February 23, 2006

Wouldn't it be Lice?

Today, I did lice-checks at Gila's school (I would link to it, but they don't have a website...interesting). Anyway, how did I get into this? Well, last week I got a phone call from a fellow parent who basically gave me three choices: 1)Check kids for lice, 2)Call other parents and recruit volunteers to check kids for lice, 3)babysit for kids who's mothers are checking for lice. If anyone knows me, they know that I'd rather have my hands in 50+ elementary school girls' hair than make soliciting phone calls or babysit random children.

Anyway, like I mentioned, I checked 50+ girls' hair. I had a few questionable scalps, but nothing turned into the real thing. Towards the end though, I found myself trying to make eye contact with the girls with the shortest and straightest hair so that they would come to my checking station. There are 2 boys in the pre-nursery and I practically ran over other mother so I could check them (I didn't get to them in time though...). I am horrible.

I now feel bad for anyone who ever had to check my hair when I was a kid. I had the curliest most unruly hair. To quote my mother many, many times, "no self respecting louse would ever set foot in Peninah's hair." So true.

Posted by peninah at February 23, 2006 07:50 PM | TrackBack
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yes the new Bais Yaakov pre-school poster girl informed us that Gila's mother was there checking heads.

Posted by: soccer dad at February 23, 2006 08:40 PM

Yeah, we saw that picture, really cute! Did you see the elementary school bulletin? In the picture of all the preschool kids whose mothers had gone to BY, you can just make out Gila's forehead and part of her hair. She was probably one of the shortest ones in the picture, but I suspect they stuck her in the back because she was wearing pants that day. Oh well...

Posted by: peninah at February 23, 2006 08:42 PM

I would be really impressed if you got Yehuda to come over to you. In my vast experience as a carpool mom for him, he has barely said two words to me. Also, Eitan doesn't seem so strangerly inclined.

Posted by: Diana at February 23, 2006 11:35 PM

Diana: you drive carpool?? Who'd have known?

Posted by: MorahTaragin at February 24, 2006 05:54 AM

That is almost enough to make me not want to have kids...you have to check OTHER kids' hair for lice? Gross!!

Posted by: Sara at February 24, 2006 08:30 AM

I think my mother picked up infinite copies of the advertiser. But if you notice closely, the BY poster girl is the only one on the flier wearing short sleeves. The scandal.

Posted by: soccer dad at February 26, 2006 10:06 AM