Inappropriate

My friend's mother invited us to go swimming today. I actually put on my swimsuit, hence the lack of pictures on this posting. We swam for a little while and then I invited my friend's two little boys to my house to play. We ran to Sonic for "Happy Hour" and then to the bread store. Mind you, I still had on my suit and some shorts. I waited until the bread store looked clear of any other customers and then ran in. I was afraid I might burn the clerk's eyes out with my unattractiveness, but he survived the ordeal. He did say, "Have you been swimming?" I wanted to say, "No, I dress like this everyday because I am so hot." When I got back in the car (the whole ordeal took about one minute) I said to the kids, "Was that fast enough?" One of the little boys said, "Did you hurry fast because you are in your swimsuit?" I said, "Yes, I didn't want to traumatize anyone." Charlie piped up, "You went into a store in your swimsuit? That is not appropriate." He's right, it is not appropriate for me to put someone through that, but when you are in a hurry... And I thought Charlie wasn't ready for kindergarten. What do I know?

Jack's Birthday

Jack is 9! For his birthday he chose to eat at Texas Roadhouse (he wanted to eat at Chuck A Rama, but with a little persuasion from his dad he 'changed' his mind). We were also lucky enough to go see a great film called Meet Dave. Haven't heard of it? There is a reason for that. I don't think the movie studio was stupid enough to spend any money on promoting it. I kept thinking I would try to sneak out and go across the hall, Space Chimps actually sounded more appealing. I am known to fall asleep as soon as I hit the theater. Oh, no. I couldn't be that lucky. I tried to fall asleep, but I couldn't even do that. It was a slow torture that should have ended much sooner than it did. But, Jack loved it, and after all it was his birthday. His laugh echoed through the whole theater since we and 4 others were the only ones dumb enough to waste our money, and I was just glad he was having fun on his day. He decided I didn't like it because it had "potty humor". I will let him keep on thinking that was the only reason I didn't enjoy it! He is a good, sweet boy and if he had fun, I can give up that hour and a half!

More of Jack

Yesterday we were watching something on TV while eating breakfast. An older man was on a date with an older woman. During the date the man excused himself to go to the restroom. Jack said, "I bet he is going to take the 'middle aged man's little miracle pill.'" Mark and I started laughing but wanted to know where he had heard that. Apparently he learned if from the new version of The Pink Panther. I guess I need to monitor his movie watching a little more!

Jack also told Mark yesterday, "There aren't any condiments that I like, except frosting!"

Things Kids Say

The boys were going to Mark's family cabin and Jack had his own take on things which he shared with a couple of my friends. Although he was mistaken he thought all of Mark's family was going to be there. He told them, "We are going to my dad's family's cabin. There will be 29 people, 3 of which are lactose intolerant, 2 senior citizens, and there is only one bathroom!"

We were at the hospital visiting my dad and of course the kids wanted to go to the cafeteria. My grandma said, "I was down there today and there is really nothing good." Henry said, "I need to be the judge of that myself."

At the cabin the adults were looking for Charlie and his cousin Sami, who is an 8 year old girl. Someone asked, "Has anyone seen Charlie and Sami?" To which Henry replied, "They are upstairs making out." I think we need to have a talk!

I know Charlie has said some crazy things, but at the moment I cannot remember them. I will update with his craziness later.