Slap!

No, I didn’t slap the kid…get yer head outta that space!

Bean (Rhi’s nickname) and I were sitting in the orthopedic surgeon’s office the other day, waiting for him to come back in and discuss her Xrays with us. So, we’re bored and we started doing a whole poke thing we have going once in a while. She poked me, I poked her -vicious cycle.

Finally, I tried to gross her out by pointing out the diagrams of the “skinned man” – you know, the musculature poster some docs have. Anyway, she didn’t fall for that, because they have “bony man” at school. *sigh* I start checking around for a magazine or book or something when suddenly she pipes up.

“2006 is gonna go by fast Mom. It’s gonna go by like 2005. It’s gonna go by like a slap to the back of the head!”

Needless to say, we both broke out in giggles. I don’t know where she got that, other than we occasionally joke about “Smack upside the head”…yes, we’re weird. She tells me she’s always wanted to say that.

So, we settle down and continue on waiting. Suddenly, my head shoots forward and there’s this slight, tingling sensation at the back of it.

She’d slapped the back of my head.

“Just like that Mom!”

Apparently, she’s always wanted to do THAT too.

*sigh*

I can’t wait until she gets her knee braces. Then she’ll get back to doing kid things again and leave me out of her range of silliness. I hope.. *worries*

Help?!?