Christmas Photos

If you know my son even remotely, you know of his fondness (or lack there of) for pictures. I scheduled a portrait session for Alex at 4:00 in the afternoon and I informed Alex that I was picking him up early for school assuming he would be excited - after all...most kids enjoy skipping out of class early, right...which would then make the photo session a bit less painful. Alex knew there was a catch, however. He immediately inquired "Why are you picking me up early mom?". I explained to him that we were taking pictures for our Christmas cards.

Disgusted, he says..."Mom, the only thing worse than school is Christmas photos"

He walked out of the room to return a few minutes later with this ensemble for photos



Only my Alex

Alex On Politics

I took Alex with me to vote today and on the way to the voting booth, I asked him if he had any questions for me in regards to the candidates. He confidently said "Nope, I'm voting for Senator McCain"

I asked him how he came to his decision and he explained "Well, Senator McCain is older than Senator Obama so he must be in a higher grade at school and that means he knows more"

My Morning Thus Far

I walked out side and there was a guy standing by my car

Guy: You have a flat tire
Amanda: Well, why aren't you fixing it

So, I drive the car, with the flat tire to work and ask one of my very nice, very sweet coworkers if he wouldn't mind throwing some air in my tire this morning. He asked...."which one is it?"

Um...the one with no air in it?

And we blondes get ridiculed!

The Kid Cracks Me Up!

It has been a long, long week and I am very grateful that it is Friday! Alex was struggling with his spelling last night. He really didn't want to do homework and when he misspelled the word "sleep" (he spelled it sleap), he actually argued with me that the correct spelling was "sleap". We looked it up in the dictionary together to discover that the correct spelling is indeed "sleep"

So this morning, on the way to school, I asked him how to spell the word "sleep"

He looked at me and actually WINKED and said "mom, you just leave the spelling to me"

He winked! Oh that kid cracks me up sometimes!

Two Things Today

First of all, this is what happens when you've gained a few pounds, but refuse to go up in a jean size. WARNING - what you are about to see, may be disturbing to some. View with caution




Don't let this happen to you


SECONDLY - don't ever thing you're too gone to be done. Did you see the baseball game last night???



Down 7-0 in the bottom of the 7th, the Red Sox were considered by many (including this pessimist) to be done for the year. The rallied in the final two innings to take home a 8-7 win over Tampa Bay. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the only larger comeback in baseball history came in Game 4 of the 1929 World Series when the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Chicago Cubs 10-8 after trailing 8-0.

Halloween Will Suck This Year

Pictures

The morning of September 15th was a difficult one in my house. I had a collared shirt matched with a sweater vest for Alex to wear that day since it was picture day!! Presumably, this would not be a difficult sale to sell…..it wasn’t like I had him wearing a pink ruffled dress.

He took one look at the outfit and protested “mom, I’ll look like a dork!” I reassured him that he will look very handsome and sweet. Aunts, uncles, grandpa, and great grandparents will be displaying this picture proudly in their homes and it’s important that he looks his best I explained. In the back of my mind, however, I’m wondering how a child who can strut proudly out of the house with holes in his t-shirt, mismatched socks, floodwater pants, and his hair sticking up all over the place and feeling perfectly fine about himself can honestly accuse a button down shirt and a sweater vest of making him look like “a dork”

The argument ended with a very simple “I’m the mom, you’re the child, and this is what you’re wearing” and he complied….or so I thought. He had a look on his face when he left the car that concealed the mischievous plot he had in his mind.



That turkey removed the sweater vest the minute he arrived in the school! The look on his face reads “hurry before my mom catches me without that stupid sweater vest”