One morning the girls and I were eating breakfast. As I started to eat another bite of Cheerios, my oldest daughter, Lily said something that made me laugh. I was right in the middle of chewing and I started to laugh and cough at the same time. She started to tap my back and ask me if I was okay. For the most part I was fine. Unfortunately one Cheerio went the wrong way. It went up instead of down. Now I had the irritating feeling of a Cheerio lodged in my nasal cavity.

After a few attempts I was able to successfully sneeze it out. Lily asked me if I was better and I said yes. I told her that a Cheerio was stuck in my nose and I had to sneeze it out. She and my youngest daughter, Jordan started laughing and kept on rehashing the story all throughout breakfast. I shared in the laugh and I thought that it would be the last time we would talk about it. NOPE!

After breakfast we went to a store for story time hour. As soon as we entered the building Lily started to chat with one of clerks and filled her in on what happened at breakfast. She was all excited to let the clerk know about the unusual path a Cheerio took that morning. The clerk looked at me to see if it was fine to laugh. With the nod of my head we had another chuckle about it. This time it was with an employee at Barnes and Noble. cheerios

As we were leaving the store Lily and Jordan told another clerk about the Cheerio and my nose. As we got in the car I told my girls that there are certain things you don’t need to share with everyone. They gave me the standard “Okay daddy” line.

Translation: Sure old man we hear what you say, but don’t think that will stop us from telling people these stories.

I have to say that my translation is spot on because the next day we were playing outside. My daughters told my neighbor that our cat threw up that morning. My neighbor listened intently and told my girls he hoped our cat would feel better. He took in every detail of their story and then went on his way.

As I repeated myself about not having to share everything with people such as our cat throwing up or a Cheerio coming out of my nose, I got the “Okay daddy” line again. So the next time that you are hanging out with my daughters and I just get ready for a story that might involve cat puke.