Caruso Molecular Hair Setter

My children, L O V E commercials. They especially love Infomercials. If I have TIVOd a movie, they don't want to fast forward through the commercials, they beg to watch the commercials. I, on the other hand, think the TIVO/DVR is the best invention EVER and do not watch anything that hasn't been recorded previously.

I haven't quite managed to convince them that the commercial is invented to make you buy something and that it may not be quite as good as it looks. Like for example, the Caruso Molecular Hair Setter which I saw on an infomercial in high school and I wanted that thing so bad. It said it would give you curly hair and not damage your hair and the curls would last for days. This was the 80s. I wanted curly hair BAD. I saved my babysitting money and waited anxiously for it to arrive in the mail and was crushed with disappointment when it did not work as promised. How can curls last for days when you hair is as straight as an arrow?!

Anyway, now the children are desirous of the infamous Snuggie (mom, it's a blanket with sleeves, you can watch TV or read a book), Space Bags (we have dirt, we have water, we could use those), and Bendaroos (you can use them in a car or at a restaurant!). They have the pitches memorized. Mark is the biggest softie, he actually ordered the Bendaroos and we played with them for the first time yesterday. While they seem to be safe to use on windows - they make your windows super sticky and dirty. They are like super thick waxed dental floss. The children, however, thought they were the best thing ever, so my quest to educate them about the power of a commercial has not worked yet... Mark bought the product, they loved the product - what's wrong with that?!!

I hope Elizabeth never wants curly hair.

Awww

I'm not sure how Mark is going to feel about me posting this picture - but awwwww. He took Elizabeth to her first Daddy/Daughter dance a couple of weeks ago. He did wear a tie. They had a fantastic time. She got her nails done, there were crafts, cookies and lemonade, musical chairs (she won) and even dancing to Billy Idol. They went out for ice cream afterwards, but ended up with donuts since 31 Flavors is in a combo location with Dunkin' Donuts. Elizabeth would do anything for a donut. I'm blaming Grandma for that.

Trousers

Miles has needed new trousers since about Christmas. He has been continuing to wear ones that are too short since then. I don't know what's wrong with me, why I haven't bought any sooner than this. I guess I keep hoping it will warm up so he can just go back to shorts. So I went to my favorite chic French store Tarjay to purchase a couple of pairs of trousers. They didn't have a lot to choose from, so I only bought one pair. But the funny part of the story was that for some reason he needed to wear the new ones before we went to get Elizabeth (I think they got wet or something). She finishes school at 3pm. Of course, it had started to rain at 2:50pm so we drove. We got the umbrellas out and walked down to get her. While we waited in the rain for her to come out, Miles of course is running around like usual. But it's a tiny bit wet out and the grass is a tiny bit slippery. So, he has the new trousers, that look smashing, on for literally 5 minutes and he falls in the mud. 5 MINUTES! MUD!

I just want to remember this little gem of hilarity - with new muddy trousers and a SpiderMan umbrella and running around while we wait for Elizabeth to come out of school. We will look back on this and think - those were the days.