Trouble with Boston..... again!! =)

Boston never ceases to amaze me on the crazy stuff he comes up with. The other day in family prayer, he said "Help us always tell Heavenly Father the names of the prophets to the Holy Ghost"...... what the ?????? Oh well. He keeps us laughing! So anyway, this morning, he set up a "work bench" equipped with all the necessities: notebook, marker (permanent, of course!) scissors and a bowl of cheerios "with no milk!" (still not sure what those were for!) He's quite creative! However, sometimes he is a little TOO creative........ are you ready for this one???? So this past weekend, we were heading up north to Paden's double header basketball game. We had stopped at the gas station for drinks and "treats" and all of the sudden, Griffin hollers up from the back of the suburban "Um, Mom? Boston put a nerd in his ear." Uh....... excuse me..... what??? Yes, you read that right.... a NERD.... as in the candy!




Yeah... so I look back and he is just sitting there acting normal, like nothing was wrong. So when we got to the game, I said "Bos, come up here and I'll use my fingernail and get it out" so up he came, to the front of the car. I looked in and sure enough!!! A bright, fluorescent green NERD stuck clear down in his ear canal! I couldn't reach it with my fingernail so I got my fingernail clippers out, and tried to use the sharp part of the clippers.... you know.... the little knife thing you use to clean out the dirt from under your nails! Yah, that part! Meanwhile, Brian is saying "What on earth would possess you to put a nerd in your ear, Boston!! What were you thinking??? " Obviously, that was a rhetorical question! As I am trying to steady my hand in order to slide the sharp thing under the nerd and "pop" it out, Bos panics! He jerks and I proceed to push the nerd FURTHER into the ear!!! Now I panic!!

Long story short, after driving all over Lakewood, Colorado trying to find an "Urgent Care" that was open on Saturdays, we pulled into the "emergency parking" parking spot. I mean, this was most DEFINITELY an emergency, right??!! I grab Bos, run in to the front check-in area and try to catch my breath. Bos wanders calmly over to the toy area and begins to entertain himself! I look straight into the receptionists' eyes and say "Um, we have a little situation here..... my 4 year old...... a..... Boston..... he put a ........ he put a .......... ok, I'm a terrible mother and he put a freakin' NERD in his ear!!" All of the sudden, the entire staff behind the counter busted out laughing! "Oh! Like we haven't heard that one before!!" I assumed they were joking..... but no..... maybe I wasn't the ONLY mother in the world who didn't keep a close enough eye on her child and missed the part when he put a nerd in his ear!!!! Are you kidding me??!! Oh wait..... the story gets better!! So we were called back to the treatment room, vitals taken (????) questions asked and the nurse takes a look in his ear. "Yup! There sure is a nerd in there!" As if I were making it all up!!! "At least it is bright green and easy to see! Dr. Marge will be right in." A few minutes later.... a soft knock on the door and in walks Dr. Marge..... a nice enough looking- smiling faced- HOOK FOR AN ARM- Dr. Marge!! What?? Yes, I said "hook for an arm". Immediately, Boston's eyes go right to the "hook".... I tried to distract him.... "Can you say hi to Dr. Marge, Boston?" And..... NOTHING..... only mouth wide open, eyes bulging STARES from the patient! I finally say "I apologize.... he is staring so hard!" She proceeds to tell him what had happened and how the "hook" helps her do everyday things like tie her shoes or grab a piece of paper. Boston still has NO idea she's even talking to him.... he is still in a stuper of amazement! She then tells him that she is "a pirate every year for Halloween.... ARGH!!" Boston looks up with a quick glance then right back to the "hook". Completely humiliated, I say "Well, let's let Dr. Marge have a look, Bos!" So he lays down on the table and she looks in his ear. "Oh, wow, Boston. That's not going to be so bad. I'll just have Sarah come in and help hold you down~ Mom, you just stand at the end of the table, kinda out of the way so we can get this done!" Alrighty then!! As I moved to my designated spot, I almost said "Aye Aye, cap'n, ARGH!!!" but thought better of it! She took a tiny tool and dug down as Bos grimaced a little then out it popped! "All done, Boston" she said. And that was that!

As I was getting our stuff together getting ready to leave, Dr. Marge says "Boston, let me see your pinky finger..... ok now here is the rule..... anything that is smaller than the top of this finger doesn't go 1) in your ear, 2) up your nose, or 3) in your bum!!! What??? Ok, whatever!! And that is the end of the story! AHHH!!!

To top it all off, I missed the first of the two games and Pade's team beat a team that was 10-0, undefeated, by 8 points!





Wouldn't you know it?? Oh well, ya gotta do what you gotta do!! Thank you Boston..... sure love ya!! =)