The Princess and the Pea

Only...instead of the pea being under a pile of mattresses, Anna put it up her nose.  In a moment of dinnertime theatrics she thought it would be hysterical to put a pea in each nostril.  Yes, hilarious.  Especially when the one in her left nostril became stuck and, despite my pleas to stop sticking her finger in her nose, she managed to push it way out of reach. 

A quick web search provided a host of removal options (glad to know my kid isn't the only one who has ever done this).  Oh, and the sites also made me think she was going to die (if it's online, it's true!). 

My first instinct was to grab tweezers and fish it out - pretty much every site said that was the worst idea ever.  Well, she wouldn't have let me anyways and she is now convinced tweezers are a torture device.  Hope she doesn't get a splinter soon...

She doesn't get the concept of blowing her nose so that was out.  In the end we tried:

1. The blue nose bulb

2. Smelling pepper to induce a sneeze (I ended up sneezing)

3. Fake sneezing

4. Holding her right nostril closed while breathing into her mouth

None of that work so we told her to pretend she was a bull snorting.  Voila – flying pea...

The State Fair

Last weekend we ventured to the North Georgia State Fair.  Events like this give you a good taste of local culture, and this one definitely did not disappoint.  It took me back to the outings my family made to the San Antonio Rodeo when I was growing up.  This wasn’t quite the same scale and there were no roping/bull riding events so we didn’t get to see any cowboys swaggering around…we did however get to see Joe Nichols perform for free, which was pretty awesome.

This was Jason’s first time to a southern fair (he claims there is no such thing in New England but I don’t believe him).  He learned the five constants you can apply to any carnival/fair:

1. Carnies really do exist – and they like to talk.
2. Any food can be fried (and it will probably taste better!).
3. You must win at least one cheap stuffed animal for your child. (Anna walked away with a pink & blue polar bear).
4. Baby farm animals are SUPER cute albeit smelly.
5. People really do make a living getting shot out of canons.

The canon thing was new for me, too.  While I’ve seen the likes of Evel Knievel and Super Dave attempt the feat on TV, I’ve never seen it in person.  It did not disappooint – check out the video below and note the ride that is swinging while the canon goes…that man is brave (or stupid).  Probably both…

Anna proclaimed, "It's just like Mickey's house!"

I feel sick just looking at them.

Anna's favorite - the slide!