She's In For A Big Surprise

Recently Cecilia discovered the agony of having a pimple in/on your nose. For two or three days she complained about how badly it hurt, and upon inspection it appeared to be the kind that just had to run its course. Eventually it did, but there were two moments in particular that I enjoyed during this time of pimples-in-the-nose:

1) The girls have been asked to help clean up, and Cecilia is stuck with a job that's normally reserved for Ruby. She protests, and I basically tell her "too bad, do it anyway," at which points she starts to cry and dramatically proclaims, "But I'm the one WITH A PIMPLE IN MY NOSE!"

She eventually completed the job.

2) Her nose has been bothering her and she has come to me looking for some kind of remedy, and I'm forced to tell her there's nothing much I can do about it. Cecilia becomes frustrated by this.

Cecilia [dramatically]: Isn't there something you can do? Isn't there pimple cream or something?

Momlissa: Well, there actually IS such a thing, but I'm not sure it'll do much good because I don't think I can get in your nose in the right spot.

Cecilia [with even more drama]: UGH!! When will these pimples ever STOP?!

I'll report back in about 6 years and let you all know how that's going.

An update/aside: Because people are so thoughtful and good, we received more than one offer to have Cici's stolen iPod replaced. This is incredibly kind and generous, and we are grateful to have people who care about the girls so much that they would want to do this. We were very fortunate to discover that Grandpa S (who works part-time at an Apple Store) had an extra (new!) iPod at home, and it was dropped off at our house earlier this week. Cecilia is overjoyed and all this generosity has gone a long way to remind us that most people are pretty darn awesome. Thank you!!