10 year old boy's hands

my daughter
while sitting at the dinner table
in a quiet moment
quickly ceased the silence
by rubbing her hands along her leg
and expressing
"~ewwwww~"
"mom,
do you even know
how gross it is
to hold a boys hand~!"
and of course,
i thought long and hard on this answer
but
when my answer took to long to reach my lips
i had no choice
but to repeat the only word i felt comfort in
all while trying to force
a non-motherly-not-worried-smile
onto my face
all the while
realizing 'Batshit'
doesn't even cover how crazy i must have looked in that moment
"gross???",.. i said
feeling my voice crack under pressure
knowing even if i had pulled off the look
i still just gave it away
then
she explained
how in gym class
she had to line up boy/girl/boy/girl
and play some sort of
red-rosy-red-rosy
send so-n-so over
and with that
i feel the blood start to pump again
but she
still rubbing her hands across her legs
as if they contained so many cooties
there was no room left to hold her fork
proceeds to tell me the name
of both boys hands she had to hold
of course, not without blushing
and interjecting a question
"why are there hands so sweaty and.. just ICK!"
what do I say?
"yeah~ ick.. aren't they???"
laughter settles the mood
i had survived
then..
my 4 year old.. son
says,..'mom, you like holding my hand, don't you?'
shit, FAILURE, I FAILED!..
" YES!!!"~ I SAY! ~"YES!!!"
"I LOVE YOUR HANDS!!"
then he adds
.."even if I'm sweaty and ick?"
*sigh*
I love that boy.
sweaty and ick and all.
My daughter, she'll love her brothers hands
someday
and other boys sweaty hands?
.. farrrr tooo soooon!

Safetysuit, Hoobastank, Seether, 3 Doors Down Concert

Doug Robb

'Hoobastank'

These are two good friends of mine

Lisa and Marcie

Who came down after 'Safetysuit' left the stage

all the way from the Budweiser box to say Hi to Tom and I on the floor

and make sure we were still 'ok'

Tom had gotten me floor tickets for my Birthday

in the standing room only section

Lisa kept reminding me they remove the chairs

so nobody uses them as 'weapons' against other fans

and begging me to' just come to the box'

We had tickets to the Bud Box' just in case'..

but for me.. the 'just in case' meant..

if they ran out of beer on all the other levels!

Sure I got whacked in the face with..

from what I could tell

a size 10 and a 1/2 Nike

from some boy body surfing to the stage..

but it only takes once

then

you pay more attention to whats coming up behind you.

yes, I wore more beer than I drank that night

got fondled by complete strangers

even tho.. it was probably better for me

then for them

and

I'm not really worried about regaining full hearing in my right ear

my kids are loud and hard to miss even if your mildly deaf.

Shaun Morgan

'Seether'

Ladies and gentlemen..

The REASON you don't sit in the Bud box

over there-->

EVEN IF there is never a line for beer there.

Brad Arnold

'3 Doors Down'

crappy shots = that crap camera

reality= blurry un-sober, don't take the time to find the proper setting, shots..

yes, thats a shoe.. yes,. still attached to the person

you see that?

just my luck!

the girls next to me got the drummers stick.

no pun intended

cause if that was the case

I'd of def. faught her for it! :OP

~*~*~*~*~*~

In all sincerity,..

I want to thank Tom for tollerating the night

sure.. he would of went to the concert..

but he'd prefer to be safe

up in the Bud Box

with the rest of our friends

so

I do realize how lucky I am

to have a husband

who got me tickets

where I wanted to be

2 inches away from having the metal gate

leave a permanent mark on your forehead

all while standing behind me all night

only to give me a heads up when passing bodies over my head

just so I could spend hours drooling over the boys on stage

all while singing and screaming and dancing around

like someone who was completely unaware

they might of been a little old for the section they were standing in.

and~..He even did it without ear plugs.

That's actually a turn on.. considering the fact that I know his age.

YUP!~ He's a keeper!!!

My Little Sister

She used to wear lil piggy tales

that barely made the rubber band

but now whenever I'm in need

she'll reach out her own hand

scary movies

up all night

Ben and Jerrys
then tucked

into my bed tight

as children

we played pretend

as time went by

she became my best friend

from broken hearts

both boys and friends

she was the one

to help my heart mend

sure we've made mistakes

but we've forgiven them all

because in life's big picture

those things are so small

and still now

when i need a shoulder to cry on

she's the one

i can always rely on

~*~

Thank you for the Birthday post.

More Importantly

for being you!

I Love You!

xox

~jodi~

Our trip to ~Vegas~!!

Ron and Karen

Fav. Neighbors EVER!

Lisa(The Birthday Girl)

her husband Mitchel

and Ms Julie

Ron, Karen, Sarah, and Lisa.

@ Dos Cominos

best mexican food and drinks

in Vegas!

Us Girlys in VEGAS @ The Sportsbook

watching the final play off game

Cardinals vs. The Eagles

Left to Right-

Julie, Karen, my chair, Lisa, Sarah.

We had the pleasure of going to Vegas with friends for a 4 day weekend.

The boys were not pictured here.. they were at a sportsbook too...

..in another hotel.

*smiles*

Actually, none of us have many pictures from our trip..

for some reason none of us were focused on the camera's..

mostly just juggling our drinks and dancing.

...but that's ok ..because

after all,..what happens in Vegas ..Stays in Vegas! :)

We had a GREAT trip.. we hope to make this an annual trip.

I'll make sure to send out the dates earlier next year.

:)

just extras in the camera

Erin, always straightening her beautifully curly hair.

seriously now, isn't this photo self explanitory!?

*rolls my eyes*

Christmas @ The Noodle House!

Santas gift's x-mas morning.

Our Tree lacked serious luster, but this year

Ty removed most of the ornaments and played with them all

so when I found them around the house.. they got packed.

He's 4, I'm not sure WHEN he will outgrow that!

OH BOY!

sleep unwrapping..

the aftermath...

Santa was good to the kids...Erin has her new razor scooter and now I think shes waiting for her own apartment.. Ty thinks he is a rock star. After seeing Def Leppard tho on the TV .. he asked why that drummer only had one arm. We told him he lost one in a car accident. He looked @ his dad and said.. 'You can drive me dad, so I always have 2 arms to drum with.

He rocks on his drums all DAY..

I'm personally sending a complaint letter to Santa tho,

he forgot to put earplugs in Moms Stocking~!!

Christmas Breakfast @ the O.G.

Tom and some of his Managers.

At one of Tom's restaurant's the employees had a breakfast with Santa. He was a great Santa! He called up each kid by name and gave them a special little gift.

Ty was such a big boy. I'm sure he was completely aware he was not the best boy all year so he knew he had to step up his game.