At Six o'Clock Their Mommies and Daddies Should Take Them Home to Bed...

...because their tired little teddy bears.

Submitted by Marcia V. (She saw this little guy sleeping on the floor of the Build-a-Bear store. He woke up, put the bottle in his mouth, and rolled over. Uh Mom? It might be time to take him for his nap.)

What is it About Dinosaurs Little Boys Can't Resist?

CTR?

Before any one calls me to tell me "this is not funny!", read the story below! I saw this on someone's blog and I could not resist snagging it (with permission of course).

For anyone who does not know, CTR stand for "Choose the Right", and LDS kids (and adults) wear "CTR rings" as reminders to do so. It's kind of like wearing a "WWJD?" bracelet, and actually predates the "WWJD?" trend.

Below is the explanation of the picture from this little guy's mother:

"For Christmas, J got a new CTR ring in his stocking from Santa. It is a little too big for his ring finger, so he has been wearing it on his middle finger.



So, last week, J came home from school. [My husband] happened to be home with me when [J]walked through the door. He said to us, "I had to flip my card to yellow but I don't even know why!" He then proceeds to tell us how everyone at his table was being very loud and disruptive (something J HATES!) In his frustration, he told everyone around him that they were NOT...

Rather than saying "choosing the right," he held up his middle finger to show them his 'CTR' ring. I don't doubt he has told everyone plenty of times what his ring means, so I think he assumed that if he simply SHOWED them the ring, then they would understand.

Well, apparently not all the kids are as innocent as my son and the fact that they were being "flipped off" caused quite the uproar! Kids started pointing at J saying "Ooohhh!" I imagine the louder they got, the more J would show his ring. Other kids joined in, and J would kindly show his ring to them as well! With all the chaos, his teacher wasn't interested in hearing an explanation (as she tried to get control of the classroom again), so J had to "flip a card.

[We] were trying so hard not to laugh as we realized that NOW was the time to explain that raising the middle finger was a bad gesture; that it is like 'swearing' or saying a bad word.

The funny thing to me about this story is that [we] had every opportunity the night before to explain to him that raising the middle finger is inappropriate. In fact, I can even say I had a strong feeling TO explain it. But, I ignored that feeling in the moment as I basked in the fact that my little boy was still innocent!

This is what happened (the night before)...We were reading scriptures and came upon the verse in 2 Nephi that says that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do. J asked what "grace" means.

[Dad] explained that it is like we are climbing a ladder to get to heaven but it only goes half way. The only way to get there is to have Jesus pull us up with a rope the rest of the way. In our discussion, [Dad] asked, "J, how do you think we get to heaven." J showed his middle finger (flipping him off), and it took [Dad] a minute to understand, "oh, yeah... by 'choosing the right'."

Would that have been a good time to explain? Of course, but we didn't. So, perhaps it was OUR fault he got in trouble."

Thugs

You don't want to wander on to our turf, fool.

Softball Kid

As his parents play softball, this kid runs with a pack of his siblings - two older sisters, one older brother, and one younger sister. All his older siblings pick on him and his reactions are often interesting; I once saw him holding a giant rock asking his brother to call him "stupid" again.

This was like the third thing I saw him climbing on that night. That's his big brother chasing him (on the right).

I don't think you are supposed to let your kids do that...

Girl in a Store Window

This little gal, plus the little fellow climbing the dinosaur exhibit, were the inspirations for this blog. It's not the clearest picture because all I had was my cell phone camera as we were passing a store in the mall and saw this child in the window. She was "re-styling" the mannequin in the store window and not a soul (other than us I guess) seemed to notice.