Embarrassing my Kids (or myself)

12-22-04

  My kids are here for the holidays! yay!

 Oklahoma City here we come... last minute shopping we live for it.

"Hey BASS PRO SHOP! Can we stop?" Rob called from the back seat.

why not I thought.

 Blinker on.. we zipped through four lanes of traffic... only to realize the exit is to the left.. we zipped back across traffic.

" MOOOOOOOM  WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!"

"No we're not.. I used my blinker!"

 "Are those ducks?" Rob was like a kid in a bass pro shop without a gun. oh yeah that's where we were.

 "They are decoys" I said as I make sure he isn't actually going after the ducks.

  We pull open the big heavy doors, walk across the lobby, go through the turnstiles.

 "Hey I know you!" The greeter says to me.

  My kids are staring at me like what did you do Mom? Ya said you were only there once over a year ago.. what did you do to this poor man that he would remember you?!

 I smiled and shook my head like mistaken identity.

'No it's really YOU!" He says as he comes over like my long lost cousin.

 Brandy poked me, "Come on Mom tell!"

 I mumbled something about I'm sure he's mistaken.

 "I will never forget you two." He just wont let it go.

 "Okay you're right. It's me, Last time we were here, we saw the turnstiles, all the beautiful displays, we wondered how much  we had to pay to get in. He motioned for us to get our butts in. He asked what was going on, I asked how much to get in. he laughed and said he'd heard everything, Pay to get in Bass Pro Shop. he Wanted to know where we were from.

 Hicksville Oklahoma???