Thursday, October 6, 2011

Fiery Serpents

This evening I needed my hands free, so I put Tess on the floor and gave her a rubber snake to play with.

What?  Rubber snakes are great toys for babies.  They're easy for baby hands to hold, they're easy for toothless gums to chew , and they're in plentiful supply in homes full of little boys.

Tess loves rubber snakes. 

But in a fit of parenting awesomeness, I forgot that Tess's new favorite thing is to fling things around her face.

You can see where this is going, right?

It was within a matter of moments that Tess had a rather large, red, rubber snake welt across her cheek.  To say that she was Less. Than.  Pleased. would be fairly accurate. 

Fortunately, a brief spin in the office chair while in Momma's arms helped put this bit of poor parenting out of her little Tessy mind.

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