Sunday, May 2, 2010

and the winner of the gross out contest is.... Colin

Bella came home from school this week and was very excited to show me the treasure she found on the playground.  She gleefully reached into her pocket and pulled out... someone's retainer.  Yes, it was sparkly blue so she can be forgiven for being drawn to the fanciness, but it was also pretty gross.  Poor Bella was not happy when I told her what I thought of her treasure and told her to wash her hands and not touch it any more.  I think she cried for an hour.  (We did return the retainer, in a plastic baggie, to school the next day.)

Unamused as I was by Bella's treasure hunting, Colin easily beat her out for most disgusting antics the very next day.  Fiona had a 5:30 pm softball game, so dinner was a trip to McDonald's.  When I finished ordering, I looked down to see Colin carefully running his tongue back and forth over the front of the McDonald's counter.  I cannot even imagine how many hundreds of (unclean) hands have touched the counter he was so happily licking.  The kid must have a super immune system because he hasn't keeled over yet.