I-Need-Therapy-Thursday: Sniffng the Vomit.

My youngest came to me yesterday morning before school, holding up a wad of papertowels soaked with a nasty, brownish substance.

"Mom? I threw up. But I cleaned it up."

He walked to the kitchen trash can and threw it out.

I lifted the lid, reached in and pulled out the paper towels.
I held it up to my face and took a big whiff.

insert sound of needle scratching across record

What the...?



See folks, there's a backstory here.

This particular child of mine is, let's say, not fond of school.

In the past he has duped me (more than once, shame on me) into believing he was sick enough to miss school. Here are a few of his tactics:

*Fever: warmed his head with a space heater
*Diarrhea: put Hershey's cocoa powder in the toilet and swirled it around
*Vomiting: held water in his mouth (he can even talk a little bit this way) and then spit it up on the drive to school after it had been properly thickened with saliva.

Oh and there's more. Trust me, there's more.

So obviously, my instinct to sniff the vomit had merit.

The result?

Cinnamon and water.

It looked good. Pretty realistic. Who knew? The kid's got talent.

If only he could use his powers for good instead of evil....

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In case you didn't know it, I'm like the queen of blog-hoppin' lately. It's kind of like square dancing but without the dated outfits, smelly gym, and elderly caller.

Here's the schedule I keep:
Monday: Homestead Revival's Barn Hop, The Chicken Chick's Clever Chicks, A Cat-Like Curiosity's Monday Mantras Link-Up, and @ Home Take 2's Mom's Monday Mingle
Tuesday: Heavenly Homemaker's Gratituesday,   Crafty Garden Mama's Tuesday Greens, and The Wrinkled Mommy's Tuesday Archive Link-Up
Wednesday: My Life and Kids Finding the Funny, Tilly's Nest's Down Home, and Crafty Spices Wordless Wednesday
Thursday: A Rural Journal's Rural Thursday Blog Hop, and Two In Diapers' Mommy Brain Mixer
Friday: Deborah Jean's Dandelion House's Farmgirl Friday, Little Becky Homecky's Fantabulous Friday, and Oh So Amelia's Friday Chaos
Saturday: Camera Critter's Life With Dogs Pet Blogger Hop and Country Momma Cooks Saturday Link-Up.

Since today is Thursday, that means I'm linking my post "Mid-week Date For a 40-something House Frau" with Two In Diapers' Mommy Brain Mixer, and "Meat-n-Greet" with A Rural Journal's Rural Thursday Blog Hop.
Come join the fun!