The Office Visit

Today M had an appt./consultation with the oral surgeon for her receeding gum on a front tooth. I was a bit nervous about this appt. because I knew it was going to expensive, but I had no clue that that would be the least of my problems today. I had tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum with me as well and gave them the usual "pep" talk about doctor office behavior. E brought her purse and I thought that whatever she had inside would most likely keep her occupied, later I would regret that thought. We were seen right away and were crammed into an itty bitty office with a dental chair, surgeon and nurse. Things were going along smoothly. The dentist was nice and asked about everyone's school. As he examined M more I noticed that the nurse was grinning and looking behind me at E and S. I turned my head around to see and S had his mouth completely covered in masking tape and before I could say, "What in the wo..." E had ripped that tape so fast off his face that he screamed like the monkeys we saw at the San Diego Zoo. I closed my eyes to compose myself and with my nice mommy voice I asked E, "Where did you get the tape from?" and she said, "I got it from home so I can work on my project." I didn't have the energy to find out anymore. I quickly signed all the paperwork to get the heck out of there, but I'll be sure to have her help me if I decide to wax my eyebrows.