uninvited guests
this weekend was our annual trip to cannon beach with my housemates from college. there were 5 of us who lived in a run down house ( ok a DUMP) across from the college. our nick name for the house was vag village...
for the last 5 years, the four of us who live in the pnw have gathered at a wonderful beach house with a view of haystack rock to spend a weekend with spouses and kids . there is great food, lots of laughs , story telling and time on the beach. we have been gifted with great weather most years and it has become on of the best weekends of the summer for me. there are sometimes other folks besides the village girls which has added some fun to over the years. there are always dogs and kids.
on arrival all the kids fell in together thick as thieves. running around wrestling, having pillow fights and generally just being kids. loud giggles , piggyback rides and fun stuff.
walking back from the tidepools on saturday morning ruby was ahead of me and i noticed some white glints in her jet black hair. hmm, sand? on closer inspection it was not sand. i asked diane if she would take a look. not good. you guessed it, this year there were some uninvited guests that hitched a ride with us. LICE!
i immediatedly headed off to seaside for lice products- shampoo, combs, cream rinse .furniture spray. by the time i got back laundry was going and someone had already checked the internet for the strategy. the washer and dryer were going for the remainder of our time. instead of painting toe nails on the deck this year, we shampooed and picked nits. the kids all had a l-ice cream cone treat when we were done.
i am thankful for friendships that can find humor in uninvited guests.
for the last 5 years, the four of us who live in the pnw have gathered at a wonderful beach house with a view of haystack rock to spend a weekend with spouses and kids . there is great food, lots of laughs , story telling and time on the beach. we have been gifted with great weather most years and it has become on of the best weekends of the summer for me. there are sometimes other folks besides the village girls which has added some fun to over the years. there are always dogs and kids.
on arrival all the kids fell in together thick as thieves. running around wrestling, having pillow fights and generally just being kids. loud giggles , piggyback rides and fun stuff.
walking back from the tidepools on saturday morning ruby was ahead of me and i noticed some white glints in her jet black hair. hmm, sand? on closer inspection it was not sand. i asked diane if she would take a look. not good. you guessed it, this year there were some uninvited guests that hitched a ride with us. LICE!
i immediatedly headed off to seaside for lice products- shampoo, combs, cream rinse .furniture spray. by the time i got back laundry was going and someone had already checked the internet for the strategy. the washer and dryer were going for the remainder of our time. instead of painting toe nails on the deck this year, we shampooed and picked nits. the kids all had a l-ice cream cone treat when we were done.
i am thankful for friendships that can find humor in uninvited guests.
posted by chris at
10:18 AM
4 Comments:
Well put Chris, we can all laugh about it now!!! Nancy
Yikes!
We had a head lice scare at our little local daycare, and the Peeper was delighted by my suggestion that he get his head shaved and painted with purple nit paint like they did when I was in school. He had me check his hair every day for a week and was pretty disappointed when I had to tell him a) he had no lice, and b) that they didn't use the paint anymore.
Glad the girls are lice-free!
ARRGH !
Those guests are not welcome , we can laugh only when we are the winner and when our girls'head are free lice !
Christine
Yikes!!! I bet this weekend will be remembered for a long time! Love the l-ice cream!!
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