Sunday, October 9, 2011

Dear God - Please Cancel PJ Day at School. Yours Truly, Jack

The Chicago Marathon is today and I promised to go and cheer wildly for a policeman friend of mine who is running it for the 3rd or 4th time. Unfortunately, his wife and I lost our standard tour guide who used to map out all the points and El stops for us to take in order to witness our man in blue racing by (based on his average pace). Apparently, the tour guide couldn't get away from his wife and 5 kids to show our dumb a$$es where to go. So instead, we'll dash around blindly trying to locate our runner and hopefully find him at some point before dinner. 

Which leaves me only enough time to offer up a blog showing that I didn't lie about the horribly mismatched pajamas we wear nightly at Casa de la Inept.  I was able to get my hands on one of Jack's drawings to prove another one of my maternal failings:


I know I'm biased, but I really think the kid has an eye.  By the way, if anyone tries to teach Jack how to draw hands more accurately, they will be shut down.  I LOVE the hands.  They're like happy little pinwheels.  I also get upset when anyone tries to correct Joey when he uses the word "drawlar" (a combination of "draw" and "color").  It's one of the last cute malaprops left in our house and I will not hurry along its demise.

Oh, and if you're wondering about the picture, that's not a doll he's holding.  It's supposed to be Joe in his Father's Day hammock.  Joe has never actually used his hammock, but I suppose there's nothing wrong with taking a little creative license.

For the record, here are Jack's real pajamas:


Uncanny, right?
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4 comments:

  1. BetsyOctober 9, 2011 at 8:03 PM

    I just read your "Is it okay to not like other people's children." I have never been a baby holder and always wondered if that meant I was non maternal. I loved holding my own babies, to a point, but, yea, especially not those tiny fresh-from the oven ones. No thanks. And I love those hands as well. I have a five year old who used to do hands that way, but has since graduated to drawing princesses with shrunken arms and fingers that look a lot like seaweed.

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  2. MarianneOctober 9, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    Betsy - I knew I couldn't have been alone in feeling that way. Thanks! And I'm now looking forward to seaweed hands! Who knew?

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  3. MOVOctober 10, 2011 at 3:36 AM

    OMG, just found your blog (new follower here), you are my hero and my new BFF. I am also a mom with a lot to say and a captive audience in my blog readers. If you have a free minute (*disclaimer: moms do not get "free" minutes or seconds or any other measure of time that is not already allocated), take a peek at my writing/ ramblings. ARE WE THE SAME PERSON? Alas, I do not live in Chicago.

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  4. MarianneOctober 10, 2011 at 10:40 AM

    MOV - Right back at you! I love inappropriate mothers who somehow produce children who think "stupid" is a swear word. I'm a-followin' you!

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