Life with LuLu is unlike any other. Maintaining your sense of humor is mandatory, because otherwise you lose all perspective and start to sink into hopelessness. That's because,despite coming a long way, LuLu still faces more challenges than she's conquered. So, we keep it as "light" as possible around here. This week, the following truly bizarre things have tickled our warped senses of humor:

1. The picture here shows a rubber lizard I "accidently" found when searching through a laundry basket of LuLu's clothes. We're painting her room and had asked her to empty her dresser into the laundry basket so I could paint the dresser. At first, not knowing it wasn't real, I got quite a shock. But, who else in the house would have a lizard in their underwear drawer?

2. We don't know anyone else who has their sebaceous cyst (the one that was removed last week) sitting in a jar of formaldehyde in their foyer! It was a strange trip to the pathology lab to retrieve this "specimen". The staff there eyed me suspiciously when I made my request. They didn't know how to react to LuLu when she did a Happy Dance as they handed her the jar. And we have to curtail her desire to show EVERYONE my cyst (which looks a bit like baby Swiss cheese if you wanted to know.) Just stop by the house, LuLu'd be happy to show it to you.

3. And sometimes we just have to "go with the flow" on her inappropriate comments. Last night's dinner, KayKay has a friend joining us. Fortunately the friend has been here before, so she has a bit of a clue that we are not the Brady Bunch. Dad reprimanded LuLu for some small offense and her retort is to say something inappropriate about feminine hygiene products while we're eating. Instead of scolding and buying into the control battle, I just asked the rest of the group if we'd all like to talk about feminine hygiene products. So we carry on this bizarre conversation about...well I've already told you...all the while LuLu trying to interject that it is inappropriate dinner conversation. Sigh...the fun never ends!

When we reflect on our lives (and believe me, there ain't much time for reflection around here), we wonder not only how we stay sane but how insane others must find us. You know, the lizards (real and rubber) and the jars with cysts might have really grossed me out...before life with LuLu, that is. Now, well now...I just blog about them!