Oompa Loompas & Some Shots Too

Randomness.

That's what you're going to get people, just some random thoughts that are floating around in my head. So, if you're looking for a well thought out story - you're out of luck! Besides, isn't randomness the new . . . . oh - who am I kidding??

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Tonight my kids are possessed . . . by the crabby monster. I've heard more crying and complaining tonight than I've heard in days. "I want fruit snacks - whaaa!" "I want to watch cartoons - whaaa!" "I don't want those jammies, I want these jammies - whaaa!" Now imagine all of that in a whiney, fingernails on a chalkboard kind of voice. That's what I've heard since I picked them up . . . whaaa, whaaa . . . I want, I want . . . . throw in some random fighting and you've got one jolly-good evening.

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I've got some good news and some bad news . . .

The good news is that I have the morning off of work . . .

The bad news? I have to take Kadin to the doctor. Yeah - I know at first it doesn't sound so bad . . . after all it's just a well-child visit . . . you know make sure the munchkin is developing and stuff like that. HOWEVER . . . let me tell you a little story about Kadin . . . when it comes to details this kid has a memory like a steel trap. LAST year . . . oh yes - I did write last year . . . we took him for his four year well-child visit and our doctor (bless his heart) made the fatal mistake of telling me that this time Kadin wouldn't receive any shots because next year he would get quite a few.

Well Kadin has burned that fatal sentence into his brain from the day we left that office, AND has even brought it up on numerous occasions since that visit one year ago. So tonight on the way home I informed him that tomorrow we would be going to the doctor so he can get his check-up. Can you guess the question that came out of his mouth???? Oh come on, just guess . . . "Am I going to get a shot????"

Well I too remember that comment the doctor made, BUT I can't tell Kadin that. So I answered this question like I do every time he has asked it . . . I lie . . . "I'm not sure buddy." Sue me.

Does anyone remember this post? Let me set the stage . . . flu shot, screaming, thrashing, hysterics . . . now you know why I'm soooo looking forward to this.

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We are eating dinner yesterday and Kadin starts telling us a story about how Cinda (his babysitter) has a "new" Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie that they watched. He was explaining how it was different from the other Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that he has seen. So Brian and I are kind of looking at each other wondering if he's talking about the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. Personally I think Johnny Depp is creepy in that movie - great acting job, but just creepy . . . and I would think that if I was a little kid and watched that . . . I would be creeped out.

So I ask Kadin what was different about this version and he said that in the movie he watched Willy Wonka was a girl. Hmmm . . . could Johnny Depp with his weird hair and lipstick appear to be female to a five-year old boy?

So I prodded Kadin some more and I asked him if Willy Wonka had short straight black hair as I pointed out the length on my own head. He excitedly said "Yes! That's what she looked like!!"

I guess I can understand.