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\"\"<\/a>Pudge continues his projectile spit-up streak. Perhaps his distance throwing abilities and consistent weight gain will earn him a spot in Major League Baseball as the next great player. Pudge Stream \u2013 has a nice ring to it, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Destroy successfully puked his way through six outfits. Several of them lasted only through the completion of a diaper change. The second I\u2019d pick him up, BLARF! At one point Jon suggested we wait until before bed before changing him from a cute short-sleeved onesie to long-sleeved footie pjs since it was going to be a cooler evening. No sooner had I agreed than BLARF! Message received. We\u2019ll change now.<\/p>\n

The saga of outfits (and beginning to wonder if we\u2019ll have any more to clothe the child in if he continues blarfing at such a rapid pace) reminded me of one of the most infamous childhood stories told in my family.<\/p>\n

Camping has always been a classic right-of-passage type of family vacation. (Not for me, my family only ever camped Troop Beverly Hills style). And in the early 1960s, this was just such an outing my mother went on. Since my mom and her brother had reached the wise-old-age of double digits (they were 10ish), G.G. told her offspring that they were old enough to pack their own bags.<\/p>\n

Janet and Tommy gathered their necessary belongings. Everything was loaded into the rented RV and the family headed off to the campgrounds. Once there, Tommy began skipping along the stones peaking up from the lake. G.G. repeated warned him to be careful. \u201cYou\u2019re going to fall in,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo I\u2019m not,\u201d the all-knowing pre-adolescent assured her.<\/p>\n

Splash!<\/p>\n

\u201cI told you so,\u201d G.G. calmly reminded him as she looked up from her book. Tommy waded his way back to shore and stood staring at his mother, dripping from head to toe. \u201cWell,\u201d she prodded him, \u201cgo change your clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat clothes?\u201d he inquired.<\/p>\n

\u201cGo change out of your soaking outfit and into one of the dry pairs of pants you brought,\u201d a very exasperated G.G. instructed her son.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t bring any pants,\u201d replied a very confused Tommy.<\/p>\n

Beginning to grow increasingly concerned, G.G. slowly looked up at Tommy and asked, \u201cWell what did<\/em> you bring?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy baseball glove,\u201d Tommy proudly stated. Tommy was then shuffled back to the RV to change into an orange jumpsuit belonging to my mom.<\/p>\n

What a game of catch that must have been. At the very least he would have been an easy target in his big sister\u2019s orange outfit all week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pudge continues his projectile spit-up streak. Perhaps his distance throwing abilities and consistent weight gain will earn him a spot in Major League Baseball as the next great player. Pudge Stream \u2013 has a nice ring to it, doesn\u2019t it? … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5,23,15,10],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Sbzi-92","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":637,"url":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/a-shot-in-the-dark\/","url_meta":{"origin":560,"position":0},"title":"A Shot in the Dark","date":"September 17, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Today the muppets had their four-month check-up. I can\u2019t believe it either. 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