The Man in the Yellow Hat

There are two main men in my life.  You might think my husband and my son.  Wrong.  Mickey Mouse and Curious George rock my world with their amazing ability to captivate my son.  So how incredibly perfect that my children are monkeys this year for Halloween (and this was not a result of brilliant planning, but rather hitting up the clearance racks at Old Navy on Nov.1 last year–chalk one up for Mom of the Year).  And then it occurred to me–my husband is tall.  My husband has dark hair.  My husband could be The Man in the Yellow Hat!!!  Elation!  Joy!  And then I told my husband…let’s just say after over a month of intense “reminders of the sacrifices we must make for our children” and equally intense suggestions that I had to be “insane if I thought he was going to march around the neighborhood in a yellow suit”, the costume was ordered (and delivered free to our door, of course ;)!).  Good news: he tried it on and I got some pictures.  Bad news: today is Oct. 26 and the “hunk of crap” (in fairness, it was the worst made costume I’ve ever seen) is being returned to Walmart today.  Halloween is Oct. 31.  So while we didn’t make it to the big day, for a few minutes my house was cooler than Disney World.  Not only did my son’s favorite character stand in our kitchen, he picked my son up, knew his name and looked surprisingly like Daddy 😉

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Meredith

Meredith blogs at The Mom of the Year, where she dedicatedly earns her title one epic parenting fail at a time, offering quick, relatable laughs for fellow parents and all their empathizers. She has been part of several best-selling anthologies, featured on prominent sites such as Huffington Post, In the Powder Room and BlogHer, and loves her role as the Executive VP/Operations Manager of The BlogU Conference. When she's not breaking up fights over Legos and juice boxes, she remains fully committed to sharing a less serious look at the world of parenting.

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