yes, my son also thought patent leather mary janes were the thing.

The thing in the house happened ONE time. And it didn't last very long....and my husband still feels bad about my glasses lol. I keep them on display and point at them sometimes.

Bummer about the car, perfect to have the beach there, and I'm hoping a nice glass of wine was somewhere in the mix.

I am cracking up here! I have pictures of my son, at 4, wearing some sort of princess shoes, and his pajamas. We were at my cousin's house, and she has two girls, so....

LOL!! Yes, they are banned in the house. Outside, though, all bets are off. Except for head/face shots. But the kids know better. They would lose the guns, PERMANENTLY, if they did.

look how things have changed. we made them out of lincoln logs. lol

You shouldn't. :) Your gov will take care of that for them some day anyway. Ooooh!

Yes.

Air soft battles. IN the house ugh...... I hear them running around and then I hear, "oh shit...shshshhhh" My eye glasses that were on the counter got hit and it shattered a lens. That was the end of THAT.

My kids don't have (or need) toy guns because they're always making them out of Lego bricks. It is a boy thing. Why try & suppress it?

why didn't they shoot the guy?! too many other people around?

Did they make chase? It doesn't say. So good, they're all armed there at least. It's a crowded place. A box cutter..ig! Not good.

ah, yes, air soft battles-whole day affairs

The post from hell? dk's post? Sorry you're not on the water. That's a bummer. You're still on a beach though. (A good looking uniform, or no uniform at all apparently, does not protect a soldier. I can't get over this. What good is a cop or soldier who is weaponless? Who makes these decisions? It's mind melting.)

Plastic and probably a multitude of primary colors.
I have let my kids play with them since they were little. We have taught them since then how to hold them, what proper gun "etiquette" is, etc. It's funny because now our son gets air soft guns for our daughter for her birthday and Christmas. She loves it!

no, p-chew

This is from an article today:
Two comrades from the 4th Cavalry Regiment were with him, and carrying automatic rifles, but they failed to react before the man ran off.

‘We are looking through video surveillance footage,’ said an officer at the scene of the crime. ‘He was seen taking off his Arab-style robes and running away wearing European clothing.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...

Fail is right, but I bet their uniforms are goodlooking.
I'm surprised vigipirate hasn't shown up as a name in the gulch.
I'm still waiting for a few fiesty replies on the post from hell. I'm very cranky today because we went to the beach to launceh the sailboat and the dang car would not start. luckily on a sunday you can call your local personal car repair hombre and he will rush right over to the beach, identify the problem, speed to the nearest city for the part, return, affect the repair and not lighten your pockets too much. but I'm not on the water ;(

Okay...never mind. She's being nice to me again. We've found common ground with lucite picture stands...but I'm keeping my guard up....she's a loose cannon sometimes.

LOL! Whoa! And I thought the insistence to wear his shiny wing tips while wearing shorts was peculiar. Of course we had no girl stuff around so who knows what fun I have missed. (Yes..the lucite kind! ha!! SEE! Boys WILL be boys. Bang!)

So...does this mean the Vigipirate anti-terror surveillance plan was a failure or a success since the surveillance didn't stop the soldier from being stabbed in the neck, but they're using the surveillance to find the terrorist...?? I'm thinking FAIL. I'm so confused. Was the soldier unarmed while he was patrolling? And yeah, why in a civilian area? You'd think he'd have a weapon being on patrol and all. I'm STILL waiting for SOMEthing to make sense..AND for Joss to answer my question about what he thought guns were for if not defense....sigh

my son did the EXACT same thing. Lucite photo stand. it works perfectly. oh, and the famous wooden naked lady nut cracker. all of this while wearing my daughters crinoline petticoat over his little sweatpants. 3 was an interesting year.

That was precisely my husband's point "they'll just use something else and say 'bang bang'..THEY'RE BOYS!" Now I have to tell this story (I heard the groans!)...When my oldest was 3 (and before son #2) I took him on a trip to MI to see my family...(this was before 9-11)...I had packed his toy guns and they got removed from his bag at airport security..I was livid...plastic toy guns!! I lost the argument but I refused to throw them away so they "stored" them for me to pick up on our way back home. While we were in MI he was playing in my parent's back yard and he was running around pointing something in his hand at random things and making a "P-chew" sound repeatedly. I finally said, "What does he have in his hand?" He had taken a small collapsible photo stand from one of my Mom's pictures and was using THAT for a gun...it was the perfect size too! How he even thought of doing that I have NO idea. lol When we tried to pick up the guns on the way back they couldn't find them! 3 months later they showed up in the mail. lol

I'll give you an A=A for effort, but you know kh...she's got a mind of her own...she's not going to listen.
And HEY! Why do I have to go to the corner? SHE's picking the fight...did you see what she just implied regarding my Grandpa?

LS is going to eat me alive for saying this-but I didn't let my kids play with toy guns. He made them out other toys anyway so I had to abolish my policy as going against one's nature. my husband was relieved