the conversation went like this:
Lauren: will you take me to the store to buy my halloween costume.
(has not had a costume in 2 years…now she wants one?)
Me: What do you want to buy….
we aren't really spending money on halloween anymore.
(i have become jaded in my 13 years of halloween purchasing.
i want to buy the cute costumes but it's just not worth the money to me
they need to make something up with what we have or wear an old one)
L: i'm going to be hannah montana.
i need a wig…and a new outfit from Rue 21…and some sparkly stuff.
(translation -when we get there i will beg my mom
for more things that are not HM related)
M: a hannah montana wig is going to be like $20!! NO.
and why can't you just find clothes we already have?
(it's called cre-a-tiv-i-ty)
L: you don't understand me!
that would be so stupid!
hannah montana would never wear anything i have!
(translation: you are such a smart mother. how did i ever get so lucky?)
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fast forward to me at the mall.
Claire's Boutique.
SCORE!
$20 Hannah Montana wigs on sale for….
Buy one for $5.00 and get another one FREE!
WHAT?
HUH?
who needs two wigs…oh yeah me…3 girls in my house!
sold.
i felt like super mom when i came home.
(i think i should have a cape for these moments…maybe i'll make one!)
and now everyone can be hannah montana!
"you get the beeeeeest of both worlds!!!"
"this is the LIIIIIIIIFe! Hold on tight!"
(you knew it was coming right?)
"Everybody makes mistakes…Everybody has bad days!"
"we are the champions. WE are the champions! NO TIME FOR LOSERS.
cause WE are the chaaaaampions…..of the WORLD!!!!"
(i know – it's not HM but it just felt like singing it)
"take it off mommy! waaaaaaaaaa. you're scaring me!! waaaaaaaaa!"
seriously.
"it's a hard knock life for us! it's a hard knock life FOR US!"
and they did an entire medley tribute to Annie the motion picture.
ahhhhh….good times.
even scott was adorable as HM.
he kept shaking it saying "YEAH! YEAH!"
i guess that's what he thinks she says.
we'll have to wait for halloween to see lauren in her wig.
so what do think as this for my new profile pic?
i think the double basket stack of laundry behind makes it even more
perfectly appropriate.
is it too much?
jennifer - So fun! Now I might have to go out and get a white pumpkin. It looks so cool glowing like that. Who knew?!
Will and Grace, love and miss that show.
Becca - I’m not sure how I got here..to your blog that is. But I have spent the last 20 minutes reading your blog. I LOVE it..what a great family you have, all the laughter..and tears. Thanks for shareing..and i’ll be back for sure.
Becca
Lanny Stanard - Loving the new look! I still visit the wig post,it just keeps me laughing! I was talking to shawn the day of that post and she said to me did you see! that’s all she had to say!
Lanny…
Aby - They look great. So does the blog! Just Jack… Will and Grace!! LOVE that show!
Loving Mom 2 Boys - Too cute!! I love the pumpkins – they look so cute all lined up!!
Lorilee - Oh my, now I have to go and find a white pumpkin! I have had them, but I didn’t carve them! Now I HAVE to carve one to see the all over glow!
Blessings,
Lorilee
traci - will and grace. love jack!! the pumpkins are great!! we haven’t done that in years. it was never really my favorite thing to do anyway, so i really don’t miss it.
meredith - Am impressed beyond words. We, in Australia, don’t have a pumkin carving tradition and I’m sure we’d all end up in the ER with stab wounds. Would that qualify as “Extreme Carving”? How clever you all are!
Suzanne - we’re doing our annual family carving tomorrow night, but it is TOTALLY all Daddy!! i just take pictures & do the seeds for snacking!
yours look awesome!
Liz - You know… I think I may carve a pumpkin this year. I havent in years.
Tonya - Oh, I miss that show. Thanks for bringing it back for just a minute.
Love the hungry pumpkins!
Kelly - They turned out so great! Very fun!
Jen H. - Will & Grace! LOL
The pumpkins look awesome! We did a pumpkin “snowman” this year – three stacked in order from largest to smallest, with the top one carved with a face. Leafy branches as arms on the middle one. I still have to find him a hat, then I’ll take a picture.
Aubrey - They look great–maybe I’ll have to go carve our white pumpkin now.
PamperingBeki - We squirved our pumpkins last night too and I just did pictures.
I’m so glad we don’t have to do that very often.
Did you see my dog jump out and run away at the school yesterday? Completely embarassing! We caught him at the middle school after about 15 minutes of chasing.
Amanda - Love it. They are adorable. I have never carved pumpkins with my kids. But they are 2 and 3 so I still got time right?
Many blessings-
Amanda
Lisa - Wow 6 pumpkins! They all look so great.
take care,
Lisa
robin bird - ok. i came here 10 minutes ago just to look at the banner and do the holding your hands up like an artist’s frame to check out the font positioning and what the heck i used last time. and i got trapped here…. by all your funny family pictures, annie crying her eyes out while you take her picture, you singing in a platinum blond wig, mountains of laundry and your pilgrimage into fabric heaven. oh and scott looking adorable in a wig.
you are a consummate prototype of an amazing woman blogging the everyday of family life. that should be your next book..ummm……i can’t think of a catchy title right now i have a font job to get back to…. later gator.
Rachel - They turned out great!