Please Don't Get Pencil Shavings in my Peanut Butter!

Don't lick your brother! Don't stick Legos up your nose! Have you ever heard yourself saying these kinds of things? Don't poke your sister with a pencil. We don't kick anyone! Who ate all the pickles? Did I mention that my "little ones" (Josiah 5 & Rachel 3) LOVE pickles. If I didn't stop them they would probably eat 10 pickles a day, that definitely can't be good for you! The other day I had the peanut butter out on the counter and the kids plugged in the pencil sharpener right next to the toaster, and then I proceeded to say, "Please don't get pencil shavings in my peanut butter". I had to chuckle, it sounded so funny to me. Those are the moments that are so wonderful to be home with my kids. I love home schooling my four amazing children! There are so many wonderful moments that happen throughout the day, don't get me wrong there are plenty of hectic times too, but the fun, happy times completely out weigh the crazy times.

Speaking of "Legos up the nose" I thought that I might share that special story here in my blog. When Josiah was 4 he stuck a small Lego up his nose and sniffed it up there good. After taking him to our pediatrician she could not get it out, she tried a few of her "special tools" in the office, but only made his nose bleed and that made him cry and sniff more which caused the Lego to go up his nose further. She then sent us to the ER, where they had better tools and we would hopefully have better luck getting it out. Long story short, by the time we are finally seen in the ER they can not actually see the Lego any more. Great! So then they send us in for an x-ray to make sure the Lego hasn't come out or possibly gone down his throat and he swallowed it. Of course the Lego was still up there, it was really up there! Yikes! At this point even I was starting to get concerned because they were telling me that if the ENT (ear, nose, & throat specialist) can't get it out, they are going to have to do surgery! What! All I could do was pray, and console my little guy, he was scared at this point and so was I. In comes this ENT specialist with some really scary tools, with the help of 3 nurses and myself holding him down, the doctor was able to pull this small Lego piece out of his nose. Needless to say Josiah will never forget this tragic experience, as will I. Now we can look back and laugh but at that moment it was not funny. The things kids do, I'm sure that I did some crazy things as a kid, as a matter of fact I have heard some stories from my siblings that they just love to tell. I'm sure that the "Lego up the nose" story will be one of those that we will all love to retell as Josiah gets older!