Stable Boy took all of the kids swimming at BYU-I yesterday and left me home alone. I went out to play with Ranger and ate pizza while watching most of Knight and Day all by myself--funny movie!. As they were leaving, a guy came up to Kid 1 and gave her a hug.
Kid 2 (laughing): You should have seen the look on Dad's face!
Everyone assumed it was a friend of Kid 1's until the guy admitted that he hugged her as part of a scavenger hunt and asked if he could take a picture.
The guy was lucky Stable Boy was a little slow on the uptake last night; he was still keeping himself under control from "allowing" the hug to occur in the first place-when he thought the guy was a friend. I'm not sure what he would have done if he'd known immediately that some stranger had his hands on Stable Boy's little girl!
On the other hand, I don't know if the guy realized how old Kid 1 really is. Kid 1 may look like she could be a college student, but she just turned Sweet Sixteen this month. I wonder if he would have chosen her as his "victim" had he realized she was still jail bait!
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I was kicking the ball for her across the family room a few minutes ago. I went to give it a little harder kick than normal right as Lexi dove forward to grab it. My foot connected with the back part of her lower jaw bone. She did not care. She just kept chasing the ball.
Me, on the other hand? I was hopping around on one foot, gasping in pain and trying not to cuss in front of the kids. Lexi just kept nosing the ball toward me and wagging her tail. I think her new name will be Iron Jaw.