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ANYWAY, I happened upon a newsletter for the local Senior Center and saw that December 17 was a free Patsy Cline sing-along. You know, Oldies not Moldies?!? I thought the kids would be thrilled...and was going for this kind of response:
Future dental work aside, this was just me telling Marie about the free popcorn. Sigh. When we first arrived Owen was having a temper tantrum worth pretending he wasn't my kid. Only, everyone was clearly beyond menopause and there was lots of shushing and tisk tisking with crooked fingers. And (news flash) when you whisper "that kid needs to be quiet" without your hearing aid turned up...it is actually louder than a scream.
Bless the nice lady with very long chin hairs that took pity on us and pulled out an expired cough drop from the bike basket taped onto the front of her walker. I put it in my purse, making a mental note to invest heavily in electrolysis stock. I think one "grandma" may have even traumatized Owen by yelling out SANTA IS WATCHING RIGHT NOW LITTLE BOY!
Thirty minutes into the show, we were jammin' out to Walkin' After Midnight...as evident from the crowd surfing captured in this shot.
FINE! Pasty Cline was a bad idea. Riddle me this...is it a crime to re-live my childhood through the kids? Long live the day when they are head nodding to Hannah Montana impersonators (a la piano accompaniment) and sweet revenge sets in! Maybe I should just keep that cough drop?
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LOL! That was a great post. Plus, that first photo was just freaking adorable!
Hmmm....I'm never certain how to handle those tsk tsk-ing seniors. When you come up with a great thing to say to them, do let me know.
And, for the record, I think you are a very brave mom for venturing out to new venues and activities, no matter the targeted demographic. :)
HAHAHAHA! Leave it to an old lady to try and scare a kid with Santa.
Should have threatened back to permanently turn off their Andy Griffith
That was so funny. I like the old lady yelling about santa.
I am usually very patient and kind peron. But i will never forget the day when I happened upon a herd of grannies shopping at Food Mart. I could hear the "goodness me, that child needs a nap" and a few "if little Johnny would have begged for candy like that, I would have blistered his backside". But I held my tongue until we got into the check-out lane. That's when one of the grannies commented loudly to my then 4 year old "Little boy! You should learn to tie your shoes! My boy could tie them as soon as he could walk!".
"SURE" I responded sweetly "and I'm sure he grew up to be an raging alcoholic"...
Not one of my prouder moments.
How fun was that...Thanks for sharing. I can always find a chuckle at your blog.
Good for you for not saying anything. Yeah, yeah, I get that you didn't think up anything... but you also didn't say anything without thinking. *This* is where I need to focus my energies.
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