Ya Probably Had to be There...

Well, this family dinner started out like most of the others; a few dozen people, lots of good food, smiles, Legos get thrown at each other, birthdays and baby-dolls. Somewhere along the way, I think it started with Jacey, things took a turn for the weird.
It was Allison's 2nd birthday, and I gave her a summer outfit and a little baby doll. She wanted the outfit on the babydoll, which wish was accomodated. Those were pretty normal photo op's. There was lots of yummy food, and I think we were all full of sweet and sour chicken and rice, feeling pretty mellow, when Jacey raced downstairs as Batgirl. Lucas was Batman, and Sarah was Anne of Green Gables, though she didn't actually know that's who she looked like. The yellow thing Taylor found? Um, you'll have to use your imagination on that one. Obviously the dress up trunk was open...
Next Jacey wanted to have a play. She was making up a story and she wanted the adults to dress up and be a part of it. Nobody was especially interested in being a part of her story. She was quite disappointed. (I couldn't help thinking that if Alice and Adaline had been here they would have helped her do it right.) Jennis took it a kangaroo/Joey kind of direction, but that was not what Jacey had in mind. She looked at Joel with her big sad eyes, and he said okay, he would put on the costume change she had ready. Now, that hot pink thing has white fur trim, and is really quite the get-up. We all laughed pretty hard when he put it on. I remarked that only real men were confident enough to wear pink. Jacey turned to her own dad, and said, "You put it on, Dad." At first he said no, but it was pretty hard to turn her down now that Uncle Joel had done it. All eyes went to Bryant, who said no way, no how. Then he said, "You better enjoy it this once, cause it ain't happening again." Chris Murray said, no, he'd rip it, but all the men said it was remarkably stretchy. Okay, you gotta admit, even if you weren't there, that that is one of the funniest things you have ever seen a big guy do. (Joel was singing, "Fat man in a little coat," if you remember Chris Farley in that movie). It reminded me of those dumb pages on yahoo that say, "Two Stars Show Up in Same Dress; Who Wore it Better?"
Oh, our sides hurt. What a bunch of goof-balls. I think we have been indoors waaaay too many months. Maybe next month we can actually walk to the beach for our entertainment, like normal people do. But then again, maybe not.