The Mayor has repeatedly asked to chew gum.
I have said no and no and no again and he has grown weary of me.
Someone gave him a piece of bubble gum while he was trick or treating last night and he hit his own personal jack pot.
Awe struck, he wouldn't put the gum in his candy bag. Instead, he stowed it safely in his pants pocket and, at home, he begged to chew it.
I told him he could chew it the next day so he tried to arrange to sleep with the gum.
We finally agreed to let it rest on his nightstand where he could watch over it until morning.
After our treaty was forged, he sat at the dining room table fondling the gum.
To no one in particular he said, "I won't take it into my bed... but I might have to touch it a lot."
The Rooster had fun too!
[My smokin' hot husband dressed up like a National Park Ranger
-- a Halloween jack pot of my own!!]
-- a Halloween jack pot of my own!!]
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"I might have to touch it a lot"....that's the cutest line.
Kids are so funny. Gum. Of all things. They look adorable. I was just telling Bubandpie that I miss the cute costume days so much. Mine want to be ghoulish now.
Great line! I never let my son have gum until I learned that it would help him with his need to chew everything. At 4, he was allowed to have some every now and then. So, of course, my daughter begged to get come like her big brother. Turns out it was just the thing I needed to get her potty trained.
Now she wants gum every time she goes. Lovely. I have a gum smacking 3 year old princess.
Oh Joy, that is just adorable. What a lovely tale.
The kids look like they were having a great time! Daddy, too?!
Heidi
That boy is just like his Mama! Looks like another fun Halloween in the House of Joy.
Rooster's expression is priceless!
That is hilarious. I remember the dark appeal of gum from my childhood. I don't understand it really, but I do remember the longing. Those pictures are priceless. It looks like they had a fantastic time.
Who knew gum was such a prized commodity!?
Adorable costumes! And quite a bonus to see K dressed up as the hottie Park Ranger again (although I'm certain he dresses up for you on at least a weekly basis *wink, wink*).
Too cute!
Why, of course! Who *doesn't* sleep with his gum?
But I'm dying to know what he thought of it once he actually got to chew it?
I love that quote!!!
And what a striking family of trick or treaters you have--I love the background shot of K., and Rooster's smile!
Too funny! "I might have to touch it a lot"
"I won't take it into my bed... but I might have to touch it a lot." Leaves my head a-reeling!
Very adorable costumes, one, two, and three!
The mayor is hung like a...well you know what
OGM - They are just too cute!! Love the crocs, Taylor has a pair just like 'em.
I saw K over to the side and thought "The Mayor and Roo aren't the ONLY ones who had fun last night." Haha! Happy Halloween. Those kids are just too cute.
That is hysterical about the gum, and what a wonderful picture of Roo and the rest of your family.
Yes, but I bet Mommy took her treat to bed with her.
LOL -- And I bet she touched it a lot too...
Why is it that when you say National Park Ranger I suddenly have 70's porn music playing in my head?
(Adorable kids!)
They are so sweet! Ya'll should have more they turn out so good.
Might have to touch it a lot
Hmm... this wouldn't have anything to do with the Park Ranger, would it?
(snicker. snort.)
Oh yeah... wait... Cute photo!
Your kids are really adorable. Way to procreate. High five.
I love those pictures!
When we were in high school, our journalism advisor would bring her kids to meetings. Little Taylor would run around with a package of mints saying, "I don't want to eat it, I just want to hold it" and it became an instant catchphrase.
I still say it.
OH, she looks great! and what was your costume? (happy ranger hooker?)
love the Halloween pics! So glad the Mayor was able to add pants to his ensemble, for the sake of the general public. I personally loved the naked except for his pony costume of earlier this week (I laughed so hard at that story). I did notice the Park Ranger in the corner of the Rooster's picture. Veerrry Nice - I have new-found respect/interest for uniforms, thanks to you!
"I won't take it into my bed... but I might have to touch it a lot."
Crapped my pants laughing.
PS: Yay! Park Ranger Costume!
Great pictures - they're super cute.
{Glad you were properly treated too.}
What a great punch line!
Wow! K dressed as a park ranger! Happiest of Halloweens to you! All of them look adorable?
P.S. I am battling the M&M demons myself!
You guys look like you had a great time.
Don't think I didn't notice that smokin' hot park ranger in that picture....
I hope you had to touch it a lot too....
I LOVE the Rooster's exuberance in that shot! Your kids are delicious.
Aw they look gorgeous :)
They are all so cute. So tell me did you have as much self restraint with your jack pot as the Mayor did with his? lol
Aaannnd...the beginnings of gum addiction worm their way into the OTJ household. Just remember that gum, pants and a hot dryer DO NOT mix well together.
WAIT! Now witches are wearing crocs?
I've given up on gum - chew it in bed! chew it in the tub! chew it at church! I don't care anymore! Mama's drinkin'!
too cute! and speaking of park rangers, I never got up the nerve to email that fellow!
OH MY HOLY - the horse on suspenders is perfection and The Rooster looks like a very very scary witch.
My, my, my, your kids are so darn beautiful...have you ever thought of having children as a business...I for sure would "buy" one of each...adorable...and the big guy ain't bad either LOL
mauniejames
I see you were able to wrangle the mayor into some flannel for the big night. They are both absolutely precious!
