As you know, we have a snake living in our garage. He's welcome to stay there as long as he doesn't get any ideas about coming into the house. Don't worry, he's non-venomous. He is welcome to hang out in the garage and eat as many frogs as his little snake heart desires. Last week the Frog Annihilator shed his skin and the kids found it. Oh, the wonder! Oh, the excitement! Oh, the teachable homeschool moment!
I exclaim, "Bring it in and we'll show Daddy when he gets home!"
Now, here is where my mothering fails miserably. I don't think to tell the kids WHERE to put the snakeskin. I stupidly think they'll just KNOW that the appropriate place to put a snakeskin is in a plastic bag, in the laundry room or in a plastic bag, on the school table.
Uh huh.
Imagine my shock when, hours later, I am cooking dinner and move a bowl of tomatoes to find the snakeskin perfectly posed on my kitchen counter. The skin "head" of the snake was looking directly at me. I managed to not scream. I managed to not throw the bowl of tomatoes across the room. I managed to not shriek in horror and do the I'm-such-a-girl-I-cannot-stand-this-ickiness dance.
Maybe I'm getting used to this parenting gig.
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You know you are going to have dreams about snake eyes now, don't you? How much bleach did you use to clean the counter? Put it on J's pillow. Then stick in one of Mo's purses. It'll become your own "Where's Waldo?".
ReplyDeleteUm, next time we're doing our cooking class homework at MY house.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to stop writing about frogs and snakes and such. The pest control ads are freaking me out!
ReplyDeleteI refused to touch the snakeskin. I waited until Chet got home and told him the story, showed him the snakeskin. He laughed about it, picked up the snakeskin, looked at it, THEN PUT IT BACK ON THE COUNTER!!!! I didn't realize this until the next morning when I went into the kitchen for breakfast. So, I had to cowboy up and touch the icky snakeskin. Rest assured, my kitchen has been sanitized. As have my hands.
Don't snakes carry salmonella?
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