Monkey Enough

It was bound to happen. Only a matter of time. It's a right of passing, really. These are the things I'll be saying to myself over the next few weeks.

Getting into the car yesterday BW handed me a note and excitedly announced to JB - "GUESS WHAT!!! SOMEONE IN MY CLASS HAS HEAD LICE!!!"

I cringed and then shuddered. My mother escaped this milestone of child rearing, so I've personally never seen these lovely critters... But still, I've read enough to know that this is a battle I don't want to gear up for.

When we got home, the first order of business was checking to see if I would become a member of the 'nit-picking club'. While the saying is slung about with ease, it's meaning has an origin... And again, I cringe.

But, thankfully - so far at least - we can leave the mom description as "highly detail oriented" and leave off the 'nit-picky'. And, *sigh*, I'm hoping that the boy isn't so interested in bugs that he goes out of his way to collect "some specimen".

The minions are, after all, monkey enough as it is. I can't even begin to imagine what they'll be like if we have to process through that experience.