Deep Thoughts . . . by Jack Handy

As you could probably tell by the last 3 posts in one day, we had kind of an eventful week. That being said, it seems like whenever you have a lot going on in a relatively short period of time you have the, let's call it opportunity to learn important life lessons. Here, in no particular order, are this week's revelations:

• A six year old is capable of breaking a digital camera he received for his birthday within 3 minutes of opening the gift.
• That same six year old is also capable of crying about it for an hour and a half without stopping.
• Spending 40 bucks on a stuffed animal is actually worth the money if the child is totally psyched about it and you only do it once a year.
• If your child wants to be a knight for Halloween and insists that his costume include a shield, lie to him and tell him that knights don't really carry shields like he's seen on TV. Otherwise, you'll waste 2 hours of your life using cardboard, a glue gun, spray paint, bias tape & glitter glue to manufacture something he won't even be capable of carrying once he has his costume on and his candy bag in his hands. The candy bag takes priority over the painstakingly handmade shield.
• If your husband is coaching in a championship football game, for the love of everything holy remember to bring along a change of clothes and a trash bag, or at least a large beach towel to avoid the musty car smell for a week and a half after he was drenched by his players with the ginormous water jug. Thank heaven it wasn't Gatorade!
• Finally, my personal favorite: say what you want about the heat here, but when you live in Arizona and it's 93 degrees on October 31st, you can dress your kid like this for Halloween.

I have no idea who this kid is - I saw him at Tysen's Halloween carnival and I had to take a picture of it. Too funny!