Shocking lack of police paraphernalia

Jack continues to be riveted by all things police so will be having a police party for his 5th birthday in July. We had planned a police badge birthday cake, but he now believes he might want a secret service car cake instead. I told him just to noodle on it as I make a solid cake, and Tom is an ace-of-cakes type of icer.

The real problem thus far is the shocking lack of police-theme party supplies available that aren’t rated X. What is up with all the “hottie police” stuff? Clearly I am just too vanilla to have known about this type of “fun” but it does put a real crimp in the plans for a 5 year old’s birthday. Wow!

I think I’m just going to get some police tape (that yellow roll that screams Caution!), some handcuffs and hats and plan a police-themed scavenger hunt. The kiddies can pretend to be Secret Service teams on the hunt for their supplies or something…Hmm.

Random musings

1) I find shows like, but especially, The Bachelor extremely depressing. Women, my thought is that it’s better to be alone than to basically prostitute yourself out and/or disavow your own standards and dreams to be coupled.

2) One of the traits I most admire, especially in women because it seems braver and more gender-stereotype-breaking, is saying exactly what you think and believe without worrying about doing so. Doing so, however, does NOT mean you need, or should feel license to be, an ass.

Happy Anniversary, T! It was such a wonderful 24 hours alone, and the kids had a blast with TR

Happy Anniversary, T! It was such a wonderful 24 hours alone, and the kids had a blast with T’s parents. We spent the afternoon all together with dear friends, and the boys were both in bed at 5:49p. Hallelujah.

Here is my lovely salad from lunch (I haven’t bought lettuce in 6 weeks- what a treat!), and our pizza tonight as it headed into the oven. The greens on my side are lacinato kale and mizuna from my garden and fresh spinach from the farmers market this morning. Yummy!