If you visit our household long enough, eventually you will be subjected to a darker, more unpolite side of us.
Farts.
Now, mind you, it's not me. I don't fart. I'm a lady.
But the kids, Jeff, and dog? That's an entirely different story.
And apparently flatulance is pretty funny when you're 2 and 5. Heck, even when you're 29 give or take a few years. Except when it's a dog fart. Those are definitely not funny.
Anyway.
The other day at dinner, Cole was telling us it was almost his birthday. Just like the day before. And the day before that and every day for months that he has thought it's almost his birthday. Then Cole told us he wanted to have a lacrosse ball party for his birthday. Which, by the way, I have no clue why he has decided he wants a lacrosse ball party.
Well, out of the blue - and in the middle of a bite of dinner - Pearl tells us, "Oh yeah? I'm going to have a fart birthday party!"
Oh my.
Jeff and I gave each other one of those parent looks. You know. The look where you're not really sure what just came out of your kid's mouth but you're pretty sure and you're thinking it's the other parent's fault and you don't know if you should laugh or discipline the kid. Yep. One of those.
And then we all erupted into laughter.
I laughed so hard I was crying. Cole kept asking me why I was sad and I finally squeaked out that if I didn't cry I was going to pee my pants from laughing so hard. Jeff laughed so hard that he did his little head shake and covered his mouth with his hand. He always does that when he finds something really, really funny.
And Pearl? Oh my gosh I wish everyone could have seen the look on her face {and I wish I'd have had my camera in hand... luckily farts are a pretty easy subject to bring up for a second round of laughter once I did have my camera ready to go} the moment she realized what she had said. The poor kid spent the next 30 minutes in the bathroom complaining that her stomach hurt so bad from laughing that she was going to throw up.
I guess you had to be there.
Just trust me though. It was funny.
