Buggie Man

Call me crazy, but I am a little obsessed with keeping my kids' faces clean and snot-free, their hair fixed, and their clothes spot-free. I must say that this can be a challenge at times, considering that they are 4 and 2. My point is that I try hard to not have "snotty nosed-graham cracker faced kids" (as my neighbor terms it). Today I fell a little short of this goal. At 2 pm I attended a neighborhood meeting where a local media station was present. Our neighborhood is having problems with our concrete - driveways chipping, etc - so I went to support the cause...strength in numbers, right? When I got to the meeting, I stayed in the background with my little kids until the reporter said the last time they ran a story like this, the people who were interviewed got their driveways fixed. I bee lined to the front of the group volunteering for an interview...I figure might as well chance embarrassment (um saying something stupid - it has been known to happen- or to let everyone see our yard with unfinished, weedy flower beds - its a work in progress) in order to get our builder to step up and to save ourselves several thousands of dollars. I picked up Aidan for the interview because I didn't want him running into the street and getting hit by a car. About halfway through the interview, I noticed out of the corner of my eye that Aidan was picking his nose. Strange, I thought, since Avery has always been our resident gold digger. I immediately put him down and finished the interview. Afterwards, I turned to Aidan only to find a VERY large bugger smeared all over his chin (that would explain the stuffy nose he had had all day). So, my nose picking, bugger-faced child should be on TV for all to see soon...we better get our driveway fixed.