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Subject: well, at least he had fun even if he had to act like a kid again! LOL LOL LOL

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Brandie

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Date Posted: 07:30:01 08/20/06 Sun
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In reply to: Beth 's message, "Liam said he had a good time once he gave up" on 23:30:36 08/19/06 Sat

>and played pirate with them. His word were "we played
>like we were kids again." ROFL.
>
>I was a mean mom...I made them clean up the games and
>gave them a lecture saying it's not okay with me for
>them to destroy $80 worth of board games. Mind you,
>I've had all these kids in class before, so they knew
>I was serious.
>
>The house is still a wreck. Liam didn't get up until
>3. Then we went to the mall. I got Teiguen's
>Halloween costume at Disney...and got him a cute Toy
>Story fleece outfit. I got Liam a Pirates zip front
>hoodie. He needed a light coat for fall...this is
>stylish and will do fine until he can switch to a
>parka.
>
>I also got him two pairs of pants at Sears. He was so
>tired that we gave up on jeans. We tried about 5
>pairs and STILL didn't find his size. Mens jeans
>confound me. We kind of decided that now that he
>wears men's sizes he can't wear loose fitting...they
>were just waaay too big. The last size we tried was a
>31/29. It was still about 3" too big in the waist.
>We're getting closer, tho.
>
>At least now he has 3 pairs of pants. I was worried
>that we'd get a cool streak next month and he wouldn't
>have anything to wear. The good thing about the
>pants...they were $7 each...marked down from $29!!!
>Love Sears sales!
>
>They had nothing new in the women's dept. I was
>bummed. They still have out the same stuff I bought
>last May! It's on clearance...but you'd think by now
>they'd have something new out.
>
>Anyway....tomorrow we're going to Lawrence for lunch
>to give Leslie 3 lawn and leaf bags full of boy's
>clothing! Man, what I would have done to have someone
>give me 2 years worth of clothing!!! I know they will
>use it, so I don't mind not getting anything back on
>it.
>
>I want to get back early enough to finish cleaning
>up...there is still a handful of toys around...and
>candy wrappers. And the floor needs vacuuming badly.
>
>My advice to those of you with younger
>children...NEVER do a sleepover birthday. I swear. I
>laid down rules when the kids got here...1. Stay out
>of the bedroom 2. No taking toys off shelves. Play
>with the board games in the livingroom 3. Use the
>trash cans. 4. No yelling or running up and down
>stairs. Lot of good it did me....

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