When he's helping out in the nursery of his church. There's nothing funny about Cach at that time. I don't get it! I would think that children would absolutely love me! I mean, come on, I'm soft, warm, and fuzzy. What more could a kid want? And yet, these are the kinds of looks I got:
That was as good as it got. I tried laughing, I tried tickling, I tried playing, I tried building, I tried bribing, I tried everything! The only success I had was with one little boy who sat in my lap and wanted me to read to him again and again and again. He seemed to enjoy my creative renditions of childrens' literary classics:
Of course, I suspect that kid had an ulterior motive. He watched the other kids one-by-one go get their diaper changed. Every time another one went to get changed he would dig into my lap a bit more and turn around to say to me, "I'm not poopy!" Now, I don't know a whole lot about kids, but when a 2-year old tells me he's not poopy, my first instinct is to distrust him. So I suppose in the end I really didn't have any success in genuinely entertaining any of the kids. In fact, I tried again with the little girl, and this was my reward:
Tough crowd.
15 Cachinnations
I should also mention that I'm about to head out of town to perform a wedding this weekend. Posting may be limited, but I'll do what I can. I promise a full report when I return. Lord knows weddings are always ripe source material for good comedy.
So what did I do wrong? Why don't the children love me???
Posted on 7/19/2006
I think the way it works is, when you don't care if they love you or not, they love you.
I imagine if a very tall someone was running after me with a camera aimed at my face all morning, I'd be pretty scared, too. Especially if I didn't know what the camera was. Perhaps it wasn't you, Cach, it was the camera that looked like a very strange, unnatural growth protruding from your otherwise happy, smiling face.
Posted on 7/19/2006
Just to clear up any confusion, the camera was on my phone and didn't come out until I felt I needed proof of the reaction I was getting. The reaction definitely preceeded the picture. So that wasn't it.
And I'll be the minister at the wedding this weekend.
Posted on 7/19/2006
Teach them the poopy song and they will LOVE you! You may lose your nursery job and get glares from their parents, but every two-year-old will think you are the funniest person around.
Posted on 7/19/2006
I look like that when you try to tickle me...then i punch you in the face...i guess you had to move on to smaller, less threatening folk to tickle torture
Magic Word - wgswlfpn - its the sound of that little girl mumbling curse words at Cach
Posted on 7/19/2006
The wedding is mine, and yes, I am afraid...
Posted on 7/19/2006
hearing you sing that song makes me scared, so I can imagine how scary it must have been for two year olds.
Posted on 7/19/2006
Jellybeans my friend, Jellybeans.
Posted on 7/19/2006
Kids love me..But then my saying goes, if you can't win em over. Cook em in a stew...but that only applies, with chickens, rabbits, ducks, and babies
Posted on 7/19/2006
my little girl has that exact dress. anywho, it is nice that you are giving your attention to those kids and even trying anyway. in our church, even the old ladies run like there is a fire when you mention nursery work.
Posted on 7/19/2006
Cach, That song scared me!
Posted on 7/19/2006
Well, I listened to the song with my three year old in the room. He ran over to the computer, watched it, laughed out loud and then said, "Play it again, Mom!" We listened to it 10 times and he laughed everytime. He even threw in the hand motions a couple of times.
I think I'm with those that said you were just trying to hard. If you just sit down and start playing with some toys you might have a few kids sit and play with you. Once they warm up to you, then you can use your dear charm...gently!
Anyway, you have a three-year-old admirer here in Arkansas!
Posted on 7/20/2006
Well, there's the ticket, Cach.
Just sit in the middle of the room and sing your song the exact same way you recorded it for us.
They'll all come running.
Posted on 7/20/2006
"I'm not poopy." That's great!! I wouldn't trust him either. Go here and read about my day with the Pixies at Scout camp.
Posted on 7/20/2006
Okay - get out of here Badoozer! I'm a blogstalker - remember?
Posted on 7/21/2006