Snot bubbles

Something that I've learned about motherhood: When your child has a runny nose, never leave home without a tissue...or 12...or a roll of paper towels.

At the park this morning, Anna sneezed and a gigantic snot bubble came out of her nose and rested gently on the side of her face. It was the biggest snot bubble that I've ever seen come out of a human. Even though she was in the stroller, turned away from me, I could see the snot bubble from behind her head. It looked as though a greenish jellyfish had landed on her face. It was so large, it was blowing willy nilly in the breeze, like a wayward Macy's parade balloon, tethered by ropes of mucus and steered by boogers, dressed in Holiday garb. Naturally, I didn't have anything with me to mop her down with. As luck would have it, the weather is a little warmer today, so I was able to take her fleecey jacket off (thanks for the jacket/snot rag, Erika!) and use it to wipe her down. It wasn't pretty. And that's all I have to say about that.