some people are really sucky.

the night before we left for hawaii we had a bunch of stuff stolen from our parking spot.

we had parked our car in the parking garage at 8:00pm the night before our flight.

at 5:30am the next morning i stopped at our car on the way home from my run and noticed that matt's bike was gone.

someone had cut through our locks and taken his fancy, new bike.

i was so upset. i rushed up to our apartment to tell matt.

we checked the parking garage for any evidence, but obviously found nothing.

so we called the police and reported our stolen bike.

unfortunately, calling the LAPD to report a stolen bike seems kinda useless - as if they don't have 8 gazillion more pressing crimes to attend to.

when we were all dressed and ready to go, we headed down to the car to drive to the airport.

and that is when we noticed that, not only was matt's bike gone, but our car had been broken into as well.

we figured out all the things that were missing and figured that our tally was at about $1000.

(bike, basketball shoes, and a bunch of other stuff - including the button that opens the gate to our complex. awesome.)

it was so frustrating.

and it was such a creepy feeling to think that someone had been through your things.

last night (3 weeks after that incident) we went to the mall to replace the very shoes that were stolen from our car.

as matt was trying shoes on, he took his phone out of his pocket and put it on the bench next to him.

i was chasing the boys around the store when matt stood up to look at his shoes in a mirror.

he turned his back from his phone for all of 10 seconds, and someone stole his phone!

oh. my. gosh.

the only reason we were even in that store in the first place was because we were robbed. and now it happens again?

matt noticed immediately that it was gone. so we told the store manager and she went to review the surveillance footage.

and, sure enough, someone had grabbed his phone. and that someone was still in the store!

the next 15 minutes were super weird.

this phone thief stayed in the store - flaunting a rather large wad of cash, and making a pile of shoes he was going to purchase.

some of the shoes were for his kids - who were in the store with him!

ugh. what a slimey guy.

long story short, security was called and one of the workers at the store confronted the guy.

the thief told the worker that his daughter was the one who had swiped the phone (even though the surveillance footage clearly showed him doing it!) and he willingly handed the phone back.

matt and i were so angry! my heart was racing.

how can someone be so dishonest?

how can you not be embarrassed when you get caught redhanded doing something so wrong?

we both had a long list of things we wanted to say to the loser, but we hoped to be more tasteful then him, so we held our tongues.

(plus, let's just say he wasn't a guy i wanted my husband to have to duke it out with!)

we just made our purchase and left the store.

and i may have thrown in a couple dirty looks along the way..

i don't get it!

i do. not. understand how someone can feel no guilt for stealing other people's property.

it's not yours!

but these people who keep stealing our stuff apparently don't feel the same way.
and that means they are really sucky people.

on a less depressing note, chet's birthday is coming up right away.

he will be 4 on the 17th!

madness, i tell you.

his party is tomorrow. it is going to be a plane party.
we have spent all week getting ready for it.
we have made aviator hats, paper airplane decorations, and a big cardboard box plane.
today is cupcake making day.
actually, it is cupcake AND cake making day.. as per the birthday boys request.
the boys are currently sitting in front of the oven, watching the cupcakes bake.
i think chet will be really disappointed when he realizes the cupcakes won't have any frosting on them when thy come out of the oven.
because frosting is all he cares about.
i should really just make a big bowl of frosting..

it has been a lot fun to get it all ready with the boys.
chet is feeling pretty darn special.. which is the whole point!