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Last night we watched the movie “How To Eat Fried Worms”. Great movie, by the way.Â
Having a husband who is fun can be dangerous to your health. After the movie, Quinn said “What’s the big deal, worms are not so bad. I would eat one!”
Remember, we have many pet amphibians in our house…..who eat earthworms. So, Bill is like “Oh yeah? Weeeeelllll, let’s see you!”
If you are squimish or have a PETA love for earthworms, please move on to your next blog read.Â
Yup!  Bill got the box of earthworms out and cleaned a nice juicy one off for Quinn and dangled it above him. Quinn was laughing hysterically and I was scrambling for my camera saying calmly, ”No, Billy. Stop it right now”.Â
That worm curled around Bill’s finger, then uncoiled into a writhing worm dance above my sons face.
Quinn just could….not….do…..it. He could not bring himself to eat the worm. So, Bill starts to turn to put it back in the box and quick as lightening Cory says “Oh, come on Quinn. You are such a barbie”, grabs the worm and plops it in his mouth and EATS THE FREAKING EARTHWORM. That’s right folks, my son ate the salamanders dinner. Chewed it up and swallowed it.
What kind of freaks am I raising?
It happened so fast, there are no pictures, I am sorry to say. My entire family disintergrated into laughter and dry heaves.
So, which post shocks you more? December, or this one?
In other news, I am going to Blogher this year. I will understand if all of you walk a very wide circle around me.Â
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Sounds just like my family. So I guess everyone will have to walk a wide circle around me as well.
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! I am joining in the dry heaves! Nasty Nasty!
Thank God I have mostly girls. Thank God I have mostly girls. Thank God I have mostly girls.
I love Cory!
Karen
wow! that’s hysterical. wish you had pictures,though! Cory rocks!
We loved the book, but haven’t seen the movie yet.
That is CRAZY!! I’m not sure if I would have been laughing or throwing up. I am pretty sure it would’ve been one of those though. I wish you had pics too!
Well, I just laughed so loud I think that I woke the whole family up! I had dry heaves watching the movie…how many times did you make him brush his teeth?
EWW! I think it is wonderful you have one brave enough. He’s the one I’d take onto Fear Factor with me.
Thanks for sharing that link to an older post. A life lost purposely is very shocking to me.
A son eating a live worm is hilarious, I’d like to come over to your house, I bet we’d have fun! Happy New Year, and I am glad you’re going to Blogher, you will be the kind of blogger representative I support.
Yipes! I will think of you as we watch that movie tonight (getting it from Netflix today…or so they say)
Um, can I come move next door to you? We would fit right in, my boys eat bugs too!
lol i dared a boy in kindgarden to eat one and he me and him died with laughter while are teachers freaked lol
On the bright side, no more need to cook dinner! I’m also concerned that I didn’t even find it odd.
Longtime lurker, first time commenter. This is a great story. So glad you have preserved it for posterity! Gotta agree with Nicole. Not sure whether I’d be laughing or throwing up.
About a year ago, my middle son (9 yrs old at the time) tried to get my youngest son (3 yrs old at the time) to eat a dead, dried up cricket by telling him it was candy. The younger son, not knowing any better and definitely not wanting to miss out on a tasty treat, popped it in his mouth. It didn’t take long for my little guy to become aware of his big brother’s trickery. A split second later, the bug was on the kitchen floor in a pool of saliva, and the 3 year old was screaming my name and trying to smack his mean brother.
Now, obviously I was upset with my older son for taking advantage of his little brother’s naivety, and I needed to come up with a consequence….quick! Since this wasn’t a situation I had planned on, I dug deep in my bag of Mom tricks and offered my naughty son a choice. He could spend the next 30 minutes in his bedroom, or he could eat the offending bug himself. Much to my horror and amazement, he picked that critter right up out of his brother’s spit, popped it in his mouth, crunched it up and swallowed it before I could even regain my composure enough to try to stop him. Needless to say, our entire family was completely grossed out, but his “hero” status in the eyes his siblings got bumped up a couple notches that day.
Okay, now Blaine, I am officially gagging a little barf into my mouth after reading that. Did you make him swish some lysol in his mouth after that? GAH!
Stunned silence.
Ohmigod. My 6 year old won’t even see the movie because he thinks its too disgusting! I’ll be sure to tell him your kid ate a worm.