SNAKES?

Posted by Vulnadia on Feb 10, 2009 at 03:14 PM Okay, okay, at what point did somebody show my toddlers a snake and say, "Isn't this cute?" Snakes are not cute! They are anything but cuddly! It's almost like seeing my cute cherubic toddlers with toy guns or something when I have to watch them playing with their large rubber snakes. Yep, it's probably my fault. I wasn't thinking, and for that matter neither as my husband. I had been out to the haunt last weekend, and knowing that spring approaches, I grabbed the huge latex snake that had once adorned my very own tree of knowledge and brought her home where she would not melt and could summer in the nice cool air conditioning. I thoughtlessly parked that snake in my bedroom in a pile of things that await the next empty diaper box for storage. Granted this snake is very large and probably about ten feet long if you were to try and stretch it out (but it won't let you because it is made of latex.) Poor husband thought, "Gee, my babies only want to go into our bedroom so that they can wave to our friendly neighborhood cop-car that lives next door! What is the harm in that?" Somehow on the way to the bay window in my bedroom, Kian happened upon that big snake prop and fell hopelessly and madly into toddler-love with it. And so it came to pass that Vivienne and Kai also fell madly into toddler love with it because somewhere out there is some unwritten law that states that all things loved by my sibling shall also be coveted and loved even moreso by myself. Fight ensued, of course. It started in the curtains of the bay window and somehow ended up with lots of howling and "NO!'S" being screamed at one another. Husband thought to put the fussing to rest by unearthing Bregon's collection of rubber snakes which really was once quite impressive. And, to a bunch of 2 year olds, that collection is super impressive and wonderful and everyone wants the same snake of course, at the same time. So, now I have all of these cute cherubic little people running around the house wearing rather large cumbersome latex and rubber snakes around their necks. Kian can even use his for a pillow because it is soo big and twisted in the right shape. Yep, they are sleeping with them of course, even the two headed snake has got a loving home in my daughter's bed. It is rather unnerving to know that none of us stopped and said, "This is a snake. It makes a hissing noise." They somehow just know that it is and it does. Did they get this from Diego? Did Dora do this? I really don't know who or what the culprit is. We don't watch the Disney Robinhood yet, so I know it didn't come from there...but how do they know? Why do they find them so very cute and cuddly? I mean, I can't really take them away from them. And really, it is just a reptile just like the dinosaurs that they love to play with, so I supose there is no harm. I suppose it's just the thought of them being outside and seeing a real one and thinking that its cute and cuddly and belongs around their neck. That's the part I really do not relish at all! reply there is a rubber cobra spread accross my kitchen floor at the moment... & its disconcerting to look up & see your cute cherubic little boy smilng and laughing while wearing a rather large python around his neck like a feather boa... bregon's collection did stop the fighting over the huge latex snake, but they are also very realistic looking... which doesnt make me happy in the least- i really dont want any of my kids picking up one in the backyard- i never shall forget all the little kids in the neighborhood running up to me one day when i was outside (i babysat for them all constantly) & they wanted to show me this huge worm they had found & put in this 12 oz dixie cup....it was NOT a worm- it was a very long baby snake-not funny because we had copper heads in the middle of south highlands for a few years....& this was a little one.... so am hoping they pick up on something much nicer so i can hide those snakes away til much later