The joys of Parenting. I tell you, the journey is never ending. I know that someday (maybe even later as I post this) I will laugh at the "good ideas" my daughter has come up with. Today was one of those days at the office when you can't wait to get home to your child(ren). I stared at her picture wishing it would be 5:00. And then it was and I was off to the race to get to her.When I picked her up at the sitter, I did not notice anything odd about her. I loaded her backpack, bid the sitter farewell and went on my merry way. The first thing I did once getting in the car was buckle up, lower the volume on the radio and then flip my rear view mirror down to look at her gorgeous face. I then did the most routine thing, "How was your day Punkin?"
She replied, "Someone put an acorn in my nose".
My reaction was of course "WHAT? WHO?"
And of course she replied, "Umm, I dunno" .
My mind started racing a thousand miles a minute, then I paused and thought, maybe she is joking. I am not going to race back to the medical center and pay $100 copay to find out that I have a comedian on my hands. So I calmed myself and told her that it was not nice to tell lies. She then starts whining that she wants to get it out NOW!!! I then realized that it was not a joke at all. As she paniced, her breathing began to make a whistling noise. I rushed home, calmed her and myself down as much as I could and then I thought about taking a look at the damage.
I laid her down in her bed, turned the light up all the way and tilted her head back. There was definitely something in there. I felt around her nose to gauge how far in it was and it was in there pretty far. I massaged it until i got it to the entrance of the nostril. Finally I pried it out with my nails and it was out. I sighed in relief and then began a long winded lecture about foreign objects. I ended my lecture with the usual, "You could have died!"
She vowed to never do it again and pranced out of the room. I wondered if she really meant that or if she rolled her eyes at me as she left. I was also left wondering what the next parenting adventure might be.
