My family is notorious for taking some pretty weird pictures of one another.
And really, how can it be avoided when there’s always someone (trust me, in this family, it’s a given) doing something completely ridiculous?
This one was taken of me (either by my dad or brother, can’t remember) on a trip to visit my grandmother in upstate NY back in 2005.
It reminds me, actually, of a story about something my best friend and I did when we were four years old.
You know how little girls used to put their hair in braids and put beads and foil at the end? When I was four, my best friend, Arlis, had her hair arranged in that fashion quite often.
One day, while we were playing together outside, we became very curious about the beads and their size and shape relative to that of our nostrils.
You see where this is going, don’t you?
We were very curious if the beads would fit in our nostrils, and if so, how many would fit?
Needless to say, far more beads will fit in your nostrils when you are four years old, if you cram really hard, than your mother can really appreciate when faced with the results.
She made me SWEAR to never put anything else up my nose, and I promised. And I really, really meant it. I wasn’t going to put one.other.thing into my nostrils.
Unfortunately, that peanut a few weeks later was just too much of a challenge.
And I love a good challenge.
#1 by dysfunctional mom on October 3, 2008 - 1:31 AM
I never got that fascination with sticking stuff up the nose.
My youngest did, though. ewwww
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#2 by river on October 3, 2008 - 3:34 AM
Beads, peanuts, beans, what’s next?
Did no-one ever tell you that stuff is supposed to come out, not go in?
#3 by koehmstedt on October 3, 2008 - 6:23 AM
Lotus you are hysterical! Don’t try a nickel… that hurts really bad. I promise.
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#4 by Angie @ Keep Believing on October 3, 2008 - 7:53 AM
In high school, a friend and I would take just a pinch of rubber cement in art class and roll it up in a ball. It totally looks like a booger when rolled up after taking up all your finger oils and such. Then we would stick it just under our nostrils and see who would finally be the one to tell us we had a huge booger coming out of our nose. You would be surprised how many people don’t want to tell you that you have a booger. I consider it moral obligation.
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#5 by LaskiGal on October 3, 2008 - 11:11 AM
An early shape sorter????
J is always stuffing stuff in other stuff . . . awesome sentence.
I just wait for the day he discovers his nose can fit other things besides his finger.
So excited . . .
#6 by Cassandra Rae on October 3, 2008 - 11:52 AM
Thanks for the laugh! Needed it.
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#7 by Cassandra Rae on October 3, 2008 - 11:53 AM
p.s. Love your new commentluv plugin! You always inspire me to update my blog :~)
#8 by Colleen - Mommy Always Wins on October 3, 2008 - 12:33 PM
Ha ha…you know these things are genetic, don’t you? You might want to start checking Braden’s nose on a regular basis.
#9 by Mz. Nesbit on October 3, 2008 - 12:43 PM
My brother shoved a rock up his nose when we were kids. He had to have it removed with needle nose pliers. It was gruesome.
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#10 by Chris on October 3, 2008 - 12:55 PM
Now, this is all heresay, but, I’ve been accused of convincing my sister to cram her nose full of red hots when we were kids. Lotus, you know me. And I am incapable of doing that. But, the red candy-snot was really cool!!!
#11 by tenakim on October 3, 2008 - 1:22 PM
My husband is a policeman in an inner city and one night when my son was 2- came home and had a bullet stuck in the tread of his shoe. The boy found it and shoved it in his ear. Spent that night in the ER to no avail- and had to return the next day for the procedure to remove it! I was just happy the dr, didn’t call DFS for my son having a bullet in his ear!
#12 by Sarcastic Mom, aka Lotus on October 3, 2008 - 2:21 PM
Chris,
Yes, I know you.
And I know you probably convinced her to do it with less than 3 words and just a few well delivered looks. She probably even believed it was her idea!
Lotus:)
#13 by orlund on October 3, 2008 - 2:28 PM
I apparently had a pen cap shoved up my nose once and had to go to the doctor. At least that’s what my parents tell me because I was too young to remember.
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#14 by Megan on October 3, 2008 - 2:33 PM
When I was four I put rocks up my nose and had to go to the doctor to get them removed.
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#15 by Kristie on October 3, 2008 - 2:44 PM
Is that a pregnancy widget I SEE!!!!???
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#16 by lceel on October 3, 2008 - 2:56 PM
3 weeks pregnant? Really? Truly? Right now!! I disavow any knowledge and/or responsibility.
And i kinda thought that green thing was like a birth wart or something – when I first saw it.
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#17 by Deb on October 3, 2008 - 3:19 PM
I kinda like the green bean look. Sexy.
I’m kinda wondering about the pregnancy widget too!
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#18 by Karen on October 3, 2008 - 6:17 PM
PREGNANT!?!?!?
Yay you!
Congratulations!
#19 by Karen on October 3, 2008 - 6:20 PM
PREGNANT!?!?!?
Yay you!
Congratulations!
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#20 by trannyhead on October 3, 2008 - 9:37 PM
Please tell me you have seen my posts on green beans. Then you would have laughed as hard at this photo as I did.
That is all.
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#21 by Connie on October 3, 2008 - 10:24 PM
How funny Lotus!
More importantly though~I just noticed your pregnancy widget on your sidebar
I”m SOOOO happy for you guys! Please keep us updated all along the way 
YAY YOU~I’m SO excited for you 
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#22 by Mishelle Lane Photography on October 4, 2008 - 7:45 AM
God, we are so alike!
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