Blanket was standing in front of her with his hands raised, in disbelief, or to stop her, she wasn't exactly sure.
"Hold on just a second, we are all going to Washington, Iowa to a dance competition, we are going to miss the Final 4, we won't get home until really late, and all we get to do alllll day is watch your sister's team dance?"
"Yes, that's exactly what we're doing, stop complaining, when was the last time we all did something together? And besides, it'll mean we make several gas station stops which means the good chocolate milk, and candy, lots of candy and probably some McDonald's too." Abbey continued putting things in her activity bag for the car ride. The Mommy said it would take just a little more than 2 hours to get there, that was slightly longer than she'd be able to keep Blanket quiet, so she was going to be prepared.
They loaded up the car with all the dance stuff which The Mommy checked 92 times. Maddy got in and took the whole back seat which meant that Abbey and Blanket had to sit in the middle. They waited patiently in the car for the Daddy for like 15 minutes and then they were on their way.
"Hey, where are the snacks, I'm starving."
"Seriously. It's only been 3 minutes, we haven't even left Macomb yet." Abbey muttered to Blanket. "There is no way we can ask for a snack yet, we just had breakfast."
"Abigail, you cannot be serious about wanting a snack, did you finish your egg and bacon and hash browns? Eat that before you go looking for the snack."
It was very inconvenient that The Mommy had bat ears, it was like she heard everything.
Abbey and Blanket spent the next hour or so quietly playing the DSi, and ignoring The Sister who was listening to her music in the back seat, periodically kicking the back of Abbey's seat.
"Here's the thing, I think if we tie a string across the bottom of the stairs after your Dad goes to work, the odd are really in our favor that The Sister would be the first one down to trip. It wouldn't be a far enough fall that she'd be seriously injured, I think probably a sprain or some nice floor rash on her face. She'll get the attention and sympathy for 1 day tops then her whining will wear on everyone's nerves and she'll be relegated to her bedroom. Then we have unrestricted access to the XBox, computer and TV."
Abbey looked at Blanket and raised her eyebrows.
"Okay fine then, we ask to trade places with her right now, we find her dance shoe bag, then we chew up all the gum we have in our possession, and put chewed gum in the toes of her shoes, by the time she gets her feet in, it'll be too late and she'll have to spend oodles of time cleaning it off her COMPETITION TIGHTS."
"Wow Blanket, you have clearly lost your mind. Who is always getting blamed for everything related to gum. I just had to have gum cut out of my hair, and you saw The Mommy's face, she did not believe the ridiculous story about some girl throwing gum in my hair. Anything gum related, and we are on the hook."
Blanket, realizing that Abbey had made a valid point sunk back in the seat and sulked. However, it meant that the final stretch of the trip passed in relative peace and quiet.
They arrived at the competition, and the Duffy girls and Blanket headed down to the dressing room to get The Sister ready to dance. There weren't many people there, so Abbey had lots of room to tumble and goof off. She sat Blanket down and promptly forgot all about him. The Mommy and The Sister were busy with hair and makeup and then everyone left because it was time for The Sister to dance. Abbey had left him. No sweat, this had happened before. Abbey would come sprinting back any minute, she always did. Always. Except apparently today.
Blanket slunk out of the dressing room sticking very closely to walls and corners. He was momentarily distracted by a very large curling iron, and stopped to see if he could add a little bounce to his straggling yarns, but it just ended up smoking so he quickly dropped it. Then he saw a make-up bag that was taller than Abbey and he just had to know what was in it. Turns out it was full of costumes that someone had very irresponsibly hung on slippery hangers. Totally not his fault that they all slithered to the bottom of the case, but he wasn't about to stick around and explain. He made it all the way to the top of the first flight of stairs, but some girl caught him in the wheels of a Dream Duffel, and drug him all the way back down before unwrapping him and tossing him aside. He followed them back to the dressing room because they had the most interesting feathers on their eyes....but apparently feathers don't have quite the same impact when glued to the center of crocheted yarn. Hmmmmmm.
Blanket headed back up the stairs and made it up 2 flights down a hallway and then took a right turn, and ended up backstage. Too cool, there were girls and kids and makeup and curls and feathers everywhere. Suddenly they called a dancer's name, and he heard his favorite song. He was dancing and enjoying himself for just one more minute and then he'd resume looking for Abbey when suddenly, he heard a shriek, and felt himself being yanked off his feet.
"Oh my god, seriously, if Mom doesn't kill her for this, I'm never talking to them again, this is exactly why we don't take Abbey to competitions, blanket on stage, what was she thinking, I'm going to scream. I have to dance now." Maddy had found him, and he was totally busted now. Crap.
"Maddy, what are you doing, you don't have time to be playing around, you should be backstage warming up?" The Mommy had found them now.
"I was when I found Abbey's blanket backstage by the curtain, she must have thrown him back there, it's like she's trying to ruin my life, you should definitely kill her for this." Maddy flung blanket towards The Mommy and ran backstage.
The Mommy scooped up blanket and walked to THE LEFT and back to the audience area. He heard a little wavering voice say, "Mommy, I think I lost Blanket, I don't know where I left him."
"He's right here Abbey, Maddy found him, please pay more attention to where you leave this thing, he's already stinky enough." The Mommy walked away back to her seat.
"Hey! I'm not stinky, it's taken me a long time to get this smell right. Wait a minute. Were you worried about me? Did you miss me? Were you crying?"
Abbey threw Blanket over her shoulder and walked into the auditorium.
