Thursday, January 12, 2006

Possessed?

I have a tendency to think my kid is generally pretty cute. I know I know, I'm his mother so I have to think that but every now and then something happens to make me question my assessment. What happened? This:

Who is this kid? Is he possessed? Do the safety glasses remove teeth? And what is happening with his hair?

He reminds me of some cartoon character but I can't place it.

You'll be happy to know that this state appears to be temporary and he seems to back to normal. Well, somewhat normal. What would you think if you read "Sat in toilet" on the board at daycare? My first thought was "what? It must mean sat on the toilet" but when I saw him he was dressed in different clothes than when I dropped him off this morning. The teacher that witnessed the event was done working for the day and the other teacher didn't know what had happened. Sam told me "Sammy fell in potty!"

I wish I hadn't asked.

The other day I had a conversation with Beth (who doesn't have kids) where she asked me if kids are less gross (I'm assuming germy gross here but if she meant something else, I don't want to know it) if you have one. I think that my above posting probably indicates that no, I don't think they're less gross. But I am resigned to the fact that I'm going to have to deal with the grossness eventually so I try not to notice.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Does he look like Barney Google? I'll try googling "Barney Google" (if that's not redundant) and see if I can find some pictures of him.

Anonymous said...

http://www.unclefred.com/colorbook/bw/barney.html

OK, I've viewed Barney Google. There's a certain similarity, but I wouldn't quite say "separated at birth." Perhaps if we tossed Google in the potty...

Anne V said...

I don't think it's Barney Google. Sam would need a hat and a huge nose. But I can't place it.

Anonymous said...

Got it!

He looks like a teenage mutant ninja turtle for sure, but I can't find a good clear photo on the web to prove it!

Anonymous said...

I think he looks like the cartoon version of "The Pagemaster", with Macauley Culken.

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0110763/

Yep, kids are the same degree of gross when they belong to you. It's just that you become immune.