Jean fetish

I have come to the conclusion that I have a serious "jeans" fetish. I have fat jeans, skinny jeans, jeans I wear only with flip flops, jeans I wear only with heels, dressy jeans, casual jeans, camping jeans, dark jeans, light jeans etc... I'm obsessed. I literally wear them everyday and use that as an excuse as to why I have so many of them and feel the need to purchase even more. My only problem is I HATE trying them on in the store. I used to make my sister come with me and we would take a stack of all sizes in the dressing room. She patiently waited and only laughed a little as I would try and squeeze myself into the size I thought I should be. If that particular size didn't fit I wouldn't buy the next size up...no way...I would just move on to the next brand. The only thing I've noticed lately is that if I want to buy my favorite size than the jeans become a little more expensive. Why is that? Why should any pair of jeans cost such a ridiculous amount money? Why doesn't that amount detour me from buying them? Because I LOVE THEM!!

p.s. Thanks mom for my latest pair ♥....and for keeping my obsession alive eventhough Jess has put me on a budget......I think they are my favorite so far!

The Tooth Fairy is a liar.....

Scene I: Aric pulled his tooth out in anticipation of the Tooth Fairy bringing him money.

Reality: Tooth Fairy fell asleep and forgot to come.

Outcome: Aric managed to blame himself saying he moved around a lot during

the night and his tooth got pushed to the side. Being the good parents we are

we went with that story unable to come up with anything better.

Scene II: Aric went to bed again with tooth under pillow.

Reality: Tooth Fairy remembered! Put $2 under pillow with a note saying thanks for the

second chance.

Outcome: Aric awoke, found note, found me and demanded to know why I wrote that note!

Conclusion: At this point Jess joined us and we explained as gently as we could that we were actually the Tooth Fairy. His response was not one we expected......at all. He immediately teared up, shouted that we were LIARS and tried to push past us to retreat to his room. We were talking pretty fast at this point trying to calm him down, while restraining him, and explaining that he could not ruin it for the other two who still believe. He wanted no part of it! In his mind we lied, played a cruel joke and he WOULD NOT be "playing along". I started to panic thinking what have we done? How are we going to convince him that this was supposed to be fun and cute and memorable? After a few minutes, Jess was able to work his magic on him. He agreed to not tell his siblings and we agreed to not make him an accomplice to our lies.

Moral of the story: You're better off not forgetting to put the money under the pillow!!

Girls are so much smarter than boys!

I guess I should really be saying "sneakier" than boys as I found that out this morning. When Avery was just a little one we saw signs that she had a GREAT aversion to any food with texture. She simply refused to eat that stage 3 baby food and I really couldn't blame her because those chunks of food mixed in with the smooth flavor were enough to make me gag at the sight of it let alone put it in my mouth. When she was three her eating habits hadn't improved much and she was then showing signs of being a vegetarian! I know, I know....how could that be in a family that hunts and then eats their prey? Well we knew when Jess had caught her spitting out her chewed up chicken in the toilet after she asked to be excused from the dinner table to go potty. Wow! Was all we could say. How did she know to do that? The boys NEVER figured out how to fool us like that and still can't to this day. Whatever food they are made to eat they do even if it takes them hours to finish it. That's why I was shocked again when I was doing a quick clean up job around the house and found vitamins stashed everywhere! I knew they were Avery's immediately since hers are the only white ones. The more I looked the more I found. Under my bed, under her bed, behind the dresser and even behind the toilet! When I finally found her to ask if she had been taking her vitamins she simply just shrugged and grinned still to sweet to lie. Saying she just didn't like the way they melted on her tongue. As much as I hope her honesty lasts forever I'm not that naive and I've definitely learned I need to clean much more often!

Principals office......again.

I knew that something was up when I asked the boys how their day at school went and my eldest quickly replied, "I need to tell you something......in private." Making a mental note to check on Cade who was brooding under his jacket with hood pulled up, I followed Aric to his bedroom. Once in the room he looked at me with these big eyes and quickly stated he had good news and not so good news. Not saying a word I simply cocked my head and raised my eyebrows and he continued. He started off by explaining he was in the principals office today but was quick to point out he didn't get in trouble and it wasn't his fault. Now, I love my son dearly but I know him all to well and at this admission am beginning to question his claim of "innocence". Starting from the beginning I learned there were some words expressed by a friend of his at lunch that Aric felt were inappropriate and should not be said at school. Aric asked his friend to stop and when he didn't he just decided to leave and go to recess. (At this point I was thinking WOW he actually used good judgement - maybe, just maybe, some things might be sinking into that head of his. Now I'm wondering where exactly does the principal part come into play?) Once outside and involved in a game the same friend asked to join in and Aric remained silent. Ahhh....the good ol' silent treatment will fix the problem. Apparently the silence just escalated the anger and that's when his friend just slapped him "for no reason at all". Now I'm quickly grasping the whole picture. When I asked, "Did you tell him why you wouldn't let him play?" he just squirmed and said, "no." We hashed out the need for him to explain the reasoning to his friend as opposed to completely shutting him out and ignoring him. Overall I'm pleased that he showed good judgement, didn't engage in a fight, and was honest with me about the incident. We obviously still need a little work with the communication portion of his problem solving.

Boys being boys, there are no hard feelings and as far as they're concerned the entire event is ancient history. My hope is that he won't see the inside of the principals office again but then again this is Aric that we're talking about.

Wanted: Black Pug Puppy

He has said no for a very long time but I finally see a crack in his armor. While on a date the other day the topic of wanting a dog came up........ again. I began my argument this time by expressing that we should get a dog now while I am still at home with the kids and can spend time with it. At first I thought it was pointless but then out of the blue Jess says, " Find a black pug puppy for $200 and we can talk." I couldn't believe my ears! Of course I only heard the first part of that sentence and so my search for a pug began! It hasn't been that easy though, and not because there is a lack of pugs for sale on the web because there are PLENTY. I just have to find the right price. Jess actually came across some that are a year old, litter boxed trained and have all their shots (I might have to follow up on those.) I think there names were Samson or Molly or Uther I can't remember, they are all running together in my mind. I quickly got excited and felt as though we would have a puppy soon until Jess reminded me of the last part of that sentence. The part that said, "then we'll talk." I hate that part. I'm going to be working on my "sweet talk" soon so pray that his armor will crack. P.S. our kids know nothing about this dog search as they would not be able to contain themselves and would be devastated if dad said NO......again.

My New Obsession

FACEBOOK! Long story short I recently rejoined facebook and am completely hooked just like my poor husband thought I would be. I tried to tell him it wouldn't happen but he knows me too well! It's amazing how you can connect with all these different people that are or have been a part of your life. Right now I'm having fun with it but hopefully it's newness will fade......for Jess' sake at least. :-)

Captain Cool C.J. and The Aricanator 2000

One day the boys decided to create their own comic so I thought I would post it since it has been one of the only times that they worked for days without arguing about it!