uncontrollably as I write this.) I turn the buggy into the main aisle so I can grab the snake and make the joke be over. But the buggy caught the end of snake's tail and it did this incredibly life like spinning motion. This made Caden run backwards and scream "Ahhhh! Ahhh! Ahhh!" - High pitched kid scream, dontcha know. I get to the snake and snatch it up and see that everyone on the aisle is looking at us. Caden looked at me, shook his head, and said "You're a crazy Momma." He then took a deep breath. The closest people to us were a couple of high school boys and a young girl. I said I just saw this and couldnt' help myself and said "catch" and tossed the snake to them. Moments later an employee came around the corner, looked at the kids with the snake, and snapped "Are you going to buy that?" They said no and she snatched it away...giving us all the evil eye. It's been a while since I've had fun like that in Wal-Mart.

  My Aunt Beverly likes to dress up and scare little kids at Halloween. Her daughter, Lanette, told me she didn't get that like-to-scare-little-kids gene. I said I didn't like to scare little kids, but I do like to scare people. I recounted how I used to hide in the bed of trucks in our driveway and scare my friends when they walked up to the house. I guess I got the gene, today proved that it doesn't matter if they are young or old. If I see an opportunity to "get ya" I'm going to!

  The best I've ever been "gotten" is when my brother was about 13 or so. I walked into the laundry room on my way out of the house,totally unsuspecting.The house was quiet and I assumed I was alone. I almost had a heart attack when my brother popped straight up and out of the dirty clothes hamper. What made it really scary is 1.) It was very quiet and I thought I was alone. 2)The hamper was always full of dirty clothes...so the fact that ANYTHING could pop out of it was unsettling.Seriously if I was going to hide in the laundry room, the hamper wouldn't have been a suitable hiding place. Cody got such a kick out of it that he did it several times. I always look at the hamper anytime I walk into Mom's laundry room...half expecting something to pop out and scare me.

  Did you get the "gene?" What's the best you've ever got or gotten someone?

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