my ornaments are purchased

[sjh722]

and I got my first stranger comment about the pregnancy in the gift shop when I buying them.

Now I just need my mom to send me a recipe I can't find and my package will be on the way!

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Ha! I took Rubes to a gift shop yesterday to buy some ornaments for another event.
Rubes kept pointing and asking "What's this?"
I kept repeating, "Christmas Ornament, Pretty. No Touch."
This lady walks by and says, "For God Sakes don't tell her it's a Christmas Ornament. You never do that. Makes it worse."
She wasn't joking.

Dude. I know my kid. She's pretty good about not touching stuff no matter what I tell her. I'm not a fan of lying to Rubes until she discovers my crack pipe either. And she was being a perfect angel in the store. I know my limits, it was a good day, so I tried it out all prepared to leave at the first touch. I had my sh*t together woman!

The clerk heard the whole conversation and was all "WTF" too and then gave Rubes a sticker for being a good girl.

[thewop]

Nov 26, 2012 18:50:15 GMT -5 @justdairy said:

Ha! I took Rubes to a gift shop yesterday to buy some ornaments for another event.
Rubes kept pointing and asking "What's this?"
I kept repeating, "Christmas Ornament, Pretty. No Touch."
This lady walks by and says, "For God Sakes don't tell her it's a Christmas Ornament. You never do that. Makes it worse."
She wasn't joking.

The clerk heard the whole conversation and was all "WTF" too and then gave Rubes a sticker for being a good girl.

I don't get why you shouldn't tell a kid what a Christmas ornament is. Am I missing something? When my kid points to something I normally explain to her what it is, and what it's for. Hell, last night I explained in detail how to make a box of macaroni and cheese when she pointed to the box while I was making it. She looked at me in awe as I explained. It must have stimulated something in her brain because she ate a ton of it!