Attention Wal-Mart shoppers...

“Attention Wal-Mart shoppers….. Get your shit and get out”. At 9:30pm on a school night if you say this in a loud intercom type voice, all of the teenagers in your house that do not live with you will scurry for the door and leave. I know this because this is how my hubby always sends the kids on their way. They laugh and giggle as they put their shoes on and head for home.

The first time he did this I was horrified. I thought our 16 year old daughter would die of embarrassment. You see, we are new in town, these are her new friends. We moved from a big city to a very small town last August and she knew no one. To my amazement she wasn't horrified at all. She actually said “thank you, I'm so tired and I didn’t know how to tell them they had to go home”. So for the most part now we have a plan ahead of time. She knows that at 11:00pm on a Friday or Saturday night hubby is going to make that announcement. Weekdays it’s earlier and we agree on a time before the friends come over. Now it has become his signature “good night”. He says “Attention Wal-Mart shoppers…. And the kids finish by saying “we know…. Get your shit/stuff and get out”.

Allie (16 year old daughter) officially has a boyfriend. He is a nice kid from the next town that she met at school. They have been hanging around together for a while. He was over last night watching a movie with Allie until 9:30 when hubby says… you guessed it, Attention Wal-Mart shoppers… He laughs and says I know I’m going. So Allie walks him to the front door and he says “Allie I really like you a lot and I want to know if you’ll be my girl friend”, she said yes. Then he asked if he could kiss her….. Ahhhh how cute is that. He gave her a peck on the lips and left for home. She was all giddy after he left. It’s fun to watch. I’ll try and remember how much fun watching the giddy part is, because the heartbreak later will be painful to watch. I think this is her first official boyfriend.