The Seeds of Therapy

This past Friday night I went to bed BEFORE my husband.  As you may recall,  I missed #wineparty because I was at a birthday dinner.  I came home feeling like I'd drunk more than I was used to (for good reason!)  I crashed into bed with a kiss goodnight from Carmen Electra to help me fall asleep.

Saturday morning I woke up feeling great and left my husband asleep in bed while I went downstairs to make breakfast for the kids and to pack up lunches and snacks for the beach later.

When the husband finally woke I grabbed the kids and ran upstairs to get into bathing suits.  While I was looking for towels in a clean laundry basket in my room the kids were jumping on my bed.  When my son picked up my pillow to smack my daughter, out slid CARMEN.

"Hey, mom," he called. "What's this?"

I turned and FROZE.  I'd never been so UNHAPPY to see Carmen in my LIFE!

I grabbed it.  "Uh. nothing" I answered, the buzz of panic in my ears similar to Carmen's loving purring.

"Does it help you relax?" my daughter asked.

"Is it a massager?" my son added.

"Do you put it under your pillow and lie with it at night to help you sleep?" my daughter kept on.

The wouldn't stop.  Normally I'm the QUEEN of distraction, "you skinned your knee? Look! a butterfly!" etc.

But I had NOTHING.

"Wait," my daughter said. "Where is it?"

"Okay everyone, get your shoes on. We're leaving." I called. "And I think I see a butterfly!"

Comments

[D H-Arza]

Wow...Your kids are pretty perceptive..

[Michelle @ Mommy Loves Stilettos]

HAHAHA you handled that much better than I would have. I have no clue what I would say!

[D]

Crisis averted... for now! You may need to find a new place for Carmen to sleep...

[Thecoffeeqween]

Haha wow seriously I would have died laughing! Thank goodness you finally snapped out of it and ran!

[shumpynella]

Carmen is trying to get you in trouble lol. I love how u just froze. That's my usual reaction in cases of emergency ::sigh::

[SEEBALLERINA]

I LOL at every post! Thanks for another reason to make my co-urkers stare in a nasty way & try to understand why I have more fun than they do... I appreciate it :-)

[Not Telling]

Ewwwww! LOL! It was only a matter of time til you got busted with your little buzzy girlfriend in bed.

[OhMyDoan]

Ha! Yes, I've been caught like that, too. Mine asked me if it was a remote control. "Yes. Yes, it is," and I wasn't even lying.

[Christy]

Reminds me of the time my one year old came running out of my room with my "Carmen" giggling hysterically. I don't think I've run so fast to get something out of his hands in my life.

[2 Girls On a Bench]

You can relish in the fact that one day when your kids do find out what it is that they will tell this story to their friends, over a glass of wine...

[Paxochka]

Ok from now on you're banned from keeping Carmen in your pillowcase. Reach a little further and slip her under the mattress. A true Princess and the Pea moment will come to you if you're good.

[ericka @ alabaster cow]

note to self: butterfly distractions work for every type of scenario.

i've actually had nightmares where my mother accidentally finds my vibrator.

paging dr. freud.

[Todd 'tojosan' Jordan]

LOL.
I dreaded those moments.
Never a good explanation.
Now they know better than to explore.