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The Christmas Picture

I can’t find cute Christmas clothes for the boys. Not that I’ve had time to look anywhere but Wal-Mart and Target (Hi! I’m a frazzled suburban mom!), but I’d like to find cute holidays outfits to put them in for Christmas pictures.

Confessions of a Bad Mom
Okay, I’ll admit that I haven’t exactly taken formal Christmas photos before this year, but this is a good year to start, right? I might even work my way up to Christmas cards next year. In five more years, I can do that official family letter thing.

But anyway back to the problem at hand.

Christmas Costumes
I swear girls get better holiday clothing in every season. This is no surprise, however. Girl clothes are always cuter than boy clothes. Pants and shirts are rather basic after all. Boys get one red shirt sporting Sponge Bob in a Santa hat. Girls get an entire section of full-blown Christmas costumes.

So I was thinking it might be fun to get the two boys some Santa suits to wear for fun, or maybe buy them matching Christmas pajamas. If I can find matching fluffy warm jammies with feet, the pictures could be really cute.

Of course, I might have trouble getting my eldest into his jammies since he doesn’t like ones with feet. I might just bribe him with yet another machine to add to his collection, however. The more I think about it, the more I’m loving the pajamas idea…

November 16th, 2008 Posted by Rebecca | Parenting - Freelance Style | 5 comments

I Shaved a Sticker Off My Leg

For those without two small children, this is what went down. I took a shower for the first time in 48 hours – I was too tired to bother last night before passing out. I shaved my legs for the first time in…um, 48 hours. While doing that quick hand swipe thing to be sure I got the vast majority of visible hairs on my outer left calf, I encountered an odd sensation – the remains of a large Spiderman sticker.

I’m not sure where it came from, but it was there for a while, I’d wager. If I hadn’t shaved my legs, it would have been there even longer. I wore capri pants today – I wonder if the sticker was there then?

Some might be thinking that I’ve lost my mind.

Those with young children who work as much and sleep as little as I do, however, are nodding right now.

They know.

They know that this shaved sticker isn’t a sign of my gradual slip into insanity.

It’s my version of normal.

November 8th, 2008 Posted by Rebecca | Parenting - Freelance Style | 2 comments