Here’s Your Helmet

I had two shopping bags folded up and leaning against the banister of the upstairs hallway ready to be taken downstairs on my next trip. Thanks to a little through traffic, the Eddie Bauer bag ended up flat on the floor in the upstairs hallway.

Charlie (3) accidentally slipped on it like it was a banana. This flipped the switch on the light bulb over my six year-old’s head that this could be really fun if done intentionally. Charlie was all about it.

Listening to this from down the hall, but unable to see them, I heard Molly (6) say, “Okay, now here’s your helmet.” Then I heard two taps, presumably on the “helmet.”

Helmet? I thought. I am glad she is focused on her brother’s safety, but there are no helmets in the house, they’re in the garage.

Wait for it.

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Check it. This is what she put on his head.

Behold! The flying Elvis!

Seriously, a playroom full of toys and they want to play with an Eddie Bauer shopping bag (wearing Elvis hair). Ei-yi-yi…

When I was a kid, we used to blind-fold each other and play taste test and make each other eat tabasco sauce and nasty concoctions we would mix up in the kitchen. What strange things have your kids done for entertainment? What do you remember doing when you were a kid?

4 Responses to Here’s Your Helmet

  1. Jennifer April 13, 2011 at 8:55 am #

    Love it! So good C is up for anything his sister thinks up too!

  2. Jennifer April 26, 2011 at 12:15 pm #

    I don’t remember ever making my little brother eat anything nasty, but I do remember having him close his eyes one time and then having him take a big sniff of my dirty feet! Gross! I wasn’t a mean big sister — I Swear!!

  3. Paloma September 30, 2011 at 9:50 am #

    Woke up the other day, not to the alarm clock, but to this: (Whispered) Get on my shoulders. And don’t wake mom!

    Le sigh.

    • Heather September 30, 2011 at 11:09 am #

      Awesome. Will put that on my kid quotes list!

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