"if you give a fish a squirt of soap ..." and other things i've learned this week

LESSON ONE

we experienced our first household loss due to aidan's obsession with soapy bubbles. i do have a photo of the bubbles percolating out of the top of the tank, but i'm going to spare you.

our disposal options:
1. flush it? no, too much like nemo. nemo went on his merry way down the drain very much alive. should probably make sure child knows fish has died.

2. bury it? no, will definitely try to dig it back up at a later date. no. no. no.

3. solution: put it in bag and take directly out to the big trash bin. not gross at all.

LESSON TWO

if you grab a hold of a cactus, it grabs back. it grabs your palm, the front of your fingers, around the sides and it may even try to get the back of your fingers too. tedious to remove. (i heard -too late- that you put duct tape on them and rip away ... someone also suggested letting elmer's glue dry on the hand, then ripping it away). good times.

LESSON THREE

when you go grocery shopping with two children and you let them ride in the car attachment thingy on the front of the cart, it is always best to keep an extra close eye on them to avoid conversations like the following:

"ahem, excuse me, ma'am? one of your children is trying to choke the other one."
"ah. thank you very much. --in an effort to fill the dead air-- does that mean that i may be leaving the store with one less child?"
awkward.

in the not too distant future i will be a paxilite. i will use this forum to tout its wondrous and magical abilities. i will see rainbows and butterflies. i will sing songs. i will skip.