It’s not easy being Green

Yesterday, Sarah and I did some shopping at Sam’s Club.  We got our regulars and actually bought something that we sampled as well.  Just a typical trip to Sam’s.  After picking up Esther from school, the girls wanted to snack on some Cheetos.  We get baked cheetos because they don’t know the difference, and this was an “in stock” item at our house considering our earlier errand.  We then left to go pick up Abigail.  (Yeah, kindergarten gets out an hour earlier than the rest of the school – a bit of a hassle.)  As I pick up Sarah to put her in her car seat I notice some blue around her mouth.  “What did you eat that was blue?”  “I had a fruit snack that was on the couch.”  Hmmmm, we haven’t had any fruit snacks for awhile.  Maybe she found an old random one somewhere and decided to eat it.  I was very perplexed by all of this blueish/green color on her tongue and around her mouth.  When Abigail hopped into the car, I noticed that Esther’s mouth had some blue around the corners as well.  “What did you eat that was blue?”  “Nothing.”  Now I’m wondering if they are conspiring against me, and had found some blue candy somewhere.  My previous perplexing is now turning into concern as I consider that fact that two of my daughters are turning blue around the mouth.  As I think on what was just ingested, I remember that I too had a couple of cheetos as I had poured some out for them, so I stick out my tongue and sure enough, my tongue is discolored as well.  Now, I’m thinking upon my cheetos bag which did have a Shrek face on it.  When I got home I went directly to the bag which read, “Turn thy tongue Shrek green.”  LOVELY!  They don’t look any different, don’t taste any different, just react different.  I’m going to have to be careful when I eat these new baked cheetos before I go somewhere or may run into someone.