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Bell In the Land of Giants
November 22nd, 2009 by Bell

It’s been a busy weekend around here.

Friday night (well, starting at 5pm) we hosted a birthday/slumber party for Dragon (HAPPY #13!!!!). Four boys and one girl (Girl didn’t spend the night…though we’re glad she came– VERY BRAVE).

A night chock full of pizza, soft drinks, cake, ice cream and other various sugary snacks… Numerous Nerf gun wars, a scavenger hunt, Rockband, movies…etc. I’m pretty sure they were up until at least 3 or 4 am… based on the history on the web browser (the last site loaded at 2:58am)….

Then…  in the morning, we filled their bellies with pancakes, sausage, bacon and chocolate-drizzled glazed donuts.

And then there was another Nerf gun war.

And another…

And another…

And then there was some Wii action.

And then I left for work.

And then…one by one… they all went home.

And Jake took Dragon and Wildcat to spend the night with their grandparents in Knoxville.

And we had the night alone. Whew!

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Grandparents took the boys shopping…got some new toys, new clothes and some new shoes.

These are Wildcat’s new shoes….

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…. Wildcat’s new shoes…with MY feet in them.

Yep.

He’s wearing 5’s (which is a 7 in womens) — My toes are little cramped b/c I wear 8s… but DAMN!
THE SEVEN YEAR OLD IS WEARING SHOES BIG ENOUGH TO FIT MOST NORMAL WOMEN!!!

We JUST BOUGHT Wildcat brand new 2′s in July…….THIS PAST JULY!!!!

So… yeah, he’s been running around in shoes that are 3 sizes too small for him. (refer to “How to be a Bad Parent, vol 3″ … but you’ll have to wait…it’s still being written)

It also explains why the stitching on the toes was popping off.

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My toes come to the end of the laced section on Dragons new PAIR OF 10s !!

OMG!! 10s!!!

(That would be a 12 in womens…fyi)

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Ok- So.. I know I married a monster tall person..who comes from a family of tall people…and was probably SURE to pass those genes over to his children (cause I’ve been told K-genes always win….hmmph).

But his KIDS were A LOT SMALLER when they moved in here 2 years ago…. and watching it happen has been amazing.

And a lot has changed.

They have “little boys that are growing into some sort of really big monsters tall people” appetites.

They WERE picky eaters… and they WERE slow eaters… and we USED TO always have leftovers.

Heh. Not anymore.

Bring on the big feet!!

I love it!


9 Responses  
Jamie writes:
November 22nd, 2009 at 10:23 pm

As the mom of said “one girl”…whose shoe size and height are likely to out-do me…
Oh my, yes, bring on those years…it will surely be an adventure! Congrats on being the mom to a teenager!!

Jake writes:
November 22nd, 2009 at 10:30 pm

Glad you can handle these monster children! I love you!

Jake writes:
November 22nd, 2009 at 10:31 pm

Side note:

I been a Dad for 13 years! Woo! My dadhood is a teenager too!

Jamie writes:
November 22nd, 2009 at 10:48 pm

Goodness Jake – you got me beat…I very much remember you as the new dad…awesome…you guys are an inspiration to me…(I hope that doesn’t sound as cheesy as it sounds)…Love you too!

Jamie writes:
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:24 pm

Heh…I was assuming you were talking about my monster children…nevermind…still love ya though… : D

Bell writes:
November 23rd, 2009 at 12:03 am

Ya’ll are funny…

Allisone writes:
November 23rd, 2009 at 11:10 am

Great. Now I have Peter Cetera crooning “You’re the inspiration” stuck in my head.
The internets will pay!!!

Vixen writes:
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:17 pm

Ah yes, the giant foot problem. I remember it well with my son. Luckily, the girls didn’t get that gene. They may have hated their dad forever if they had.

Sounds like being the parents of a teenager is agreeing with you all so far. But there’s time. Trust me. Bwahahahaha

Bell writes:
December 4th, 2009 at 7:23 am

“being the parents of a teenager is agreeing with you all so far”

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Catch me on FB sometime. We’ll chat.
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