Four scores, and 7 years ago (I have no idea how long that is, but it sounds like a long time)....The beauty of that speech is that you don't actually have to have any clue what it's saying to understand that it is a staple of United States history. Baseball, apple pie, George Washington, Johnny Carson, 4th of July, the National Anthem....have long been recognized as fundamental representations of American Culture and Its Citizens. Sure, many of these symbols have been replaced with Google, iEverything, Conan, Facebook, Madonna, and Yahoo, but the underlying meaning remains.
There are certain practices and behaviors that automatically indoctrinated you into the life of a U.S. Citizen. Today little miss Kylie took one giant step (not literally, she is still too little) in this initiation process. She got a Social Security Card!! We missed a golden opportunity to play the Star Spangled Banner while she signed her documents, but it was a proud day for her nonetheless. And, actually, now that I think about it more it was a win-win for everyone. She got to feel like she is "one of the gang" and Nat and I now have tax exemptions and an eligible member of the blue collar work force.
Word of advice (From someone who has very loose footing to offer it, mind you): "
It's never too early to start building your Social Security portfolio little midget"
I guess after that big event the rest pales in comparison, but we did do some bed shopping today (sometimes the monkey in the middle drives purchasing decisions faster than expected). She thought it was great fun (and a little confusing) to spend a couple hours this afternoon being tucked into one bed after another. Ultimately, we found one that brought the biggest smile to her face, and the drowsiest eyes to ours. I guess now its just a matter of backing in the truck and bringing it home...we might need to wait for a few more Benjamin's to visit, but, hopefully it wont take too long. :-)
more to come soon,
Craig
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| Room to stretch arms all the way out...Check! |
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| Room for mom and dad to lay next to me if I keep my arms in...Check! |
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| "Dad!?...Dad!?...Dad!?...Can we keep it?....Please?" |
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| Kyle's Laugh of approval pretty much seals the deal. |
You know you're an adult when I see these pictures and think "that's an awesome bed, we just tried it out as well!" We just had our first night in our new bed last night (upgraded to a CA king as well) we got the Serta icomfort instead of that Seely Optimum but we actually like it better. We wanted to support a local store and manager that didn't carry the Optimum and the icomfort is the same material (without the cooling factor which is amazing). Bed shopping is hard because you only get a few min to lay on it and try and decide if you'll like it for 6 hours+. Good Luck!
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