An unexpected "melt down"...

(My all time favorite picture of Mack. He was "showing me his muscles"...

notice the jugular on the side of his neck - CRACKS. ME. UP.~)

This weekend Mack is having his birthday party with his friends from school.
Apparently, the kid is popular b/c ALL the kids he invited are coming!

… And. He. Is. Pumped.

Last night, I asked him to name off some of the kids that were coming to the party.
Fair enough, right??

Mack & Molly (at the same time) excitingly proclaimed: “GABBY!”

I looked at Mack, he had a quick, yet shy smile on his face.
I looked at Molly and her eyebrows were raised in a veryyyyy mischievious fashion?? (hummm, never good!)
I quickly looked back at Mack…

the smile had faded; a look of UTTER embarrassment had appeared…

THENNNN ~ out of NO Where lo and behold...
SCREAMING, CRYING, and RUNNING in the other direction ensued????

Me: Confused? Puzzled? Waiting for someone to help me "bridge the gap?"

Thinking to self: Can I get a little help here???? What in the CRAP just happened???

While playing the scenario back in my head,

Mack’s crazy TEMPER TANTRUM in the living room had gotten LOUDER

and at this point is COMPLETE w/ flailing arms, kicking legs, and foaming mouth???

(And lucky for us… there was “no assembly required”!!!)


…Insert: Light bulb

Ahhhhhhhhhhh, YES!!! Gabbbyyyyyyyyy! The “infamous” C.R.U.S.H!….


PEOPLE, Mack is 7 years OLD!… S.E.VVVVV.E.NNNNNN….

If he thought THAT little scenario was bad????
Oh, JUST WAITTTT until little Miss Gabby prances her pretty little self

into our house come PROM time when he’s 17!

… Insert: evil laugh --- Muuuuhaaa haaaa haaaaa!

He hasn’t even SEEEEEN embarrassment yet!!!! :-)


Reason # 2,839 to have kids:

THE OVER-REACTING “EMBARASSMENT” FACTOR!

…Priceless!