Wednesday, November 10, 2010, we stopped at Wal-Mart on our way home from work and daycare to pick-up a gallon of milk. Literally all we got was milk. When we reached the check out stand Jake started going crazy for gum. He begged for gum and I kept saying no. You see Jake and Ella can chew gum at Nana's house or at Granny's house, but not at my house or in my car. Gum ends up in weird places and I don't want to deal with it. They will have to be 13 years old before they can have gum at home! Just kidding, but really it will be a while before we have gum at our house.
Anyway, I put the milk on the counter to checkout and I turned to do my mommy check on all the kids and there was Jake sticking a pack of gum in his pocket! I let out a big "Jacob Burrell!" The police officer standing there did not approve of Jake's actions so he proceeded to lecture Jake about not taking things that aren't his. And I had to explain that we have to pay for things at the store.
When we got home I proceeded to tell Mike about Jake's run in with the law. Jake got really upset when he was talking to Mike about it. When Jake and I walked away from Mike, he looked at me and said "Mom....why did you have to tell him all that?"
The next morning I told Jake we were going back to the store to pick-up a few things and he said "don't worry mom...I won't take anything today!" I said "good" and he sat there and thought for a while and then replied, "well maybe I just won't wear pants with pockets!"
It looks like he learned his lesson!
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