Fake Injury Day

A couple of weeks ago they had Fake Injury Day at St. Ed's. Right after school, they had a class to go so Elena washed off as much of her make-up as she could. Sam lost the pencil, but wanted to keep the black eye and we didn't really have the time to wash it off anyway so off we went. 

About an hour into the class, one of the other moms approached me (not in a "Is-this-something-I'm-going-to-have-to-report-to-social-services?" way, but just plain old curious and a bit amused) and said, "I have to ask about what happened to Elena and Sam. I can just about imagine the fight they must have gotten into." It took me a second before I remembered that Sam still had his "black eye" and apparently we hadn't washed Elena's off well enough for the very well-lit classroom. 

When I told her it was just make-up, she burst out laughing and then told me I had better tell all the other moms because they were curious, too. We also had to explain to a few of the nuns whose convent is in the same building as the kids' class. 

Speaking of the nuns, one of the Sisters informed me last year how much Sam makes them laugh. Well he certainly has done his fair share of that the last two weeks. A week after explaining to them about his fake injuries, we were at the church again. I was talking with Father about something and didn't notice Sam hiding next to the door. Just as one of the nuns came through the door, he jumped out and scared her - I'm guessing that's not something they experience too often in the convent :) Luckily, it was one of the sisters who already knew Sam and she thought it was hilarious. Had it been one we hadn't met yet, she might have been a little thrown off.