2002-05-06 | 2:39 a.m.
these are yummy!

in case i haven't mentioned it before or you're new to my diary, i spend sunday afternoons with all my family. i always get a good laugh out of something that goes on while i'm there.

today when i got to my parents', my 2 year-old nephew, michael, was in the front yard with my dad. he came running up to me, yelled, "negan's home!" and gave me a big hug. then he showed me a bandaid on his finger, "a horsy bite my feenur." after that he took me on a tour of the flowers in the yard. we picked some lilacs that he took to his mom and my mom.

a while later, my sister emmy got a hold of one of the branches of lilacs, and michael had the other. emmy started picking the blossoms off and sucking out the nectar saying, "these are yummy!"

i looked over at michael just in time to see him shove the entire top of the branch into his mouth and take a big bite. he got this look on his face that was like a combination of, "eeeeewwwww!" and "i've been lied to!" he leaned over and went, "bleh bleh bleh bleh bleh..." spitting the plant all over the floor and brushing his tongue off with his little hands.

so then he looks over at emmy like, "how could you?" and sees her putting another blossom in her mouth. so i guess he decided maybe he'd tried the wrong part or something and that he'd better try this again and took another bite! then he repeated the whole spitting scene.

he looked over at emmy again to see her stick another flower in her mouth and ran over to her, "no, emmy, no eata flower!" and swiped them away from her. i'm sure he thought he was rescuing her.

i laughed so hard i cried.