Beads

When Kaylee was four my brother-in-law and his two kids, Anthony and Ryan, came to stay with us while he looked for a job.  It was a challenge with all of us in the house, but we managed.  Anthony is a little older than Kaylee, and Ryan is a year younger.  They were playing when suddenly Anthony burst from the room sobbing and repeating over and over, "I didn't mean to do it!  I didn't mean to do it!", as if he had killed someone.  A moment later he was followed by Kaylee.

Anthony ran straight to his father's room, continuing to repeat "I didn't mean to do it!  I didn't mean to do it!"  Tears streamed down his face.

"What did you do," Bryan demanded.

After a minute of questioning and Bryan getting frustrated Anthony took a deep breath and said, "I stuck a bead up my nose."

I had to cover my mouth to keep from laughing.  To avoid being seen I decided to take out the garbage.  Kaylee followed me.

"I told him not to do it," Kaylee said as she followed me through the garage and to the side of the house.  "He said, 'I bet I can stick this bead up my nose' and I said 'No, beads don't go in your nose', but he didn't listen to me.  I was like 'Don't do it, it won't come out', but he did anyways and then it got stuck and I was like 'I told you it would get stuck, but did you listen to me?  No!'

The more she went on, the harder I laughed.  Just goes to show, she has a good head on her shoulders.