Saturday, September 30, 2006

close you eyes and put out your hands

I love surprises- I do and I am terribly impatient so I have a hard time surprising anyone with anything because I get so excited I have to tell them. Today as I was assembling a "surprise mystery package" for a some friends (I have blogged before about my intense love of the "surprise mystery package" but seriously it is something I dream about at night--when the doorbell rings and you answer it to see the UPS guy driving off and there before you on your doorstep is a mystery in a brown box- waiting for you to open it-- this is where the warm fuzzies set in) smart son came bounding into the playroom telling me he had a surprise. His line is always "close you eyes and put out your hands" to which i responds "I will only put out my hands if it is not alive" (he has no fear- and can catch any creature!) Well today the surprise was one of my least favorite things a snake- yes, he caught it himself on the sidewalk. Tip for smart son- the mystery package is welcomed more warmly when it isn't alive and doesn't hiss...(we should've invited him to our sn@kes on a cake party!)

3 comments:

Nettie said...

Ewwwww! You are a much braver woman than I! I would have been shreeking something unintelligible about getting the thing out of my house, not grabbing the camera!

smart mama said...

that was almost my response but it was small and I am learning it's way more fun when snag a pic for the blog first!

Anonymous said...

ewww. That gives me the willies just reading about it and looking at the pictures!

I love surprises too.