DENTIST FROM HELL PART TWO: The Aftermath

Aidan peers at me over his cereal bowl, "Mom, why did the Mad Dentist have such a big mask on?"

Me: "Mad dentist, who?"

Aidan: "You know, Mom - the Mad Dentist from the bad dentist's place?"

Me: Thinking to myself, oh, shit - this will just never die, will it? Then in my understanding mommy voice, "Oh, that dentist."

Aidan: "Why did he have such a big mask on?"

Me: Trying to come up with a safe, nice, puppies and rainbows type of answer, but after only two sips of coffee and a brain muddled with sleep deprivation, I can only come up with : "Um, hmmm, well..."

Aidan jumps into the silence with a thoughtful: "Is it because of the blood mom? I bet Mad Dentist wears the big face mask because of all the blood."

Brennan chimes in : "I hate the dentis! I no wanna go to the dentis!"

I hang my head and know that when my children's teeth rot and fall out because of their staunch refusal to ever go to a dentist again, I will deliver those teeth right to the doorstep of that damn "Mad Dentist".