Feb. 22, 2006
germ patrol
clementine is suddenly germ obsessed. i knew someday i'd regret educating her. ever since we had the discussion about germs and how they make you sick (who knew she was paying attention, her little sister sure wasn't) she is policing our family about hand-washing.
she has fits when emeline admits she just pottied and didn't wash her hands. the fits involve recounting every thing emeline has touched since leaving the bathroom thus uncovering the germ trail, even when, horrors, it ends up on something of hers. "mom, she touched my barbie!" i have to make emeline go back and scrub up while i rouse clementine with the smelling salts.
so tonight when i was rolling their hair with pink sponge rollers clementine got that look in her eyes and began to have convulsions. let me preface this story with an odd family tradition. it goes back to when i was a child, though i am ashamed to admit it, my mother put a pair of panties (clean of course) on our rolled hair to hold in the rollers. we have very fine, straight hair in my family and the days of stocking caps are long gone. panties have done in a pinch what stocking caps could do more attractively. i carry that absurd tradition on with my girls.
i am shuddering now to continue the story but i'm sure by now you are guessing how germs may figure in. clementine remembered that the last pair of panties she had on her head may have been the same pair tried on and rejected by her sister the night before. alas, germs.
to her credit clementine was able to laugh, even hysterically at the thought and so did i, while emeline was still questioning what could have happened. she didn't hear the whole story and was insisting she had just washed her hands.
although, when i pointed out that all night as she slept soundly the germs were likely crawling out of the panties and down her face.
and i wonder where her terror comes from.
Comments
Feb. 22, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by sagerats
Oh my! That just cracked me up! I had no idea personal under garments could be so versatile.
One of my girls was a serious germ freak for a couple of years. She would wash her hands and then go to open the bathroom door and realize that one of her brothers had touched the door to get out, so she would wash her hands again. Then while doing that she would realize that her hands were dirty when she had touched the faucets and her clean hands had touched the faucets again to turn them off. Back on they would go and she would wash the faucets and then her hands, again. She had the driest hands in the county and they cracked and bled. I had to tell her she was actually allowing more germs into her body by having open wounds. She finally outgrew it. I am so glad, I was beginning to think she might need psyciatric counseling for obsessive compulsive behavior.
Abiding in the Vine!
Feb. 22, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by OreoSouza
I am laughing so hard my body hurts!
Oh my! This is hysterical! I can see this happening at my house too. No unit studies on germs for us!
I'm thinking I'm going to have to hand off my "You're So Mean" award to you this year.
LOL
Feb. 22, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Leigh2
I have a thirteen year old that is STILL like this about germs! LOL Her little brother loves to torment her by saying that he didn't wash his hands.
Feb. 22, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by JenIG
oh my heavens to betsy this made me laugh. that is SO funny
Feb. 22, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Janne
LOL! (from another germaphobe!)
Feb. 22, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by eyecorn
I'm having a visual on this and ROFLOL!!! OH, my, if that ain't the beauty tip of the year. And the look when your DD imagined these to be "used" undewear....you horrible, terrible, horrible, awful...funny mother!!!
Feb. 22, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by writmm
LOL! This is hilarious story! I have never had any germaphobes in my house (thank goodness), but have enjoyed reading others experiences.
As to the RSS feed (thanks for stopping by, btw. I have a friend that I started out the same way, and she said it was a piece of cake. It is very easy and friendly to use and once you get started, you will be sooooo glad!
Feb. 22, 2006 - oh my
Posted by Juliestew
this is too funny....underwear on pink rollers.....oh you must do a picture....if only of the back of their heads.
julie
Feb. 23, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by mamaduso
Yes I bought the straps by the yard in the section where all the ribbon and notions and such are. This is cotton but they also have the nylon variety straps. Hope that helps!
Susan
Feb. 23, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by mamaclsn
My three year old boy tries to do all his business without touching anything so he doesn't have to wash his hands! I'm thankful that he comes to brag about it to me...so I can send him back in to wash anyway!
Feb. 23, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by mamaduso
Ok- now to read the post and crack up! What a hoot!
Susan
