Lice Lice, We All Hate Lice. Who Hates Lice??

                            
                            ME! ME! ME!

Optional Titles:  

1.  Lice Lice Baby! 
2. Lice, to Know You
3. You're Once... Lice... Three Times a Lady

The brain is an amazing organ. The minute the topic of lice is brought up people start scratching their head. For example, right now I am typing with one hand and scratching my head with the other. The good news is that our house has never been so clean. 

The familiar family rite of passage known as head lice wreaked its small ugly head over the weekend. Luckily only Parker was the one with a small township of little critters on her scalp. The rest of us were spared, especially me (one of the many benefits of being follically-challenged). Laura has been working tirelessly on purging the little bastards. She is really good at it!! 

Unfortunately some important items have to go away for a while. Our favorite pillows as well as the girls' favorite stuffed animals. Also, it destroys romance...

However, we have been receiving some thoughtful cards from friends and family...

The good news is we learned some valuable lessons...

1. If you want to rid your house of annoying neighborhood children for several days, lice is the gateway to serenity.
2. Word that someone has lice spreads as quickly as the lice itself. 
3. Having lice in the house makes you do laundry, a lot of laundry!
4. Finally Laura has discovered a way to motivate me to vacuum.
5. Lice are incredibly productive hematophagic ectoparasites. Like the Duggar family, the female is constantly reproducing; laying 4 eggs/day! The Chinese that make Apple products at Foxconn can't compete with the productivity of lice.

After all of this I'm almost inspired to write a song about hematophagic ectoparasites. Sure, it's tough to rhyme but not impossible.