Apparently in the 8th grade, kitch is in. Nice lunchbox, girlfriend. What? You're not down with me calling you girlfriend?
Okay, okayyyyy. I get it. Just chillax, dude. (Is it okay to say "chillax"? I mean, the dude in Twilight said it, right? So it must be big with the kids these days. Yes? No?)
Oh, we're just kidding. She was just posing. No attitude from this 8th grader… just yet anyway.
And definitely none from the 4th grader.
Give him a few years.
I mean, both of them have got to cop some pretty serious attitude to ever hope to match the overall coolness factor of yours truly in the 8th grade. Let's be honest…it's hard to compete with this:
Yeah. Now you see my point. (What was up with the make up job? I think someone just got a new make up kit from the Fred Meyer. Yes?)
Go Seahawks. And 8th grade attitude.
Barb says
oh my, that just made my day! and it’s early yet. Thanks for making me smile, Cathy! Your kids are awesome… and you and that football jersey, we must be about the same age! lol
Cheri says
Ahhh Cathy – but posing is good practice for the real thing! And Aidan is SUCH a good poser! With three teenage daughters (15 y.o. twins, 19 y.o.) I’ve seen that look more times than I care to count.
LOVED talking with you @ Renee’s!
Wendy Perry says
I unfortunatly I see that look already in MY 4th grade girl… oh dear… great pictures..
Katie Scott says
🙂
Judy in Huntsville AL says
TWO chats in one week?!?! Wow! – looking forward to it!
Christine Hertel says
Too cute. I have an 8th grade girl and a 5th grade boy. I think my boy gives me the attitude more so than the 13 yo.
Beth D says
I find it so amazing that I also have an 8th grade girlie and a 4th grade boy. Too bad we live so far apart…how far are you from Ohio? Anyways…love the pics. My girl and I are watching Vampire Diaries tonight on the CW. She is a HUGE HUGE Twilight fan girl. Can’t wait for the SC chat. Have a total awesome day, dude.
Beth Ann
Jen N. says
Hello Kitty is always in style 😉
dmatthews says
Wow….your son REALLY looks like his Dad and your daughter is gorgeous!
Danelle Johnson says
whoa….what happened to that little girl…www.way2techsavvy.com girl? Where did she go?
I can see your apples haven’t fallen far from your tree. They look just like you.
Happy Back 2 school Cathy!
Danelle
Shannon says
LOVING the vintage Seahawk jersey! Thanks for sharing!
Dana says
another chat with you this week?! And Ali tonight too? I’m in scrapbooking heaven!
zanne says
i find that 8th grade is a funny mixture of kitch and cool. my daughter carries a dinosaur backpack, but has to have certain very hip pieces of clothing… can’t figure it out. my only consolation is that all her friends are the same way…
Julie says
Love the posed picture. We’ve had a couple of those moments, but not too many thankfully (mine is 7th grade). 🙂
Melony Wells says
My pics from 8th grade have the same hair & make-up!! We laugh now but hey, it was COOOL back then and we were so COOL!!! 🙂
Cindy says
Go Hawks!
Jeanne Pellerin says
I LOVE Hello Kitty! Love the pics of your babies!
Cyndi says
Oh my – your kids are just mini-Dan & mini-Cathy. Love you blog
Denise says
Your photo reminds me of an eighth-grade sleepover where my friend’s mom gave us Mary Kay makeovers…hmm…maybe you were there, too…? LOL
rochelle g says
aaaaahhhhhh…….only a true northwesterner would bring in Fred Meyer! love it!
Jill W says
Good Luck with the 8th grade attitude. So far 9th grade is much better, although I am holding my breath!
Stephanie Howell says
had a great time chatting with you.
oh yes, and laughing til i cried.
xo
Sonja Chandler says
I say chillax all the time. I sound weird. It’s ok.
Maryann says
Love the lunchbox!! my little one has the same one!!!!
Barbie Schwartz says
Yep, mini-Cathy and mini-Dan. And that photo of you—you’re less than a year older than me, so I completely recognize that hair and make-up, lol! And it looks like you were just as skinny as I was at that age. Oh, what I wouldn’t give to me that skinny again!
Tamara says
I think that the school phenomenon of lunch box choice is an interesting reflection on life …. kids in primary school (don’t know what you call it – grade school? 7/8 years old anyway!!) go through a phase of wanting to be older and cooler – so they want the label bags, and decide that Dora is waaaay too uncool fot them. Then they hit teenage years – and suddenly all things child-like are suddenly in again. Kids huh? Gotta love them!!
Sandi Malloy says
I’ve learned from pics my daughter has taken this summer that Hello Kitty kitsch is also popular with 9th grade girls, 12 year old French girls, and French girls old enough to drive Vespas. Aidan has lots of kitschy kompany 😉
kass says
Hello Kitty was cool when I was in 8th Grade!! I think I still have some of it!!
Sara says
Cathy, Would you happen to know the font used on the banner that says “Live Chat”. I’ve fallen hard for that font. I must know it’s name. 🙂
My daughter is 7, loves hello kitty. It’s good to see she can use her lunch box for at least another 6 years.
Thanks,
Sara
stacy says
this post so cracked me up. first I have to say thank you and you are very brave posting that pic of yourself. My mother just shared my pics with a group of girls this past weekend at a class I taught and surprisingly it did not bother me.
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