Goofyluver
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When Tera found the dis...she was much more addicted than I. That's right...I said it...she used to be worse than I am. Don't pay attention to my post count...I said don't look...STOP...don't look!!!! (thanks smiley thread 
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Anywho...she calls me one day last fall and says this: (or this is what I heard anyway)
"I want to turn our children into pin trading geeks...I want you to spend way too much money on pins that they're not going to like...and I'm getting Jon some pins for Christmas."
Me: ??? (all I could think was mooooooore crap...moooooooore crap...moooooore crap!)
But, then I started to think about it...
Lemme tell you the difference in our chil'rens personalities...
Kaia: Miss Social Butterfly! She bops through the supermarket throwing smiles and batting her eyelashes. She will talk to perfect strangers at the doctor's office. Remember the time when she was 1 and she hit on the waiter...
Jon: Mr. Anti-social! When strangers come up to him...even when people he knows sorta kinda knows come up to him...he hides behind me or puts his little head down.
He won't make eye contact. (Kristi...be glad he talked to you!) He hates strangers, strange environments, being out of the protection of his momma's back!
Small interruption: Did I ever tell you about the time that I threw Jon into the pool? That's kinda the philosophy I use with him. I throw him into the pool...or he'll never try anything. He went to a friend's birthday party at our local swimming pool. He refused to even get into the water. He kept putting a toe in...or maybe just letting his feet hang in...he kept asking me to help him get in and then he would back out. So, what did I do?????? I THREW HIS BUTT IN THE POOL! Now now...I know what you're thinking...how could Jen do that??? Well, it was in the shallow end, he wouldn't have drowned. But, if I wouldn't have done it, he never would have gone. He hung onto the side the entire time, but he was in the pool. Try is sometime people! Just throw 'em on into the pool!
Back to pin trading~~~~~
So, I started thinking. If I gave Jon pins and he was forced to walk up to complete strangers in order to trade...wouldn't that be a great thing???
You bet your bippy it's a great thing! I'm gonna make Jon be social...(I'll let you know how it goes when he gets back)
Kaia will be fine. She will probably flit from CM to CM on the hunt for a princess pin.
As long as Jon trades once...I'll consider this a success!!!!
So, for your enjoyment...here are a few pics of our pins...Kaia has several of the same ones.
(one more disclaimer...Aunty Tera got Jon the Buzz Lanyard for Christmas...Kaia got a Stitch one I think! I found these other pins for like $3 each on disneyshopping.com...and I got free shipping! Gotta love the budget board!!!!!)
Jon is not allowed to change that Goofy pin...
One of the lion kings is for Kaia!!!!
This is the lanyard Tera got for Jon for Christmas!
More and more and more crap!!!! How am I ever gonna fit all this in one suitcase???????
)Anywho...she calls me one day last fall and says this: (or this is what I heard anyway)
"I want to turn our children into pin trading geeks...I want you to spend way too much money on pins that they're not going to like...and I'm getting Jon some pins for Christmas."
Me: ??? (all I could think was mooooooore crap...moooooooore crap...moooooore crap!)
But, then I started to think about it...
Lemme tell you the difference in our chil'rens personalities...
Kaia: Miss Social Butterfly! She bops through the supermarket throwing smiles and batting her eyelashes. She will talk to perfect strangers at the doctor's office. Remember the time when she was 1 and she hit on the waiter...
Jon: Mr. Anti-social! When strangers come up to him...even when people he knows sorta kinda knows come up to him...he hides behind me or puts his little head down.
He won't make eye contact. (Kristi...be glad he talked to you!) He hates strangers, strange environments, being out of the protection of his momma's back! Small interruption: Did I ever tell you about the time that I threw Jon into the pool? That's kinda the philosophy I use with him. I throw him into the pool...or he'll never try anything. He went to a friend's birthday party at our local swimming pool. He refused to even get into the water. He kept putting a toe in...or maybe just letting his feet hang in...he kept asking me to help him get in and then he would back out. So, what did I do?????? I THREW HIS BUTT IN THE POOL! Now now...I know what you're thinking...how could Jen do that??? Well, it was in the shallow end, he wouldn't have drowned. But, if I wouldn't have done it, he never would have gone. He hung onto the side the entire time, but he was in the pool. Try is sometime people! Just throw 'em on into the pool!
Back to pin trading~~~~~
So, I started thinking. If I gave Jon pins and he was forced to walk up to complete strangers in order to trade...wouldn't that be a great thing???
You bet your bippy it's a great thing! I'm gonna make Jon be social...(I'll let you know how it goes when he gets back)Kaia will be fine. She will probably flit from CM to CM on the hunt for a princess pin.
As long as Jon trades once...I'll consider this a success!!!!
So, for your enjoyment...here are a few pics of our pins...Kaia has several of the same ones.
(one more disclaimer...Aunty Tera got Jon the Buzz Lanyard for Christmas...Kaia got a Stitch one I think! I found these other pins for like $3 each on disneyshopping.com...and I got free shipping! Gotta love the budget board!!!!!)
Jon is not allowed to change that Goofy pin...
One of the lion kings is for Kaia!!!!
This is the lanyard Tera got for Jon for Christmas!
More and more and more crap!!!! How am I ever gonna fit all this in one suitcase???????
Welcome to the world of pin tradin' geeks! My kids love to trade so I buy lots of cheapies on ebay so they can trade for ones they like. 
On only having 16 days left. You almost have more suitcases than days! 