*such* a great picture!
OH this is GREAT!
The bubble gum will be a great memory for him. Can you imagine him telling his kids!? Oh this is good!
And the photos, thank you so much for brightening my day...
Nice ranger ;)
At least it's not Hubba Bubba. Do they make that anymore? And it sounds like you had a Happy Halloween, too. What a treat.
He looks so much like K
They are adorable. But then you know that.
Can I just say how thrilled I was that I'm not the only momma who doesn't like the bubble gum.
Must be from all the times I had to get it cut out of my own damn hair...
What sweet photos!! I love it when the magic of gum is discovered!
How old is your son again? Our son was 3 in June, and we haven't made the jump to gum chewing yet...
Nothing like a witch in Crocs! Love it! Such a cute family!
Speaking of Hubba Bubba, sounds like you ALL had a great Halloween (Hubba Hubba!).
That photo is fabulous!
Oh, you'll be hearing that one often enough as he gets older! (They start so young, don't they?)
Hope you had a great night! ;o)
Too cute!
Happy post halloween. Loving all the cuteness!
Too cute! Gum. Hilarious :-)
They are too cute. I like the black and white pic...
All witches should wear Crocs.
When my brother was little he used to sleep with everything! He would roll over in bed and you would hear clunk clunk ALL night!
Their costumes look fantastic!
"I might have to touch it a lot..."so funny!!
The twins are obsessed with gum too. I'm sure because I don't give it to them. Imagine my horror when I came home one day to them chewing gum that they'd gotten from my mom and they were saying "this kind of gum is ok -it's the kind that doesn't have any sugar" Gee, thanks mom. Of course it's not just the sugar I'm opposed to...it's maybe the swallowing, the potential gum in the hair...you know a whole host of other things.
Well, who doesn't feel the seductive call to touch it a lot?
Props to the Crocs wearing witch, the better to work the broom.
"I might have to touch it a lot" -- Bossy remembers those lyrics - Billy Idol, right?
Darling, darling pictures of your kids.
The gum is a pain in the PATOOTY. (I've outlawed it so far.) Why do people give out gum??
Nice Park Ranger nearby.
Junior Mayhem wore the same costume as the Mayor last year! I loved it! This year he was Buzz Lightyear...he kept shooting people with his "laser" all night!
I see The Mayor is already on his way to being a man..." I might have to touch it....a lot!" hee-hee
Come on....you KNEW I was going to go there! :)
LOVE the pictures!!
Gum can be used to buy you time in many situations, which is why it's nice to save it for special occasions.
PS: My youngest dressed in an almost identical costume to the Mayor's. Love those horses!
LOL... I really want to use that "tough it a lot" line in conjunction with your forest ranger hubby, but I'll let it go. It's waaaayyy too obvious.
Wow. You mean to tell me he actually had the self-control to let the gum sit on his dresser all night long? I don't think that would have happened in this house...
Good to hear everybody got some sweets!
Cutest. pictures. ever.
the kids look sooooo cute!
and the park ranger uniform....ooooohhhhhh finally!
Our boy is the master of contention over the "can I have the candy/gum/cookie/cake" debacle. I can wholeheartedly relate.
Cute pictures...this is a great time of year.
I love your sons quote about the gum!! So funny. My daughter has this need to have gum as well, and I won't let her till she's a little older because she just swallows it. She got a lot of gum in her trick or treat bag and now she wants to know why she can't have it. I may have to give in yet. I just won't tell her that I went through it while she was sleeping and threw away most of the gum : )
Gum, ugh. Tacy too.
The kids look great! (So does the park ranger.)
hysterical!!!
For us, it wasn't the gum, but the freaking candy.
Last Easter, my daughter snuck her basket into her room. When I went in to wake her up the next morning, she was surrounded by candy wrappers -- on the bed, the nightstand, the floor...
Nice costumes!
(Park ranger...???)
He'll laugh that he said that when he's older. Make sure you remind him about his love of gum!
Cute, adorable and did I say cute? photos, as usual.
Glad it was a Happy Time!
Are you worried he will turn into a baseball player?
When I saw the Forest Ranger uniform Iactually shrieked. Now I have to come up with an explanation for my behaviour that will satisfy my wife.
Roo, one happy girl!
Mayor, yep all boy, all touchin' it a lot, lol
I'll bet the Mayor uses that line when he's a teenager too...
My husband put on a plastic smokey bear hat that was too small for him. Somehow, the effect wasn't the same. (sigh)
Hahaha! The funniest thing is seeing K in the background in his ranger uniform! So did you go as a distressed, lost camper/hiker? ;)
That Mayor is so damn hysterical...THAT'S WHY HE'S THE MAYOR!!!
And Roo???
Be still my beating heart. I'm in love.
Both your kids are rockin' in my book.
Oh and P.S. We are anti-gum in this household too. I sorted them out of his stash and threw it away before he even saw it. I know, Evil Mommy.
Your hubby is getting some serious booty mileage out of that Park Ranger Uniform, yes?
And what is with the almighty power of gum? My son was the same way.
Ahh the major and the rooster are gorgeous.
And Mr Joy? Well hellooooo.
I saw a dude in a park ranger uniform in Grand Central Station today and thought of you. :)
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