The Scene: Last night
after work we were in a hurry to get out the door to soccer. I was getting Lyla ready and was starting to
brush her hair so I could put it up in a ponytail.
Me: Lyla, hold on …
there is something IN your hair…. It’s a
circle…. Its blue…. What is in your hair….. eww… its gum…. There is gum in your
hair. How did you get gum in your
hair? Were you chewing gum today?
Lyla: No… I didn’t
chew gum today. …… …..
Me: Well we need to get
it out.
Then I drag her to the kitchen while I’m holding out the
piece of gum hair. I pull out the jar of
peanut butter and a spoon. I slathered the
gum in peanut butter and was able to work it through. Then I have her back up to the sink while I’m
using the sprayer to try to rinse the gum and peanut butter out of her hair and
off of me. Keep in mind we are now late
trying to get out the door. And the
whole time I keep asking her how in the world the gum got in her hair. She isn’t talking.
I love my daughter and I love how she tells stories that she
thinks are going to get her in trouble.
She doesn’t lie (not yet anyways), but she likes to come full circle
with the story. She starts from the
outside and works her way in. I think
she hopes we will get lost in the journey of the story and forget to get mad at
her!
Lyla: Did you know
that people throw their gum in the parking lot at work?
Me: Yeah, that’s really
gross. People shouldn’t do that. You should put your gum in the garbage.
Lyla: I Know!
Me: So is that how
you got gum in your hair? Were you
laying in the parking lot?
Lyla: No.
Me: Ok…. so how did
the gum get in your hair?
Lyla: So this one
day me and Hanna found the gum in the parking lot. And we just had to show Becca and Lena.
Me: Did you find the
gum today or a different day?
Lyla: A different
day.
Me: Ok
Lyla: So it’s a secret. We don’t let the teachers know but we play
with the gum.
Me: That’s gross. So how did it get in your hair?
Lyla: Well we were
playing today and Hanna and me were the bad guys. And we were on the ground playing dead.
Me: And you laid in the
gum?
Lyla: No. I was laying on my back, holding the gum up
like this (she shows me) and I dropped it.
And I couldn’t find it anywhere.
It was missing!!!
Me: Well now we know
where it went……
SO the gum conversation continued on and off all
evening. She doesn’t care that the gum
was chewed in somebody else’s mouth.
Doesn’t care that we don’t know whose mouth. She definitely doesn’t wash her hands after
playing with the gum. And she has no
idea why I’m so grossed out. Oh and she
is pretty sure Hanna got gum in her hair too…….