"Hold on just a second, we are all going to Washington, Iowa to a dance competition, we are going to miss the Final 4, we won't get home until really late, and all we get to do alllll day is watch your sister's team dance?"
"Yes, that's exactly what we're doing, stop complaining, when was the last time we all did something together? And besides, it'll mean we make several gas station stops which means the good chocolate milk, and candy, lots of candy and probably some McDonald's too." Abbey continued putting things in her activity bag for the car ride. The Mommy said it would take just a little more than 2 hours to get there, that was slightly longer than she'd be able to keep Blanket quiet, so she was going to be prepared.
They loaded up the car with all the dance stuff which The Mommy checked 92 times. Maddy got in and took the whole back seat which meant that Abbey and Blanket had to sit in the middle. They waited patiently in the car for the Daddy for like 15 minutes and then they were on their way.
"Hey, where are the snacks, I'm starving."
"Seriously. It's only been 3 minutes, we haven't even left Macomb yet." Abbey muttered to Blanket. "There is no way we can ask for a snack yet, we just had breakfast."
"Abigail, you cannot be serious about wanting a snack, did you finish your egg and bacon and hash browns? Eat that before you go looking for the snack."
It was very inconvenient that The Mommy had bat ears, it was like she heard everything.
Abbey and Blanket spent the next hour or so quietly playing the DSi, and ignoring The Sister who was listening to her music in the back seat, periodically kicking the back of Abbey's seat.
"Here's the thing, I think if we tie a string across the bottom of the stairs after your Dad goes to work, the odd are really in our favor that The Sister would be the first one down to trip. It wouldn't be a far enough fall that she'd be seriously injured, I think probably a sprain or some nice floor rash on her face. She'll get the attention and sympathy for 1 day tops then her whining will wear on everyone's nerves and she'll be relegated to her bedroom. Then we have unrestricted access to the XBox, computer and TV."
Abbey looked at Blanket and raised her eyebrows.
"Okay fine then, we ask to trade places with her right now, we find her dance shoe bag, then we chew up all the gum we have in our possession, and put chewed gum in the toes of her shoes, by the time she gets her feet in, it'll be too late and she'll have to spend oodles of time cleaning it off her COMPETITION TIGHTS."
"Wow Blanket, you have clearly lost your mind. Who is always getting blamed for everything related to gum. I just had to have gum cut out of my hair, and you saw The Mommy's face, she did not believe the ridiculous story about some girl throwing gum in my hair. Anything gum related, and we are on the hook."
Blanket, realizing that Abbey had made a valid point sunk back in the seat and sulked. However, it meant that the final stretch of the trip passed in relative peace and quiet.
They arrived at the competition, and the Duffy girls and Blanket headed down to the dressing room to get The Sister ready to dance. There weren't many people there, so Abbey had lots of room to tumble and goof off. She sat Blanket down and promptly forgot all about him. The Mommy and The Sister were busy with hair and makeup and then everyone left because it was time for The Sister to dance. Abbey had left him. No sweat, this had happened before. Abbey would come sprinting back any minute, she always did. Always. Except apparently today.
Blanket slunk out of the dressing room sticking very closely to walls and corners. He was momentarily distracted by a very large curling iron, and stopped to see if he could add a little bounce to his straggling yarns, but it just ended up smoking so he quickly dropped it. Then he saw a make-up bag that was taller than Abbey and he just had to know what was in it. Turns out it was full of costumes that someone had very irresponsibly hung on slippery hangers. Totally not his fault that they all slithered to the bottom of the case, but he wasn't about to stick around and explain. He made it all the way to the top of the first flight of stairs, but some girl caught him in the wheels of a Dream Duffel, and drug him all the way back down before unwrapping him and tossing him aside. He followed them back to the dressing room because they had the most interesting feathers on their eyes....but apparently feathers don't have quite the same impact when glued to the center of crocheted yarn. Hmmmmmm.
Blanket headed back up the stairs and made it up 2 flights down a hallway and then took a right turn, and ended up backstage. Too cool, there were girls and kids and makeup and curls and feathers everywhere. Suddenly they called a dancer's name, and he heard his favorite song. He was dancing and enjoying himself for just one more minute and then he'd resume looking for Abbey when suddenly, he heard a shriek, and felt himself being yanked off his feet.
"Oh my god, seriously, if Mom doesn't kill her for this, I'm never talking to them again, this is exactly why we don't take Abbey to competitions, blanket on stage, what was she thinking, I'm going to scream. I have to dance now." Maddy had found him, and he was totally busted now. Crap.
"Maddy, what are you doing, you don't have time to be playing around, you should be backstage warming up?" The Mommy had found them now.
"I was when I found Abbey's blanket backstage by the curtain, she must have thrown him back there, it's like she's trying to ruin my life, you should definitely kill her for this." Maddy flung blanket towards The Mommy and ran backstage.
The Mommy scooped up blanket and walked to THE LEFT and back to the audience area. He heard a little wavering voice say, "Mommy, I think I lost Blanket, I don't know where I left him."
"He's right here Abbey, Maddy found him, please pay more attention to where you leave this thing, he's already stinky enough." The Mommy walked away back to her seat.
"Hey! I'm not stinky, it's taken me a long time to get this smell right. Wait a minute. Were you worried about me? Did you miss me? Were you crying?"
Abbey threw Blanket over her shoulder and walked into the auditorium.
Oh, that Blanket! :) He's got the craziest ideas!
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