I earned the coolest mom award this afternoon.
KitKat and her friend were over here after school and started joking about wanting to burn their posters from Spanish class (sadly, they really don’t like the teacher, and he has just about ruined the language for my daughter). I heard them scheming in the kitchen, and was prepared when they came up to ask me if they could burn the poster.
“Sure,” I said. “Just get a big can, tear the poster into small pieces, and light them inside the can.”
KitKat started laughing.
Her friend’s jaw dropped open.
They couldn’t believe I had said yes.
Out in the backyard, they had the time of their lives. (And, yes, please disregard the mess on my patio) They even roasted marshmallows over the flame.
Am I crazy? Or am I just a cool mom?
In other news, some of you on twitter read about my freak burn accident this weekend. If you didn’t hear the story as it played out, here’s a quick recap.
Again, being the cool mom that I am, I said yes when Necco asked to have a friend sleep over on Friday night. Before they settled down to watch a movie in the basement, I offered to cook up some homemade popcorn for the girls. I love popping popcorn on the stove. Fresh butter, salt. Mmm!
I popped a batch and headed across the kitchen to pour the popcorn into a large bowl. After pouring the popped kernels out, I set the pan aside. Next thing I knew, I heard a POP and my chest was burning. A random kernel decided it would pop right out of the pan and DOWN MY SHIRT. I had to reach down my shirt to pull out the still-burning, un-popped kernel. I ended up with three full blisters on my chest.
Talk about a freak accident.
I never knew popcorn could be quite so dangerous.
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that is cool!
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Haha! Thanks!
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you are crazy cool!!!
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Now that is a freak accident. I hope that you are alright now.
And yes, you are a very cool mom.
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I love roasted marshmallows:-)
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You are a cool mom and ouch about the popcorn, that sounds very unpleasant.
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I would say you are a cool Mom. I need a can to burn some stuff.
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OMGoodness, glad you weren't more hurt. Who would have known a random popcorn kernel could do that?
And yes you are a cool mom!
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Ah yes, cool, I'd say, LOL. But OUCH on the burned chest!
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You are a pretty cool mom. Ouch about the popcorn, those little buggers can be dangerous!
My WW Post! Have a great day.
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Definitely a cool mom! That marshmellow looks so good too!!
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Ouch. I'm glad you recapped. And, I can't believe you allowed another fire after that. I'm going to have to go with cool mom.
PS I decided to go with a blog button page!
You're up.
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You definitely are a cool mom, and now I want to roast marshmallows
I can't believe you were burned by a popcorn kernal, that had to hurt. Crazy!!
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Wow you are a cool mom! That is better than having to keep the poster though. Then you don't have to agonize over throwing it away a few years from now haha!!
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I say you win the Cool Mom aware for SURE. My kids would CERTAINLY give it to you!
And stay away from popcorn, woman!
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Hope you're better today. Try aloe vera gel –that's my MIL's cure-all for everything! And guess what? It does work –especially on burns.
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It was quite painful! And then yesterday, the blisters popped and I was in pain all over again. Ugh!
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OUCH! That sounds like a painful accident!!!
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What?! You HAVE to tell me the exploding lime story!
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You definitely win the cool mom award in my book. On the freak burn accident note, I was one time burned all over my neck and chest by an exploding lime.
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