ohforgodssake

I watched my niece and nephew yesterday for the hour before my sister got home from work. We hung out on my patio with a few neighbor girls (who obviously had nothing better to do). The conversation eventually came around who was going to be what for Halloween. There was talk of scarecrows and nurses and witches and ghosts.

"I know what would be funny" I told my niece, "How about if you dress up as Santa Clause?" We all laughed and agreed that would be very funny. Frankly, I thought it was pretty much a stroke of genius.

"How about if I dressed up as teeth?" she asked.

"That would be silly," I said. "How about if you dressed up as an eyeball or a big old bumbum?"

Well that was shocking and we all laughed and laughed.

So after sis got home and we were on our nightly walk, I remembered my Santa idea and said, "Hey....tell Mommy that great idea I had for you for Halloween."

And that little snip turns around from her seat in the stroller and looks at me and says, "She wants me to dress up as a bumbum."

I'm so stinkin' misunderstood.