After we had finished dinner tonight, I was finally sitting down on the couch, ready for some down-time. Zeeb came in and said, in a very concerned little voice, “Mom, I accidentally put an envelope in my nose!”
I giggled, and asked him what he meant. Then Calvin piped in with “a cantaloupe, Mom.”
I asked Zeeb if he had, indeed, gotten a piece of cantaloupe stuck up his nose, and he said yes. I was still confused, since the pieces I had cut up were much too large to fit in a little-boy nostril. He was adamant that he was telling the truth. I told him to go get a tissue and blow his nose, and Calvin demonstrated. He said, “Like this,” and put his hand up to his nose and blew. Of course it worked. He was grossed out, but as I was in the process of telling him to go get his own tissue, he sucked it back in. Then, after noticing he hadn’t quite gotten it all, he proceeded to lick his palm.
Zeeb came back in, having been unsuccessful in his attempts at dislodging his cantaloupe. I helped, and he really did blow out a good-sized chunk. I asked him why he stuck it up there, and he said, “I just wanted to.”
It reminded me of that one episode of House where the kid has a toy fireman stuck up his nose, and they finally figure out that he sent the fireman in to rescue the toy cat he had stuck up there earlier. Not that Zeeb sent anything in to catch the cantaloupe.
August 19, 2008 at 7:12 pm
That is indeed gross. And I see that it is time that I get my hands on the first few seasons of House. I love that show. Dadguy HATES that show, thus he wont be sad to miss out when I watch it while he programs his heart out!
August 20, 2008 at 8:28 am
Poor Zeeb! My friend’s little girl filled her ears with the edges of computer paper (you know, the little stuff with holes that we used to use way back in the day). Anyway, day after day she just put more and more in, until she couldn’t hear anymore! The dr. pulled out wad after wad. There was no explanation of why she did it, and she never did it again. (I hope it makes you feel better to know that she’s a normal adult now with a Ph.D. in English!)
August 20, 2008 at 11:39 am
I stuck a lego up my nose once. Very uncomfortable, in case you’re wondering…
August 21, 2008 at 10:25 am
Iiiiccckkk! The licking his palm thing is what got me.
I need to go throw up now.
angelawd
August 22, 2008 at 3:45 pm
That is so gross, yet hilarious! Little boys are so much fun. I love all your stories on your site! How’s life treating you guys these days? I’m sure it’s so nice for you guys to be completely done with school.
Love ya, Jessica
September 6, 2008 at 10:21 am
This cracked me up !! My little boy did this but with a large bead and said the same thing: “cuz I wanted to…”
It is not easy to make me laugh these days I tell you. So thanks.