Pranksters

One of the downsides to homeschooling is the way my kids have decided to harass me with fake snakes. I guess, as their teacher, I should know better than to think that they would let me teach in total peace. But I was under the impression that, being my children, they would not try so hard to induce panic and possible heart attacks. Most of their extra time in the day goes towards hobbies and educational activities, but a portion of it clearly goes into planning strategic snake attacks for their personal entertainment.

I’m only including a couple of the pictures of the last few “fake snake attacks” as evidence of their crimes. I’m thankful I have never had the old-school “tack on the chair” prank, but these snakes are seriously realistic and have elicited numerous screams. The problem is the fact that we have actually had two snakes in our home in the last four years, and so each fake snake attack evokes some level of PTSD style reaction.