My family had just moved into a new town, and our boys were about 3 and seven. Some people from our new branch were coming over to visit and one man showed up early while my wife and I were still eating.
We had just bought my boys some rubber cobras from toys R us. Very big and very realistic looking. Well, boys being boys had to show off and were bringing out new toys to show him, then they ran out with the snakes. A moment later I heard this shrieking and him yelling "get them away from me". I ran in to tell my boys to not pester him, thinking he was just playing with them. They had a grown man backed into a corner on one leg screaming like a girl as they poked the snakes at him thinking he was playing.
Oh man, I wanted to laugh, but the look of terror on his face as two little boys had him cowering with rubber snakes. I still chuckle when I think about it.
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Lo, there I see my mother, my sisters, my brothers Lo, there I see the line of my people back to the beginning Lo, they call to me, they bid me take my place among them In the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live...forever
My story is this. My parents live about a block away and we can get to their house via a dirt farm road. One day I hear a car pull up and it's my mom. I go out to see what is going on and my little boy jumps out completely naked and my mom is unloading his tricycle. I ask her where his clothes are and she says he doesn't have any. He road the trike the near half mile to her house completely naked. I was supposed to be watching the kids and he snuck out without me knowing.
I was so embarrassed. I'm sure my parents already suspected my parenting skills were shoddy and after that I'm sure they knew for sure.
quote: valhalla wrote: "Oh man, I wanted to laugh, but the look of terror on his face as two little boys had him cowering with rubber snakes. I still chuckle when I think about it."
nita, that is the thing, they had to be fake! Little kids with cobras?!
I see him at church every Sunday, but we have never spoken of the incident.
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Lo, there I see my mother, my sisters, my brothers Lo, there I see the line of my people back to the beginning Lo, they call to me, they bid me take my place among them In the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live...forever
I guess one of mine lately was with my kids at Wal-Mart. I make this awesome chili stew and it's totally yumm-o, but it has some... eh... side effects, if you get my drift. So... we're walking down an aisle and my lovely 2yo boy is behind me and mumbles, "Mommy, you stink." Why on God's green earth I just didn't just ignore it is beyond me. I, monster idiot, had to say, "No, I don't." Lovely child then yells (it doesn't take much to get him into a high volume), "YOU STINK LIKE POOPOO, MOM!!!!" Shyeah, okay.... "Sorry, it's the chili stew..." weakly waving to the people around... one lady even "shriek-laughed" at me.
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Life is tough but it's tougher if you're stupid. -John Wayne
Oh, gosh. You know, when he started ... I was only 1/2-way tuned in anyway and it didn't occur to me he was actually talking about that movie. I suddenly asked MrCoco, "Is he talking about the freakin' Wizard of Oz?" He said, "I think so." I was like, "This is unbelievable!" I'm lookin' around to see if people are like crackin' up and of course they're not, so I try to cool it. What - like the cowardly lion was so inspirational to me... For heck sakes I couldn't even make out half of what he said between sobbings...
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Life is tough but it's tougher if you're stupid. -John Wayne
Shyeah, okay.... "Sorry, it's the chili stew..." weakly waving to the people around... one lady even "shriek-laughed" at me. 
