Last night we were on our way home from dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant and decided to stop at a popular frozen yogurt shop for dessert. This shop is a little out of our neighborhood and we had to drive through a section of town we don't usually frequent.
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LB sees the commotion and declares, "LOOK! Crime scene, ahead! Are we in an area known for gang activity?"
I assured him we were not and continue, "LB, all those people are holding candles. They must be holding a candlelight vigil for someone who died right there. The police car is just there to make sure no one gets hit by a car."
"Oh, welllllllll... did you know you could get shot for accidentally wearing the wrong color in a gang neighborhood? One gang is blue and the other red."
"Yeah, that's crazy and very scary."
"Yeah, so if I ever have to go to {City known for prolific gang violence and daily gang shootings} I'm going to make sure I'm wearing pink.... or purple."
As I look out the window at the other cars, I envision LB in sticking out like a sore thumb in such an environment, with his Justin Bieber hair cut, vans and pink outfit. I smile to myself and tell him, "Great idea, LB, that's good."
...Yeah, pink would most definitely keep him safe.

I have a salmon colored shirt, Kellie insists that it's pink, and she won't let me wear it.
ReplyDeleteOF COURSE it's salmon (ross). I mean, duh! :)
DeleteHeh....oh kids. So sweet/naive.
ReplyDeleteIsn't pink rumored to be a very non-confrontational color?
ReplyDeleteSoothing, I think???
DeleteHaha! I make Ty do his own laundry and when he was first learning how he had an incident with a red towel that turned his t-shirts pink. He proudly wore those pink shirts to school as a badge of honor, thinking he would get out of laundry duty from then on. Silly kid. Haha!
ReplyDeleteNice try! Kids are so smart. He probably did it on purpose hoping for laundry freedom. ;)
DeleteAw, kids are awesome with their crazy logic. lol.
ReplyDeleteI am trying to savor every sweet moment left in this kid before his hormones take over.
Deleteso glad to hear they still wear Vans :)
ReplyDeletepink is used in some jails to calm people down.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that!
DeleteAwesome! LB is both socially aware and safety conscious. I was going to suggest fluorescent orange, but Vanessa's comment made me think hospital green might be a good look for the next school year.
ReplyDeleteHA!
DeleteI love the stuff kids come up with :)
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower and Im loving your blog I cant stop laughing.
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DeleteTHAT IS SOOOOO right on! Very cute. Erin
ReplyDeleteI love kid logic. :)
ReplyDeleteSnicker... Loved it!
ReplyDeletePerfect - it's good to plan ahead :-)
ReplyDeleteThis made me crack up! Too funny!!
ReplyDeleteKids are so funny sometimes! I really need to make a better effort at writing things down in a notebook for future laughs!
ReplyDelete;-)
Do! I wish I started as soon as they were born!
DeleteHaha! Kids are so funny!
ReplyDeleteYes, I suppose pink is very gang-neutral.
Well, pink is my favorite color so I support that decision! =)
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up with us again!
Perhaps green might be a good option instead. Then again, if he is wearing Vans and looks like Justin Bieber, I can't imagine he'd get confused with a gang member too often :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, pink is the new "tough"
ReplyDeleteSounds like a smart kid anyway.
WG
He sounds like a sweet kid.
ReplyDeleteGood plan LB!!! Lol
ReplyDeleteI wish we could freeze them at this age...at a moment when they are sweet and like this. Not when they are ragingly hormonal, of course. That would be stupid. Ellen
ReplyDeleteMe, too! And he is our last. So sad.
DeleteWhen they are 12 they still believe in so much possibility I agree with Ellen it is a lovely age.
ReplyDeleteInnocence, it's a beautiful thing.
ReplyDeleteYou're so right. He is our fourth and last. I wish I could stop time.
Deleteah, pink + Justin Beiber = fabulous!
ReplyDeleteBless his heart! I loved this. My son is 13, and I swear he would say all of this. Except he would not be caught wearing pink, which make me worry he would have a terrible fate if ever caught in this predicament.
ReplyDeleteOh, No! Ha! No, our son is all about self-preservation! He'd dress in drag if it meant he didn't have to pick up dog poop in the back yard.
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