Head Tale

Sasha had her ninth birthday today and though we had a pretty mellow art/painting/Bob Ross theme for our budding artist, as most pre-teens have for years, someone ended up suggesting they do “Bloody Mary” in our bathroom.

Six girls crowded in the dark bathroom with the door closed and once I realised what was happening, I couldn’t help but have some fun with them…

It got even better a bit later.

You can hear a music box playing as they’re chanting in the video above and once the initial scare was over and they were back in my daughter’s room, I heard someone say “Hey!  Where’s that music box?”

Before her bedroom door could open, I rushed to the bathroom and pulled the door partially closed behind me.  The girls came streaming to the bathroom to get the music box, only to have me yell “Boo!” and scaring them again!

Later, it was fun to play dumb and ask them about what Bloody Mary was.  Apparently…
– if you chant “Bloody Mary” three or five times in a mirror, someone appears who wants to kill you.
– why would you do that if they might kill you?  “I don’t know but it never works anyhow.”
– “oh, the reason it never works is none of us are brave enough to go in and do it alone.  It only works if you do it alone.”
– one girl volunteers to go right then and do it alone but then gets cold feet.
– “Well, even if you’re alone, sometimes it doesn’t work unless you really say it and mean it” though I think she’s trying to convince herself more than the rest of us!

Not really Bloody Mary-related but a nine year old’s birthday is pretty much nirvana for dad jokes and quips.  So much fun!  🙂