I blew out my flip-flop Stepped on a pop-top

What did kids do before Netflix?

The kids pulled a fast one on Grandma H and told her that Neve falls asleep watching Netflix, little did grandma realize one hour later that Neve knows how to keep pushing next episode

I might be worried it has caused this winky eye except that she has been doing this since birth

I found something I love and if you look at the ingredients it would b a no brainer on why the package is empty quickly after it is opened
3 of my food groups

So as most are aware, I am a flip flop wearing girl, once a thong girl but times have changed and now thongs cause wedgies (once melvins)!

My feet were quite at home while in Hawaii. Which of course was reason for my previous anxious feeling. Not the trip, just leaving someone else to do all the dirty work w/the 4 rugrats while I was gone. No one wears shoes there and quite often you see people shopping barefoot. While I do enjoy barefoot to the mailbox and such I find it gross shopping.

Flip flops are not considered appropriate footwear in some places (much to my chagrin) but I still try to get away w/them whenever I can. But I have found a new and possibly more comfortable to the space between my big and fourth toe sandal. I only bought this one pair to see how they wear but they pretty much have every style and color that I will most likely start to collect. Yipeee!

Dave already started his collection.
I tried to get him to buy canvas shoes when they first started coming back in a few years ago & he laughed at me and said he didn't want to look like Jimmy Buffet.
Well since he is already nicknamed Jimmy to some he may as well start playing the part.

So if your in the market for a not cheap-o pair of sandals, these b the 1's

I will one day get to bloggin' about Hawaii but I still feel a bit hung over and off kilter and shockingly have a headache so this is just gonna have to b good for today.

I will end w/a great parenting story because, I mean to be honest, I am pretty much the ideal.
So my little Sam, while being very pleasant and funny most times, is by far my most stubborn child. This morning he was pulling his not wanting to get ready for church crap so I decided it was time to teach him the lesson we taught Logan when he was 3. We left him home alone! But really I was just dropping them all off and coming back to deal w/his crap. This plan totally backfired! I came right back home and the garage door was open & I couldn't find him anywhere. I was waffling between anger & panic because I didn't know if he went somewhere or if he was hiding from me. I started backing out to see if he had run somewhere and a truck I didn't recognize started to pull over in front of my house w/Sams little head between two people on the seat. He opened the door and said Sam told him that his parents went to church and left him home alone. He had put a Dallas cowboys sweatshirt on Sam since he was only in his underwear & Sam showed him how to get back to our house. Sam was clear down past the kids school running to find the church in only his underwear & crying in the rain. That is pretty far away for a tiny little guy like him and I am so glad this guy was nice and thoughtful enough to stop and pick him up. I am sure he thinks and thought he was a 3 yr old by his size. I am also very glad he was not one of those small % of creepy people in the world. Thank Heaven for people who take the time to care!!!
I never thought he would have even left the house. I think the 1K he did a few weeks ago made him realize he could run far. I blame the Red Cross for all this because there is no way this could have been a bad idea by me. Never!!!!
So as I have been thinking about this ALL DAY because it stresses me to think he was all alone somewhere, I have been thinking about all the judgements we make of people "these days" w/parenting choices. So many things that our parents did are considered crimes now like leaving your kid in the car at the gas station (where I think they are perfectly safe in cool weather). Someone asked me the other day if we spank our kids or just talk to them about their behavior. It is almost like you don't dare answer if you are a spanker for fear of getting turned in. I am not quick to spank since I think there are better alternatives to alter their behavior (taught to us by having a toddler named Logan) but I am not opposed to it in certain situations either. Hillari reminded me of when My mom used to chase us down the hall w/a wooden spoon because her mom did that too. We used to laugh and inevitably so would she out of frustration. I don't think belts are acceptable though so if you do that don't tell me about it. Discipline shouldn't leave handprints...pinch prints maybe, but only during Sacrament meeting ha ha.

It is hard to always know what to do as a parent and sometimes your decision is total crap but it seemed fine at the time. My heart aches and emotions run high and I don't pass blame when I hear stories like the one last night w/the 2 yr old in drowning in the creek but I do know sometimes I do judge even when I don't know details or facts and I need to not do that anymore, especially since I returned home to a large medical bill from a fire truck ride and MRI's. I know there wasn't much I did wrong w/that scenario besides just being a little more careful but people could judge me for letting Neve exercise her independence.