Allstate, Jack's room and a sleepover

I love Allstate Insurance commercials. Their tag line is "that's our stand". Right now they are running one called "Back to Basics" and I love it. You can see it HERE, just click on "Back to Basics." They pull my heartstrings. However, I used to work for a personal injury attorney and one of the worst cases of insurance company abuse I've remember was committed by Allstate. We had a client who was a little old lady--about 75 years old, I believe. She was just driving along a main road one day when someone on a side road blew a stop sign and broadsided her. She broke her arm. The other driver was insured by Allstate who said that this little old lady was partially at fault so they would only be paying a portion of her car repairs and medical bills. They wanted something like a 60/40 split! Their reasoning was that in a phone interview, our client said that she didn't even see that other driver coming. Well, why would she!? The other driver was on a side road! I can't remember how that case ended but I'm pretty sure that her insurance ended up footing some of the bill--though I'm sure it wasn't the 40% that Allstate wanted. I learned a lot at that job. Some good and some bad.

Jack's room was clean for about 5 minutes before his birthday party so I took some pictures. He has informed me that he needs a big kid room now because he is 5. I don't know why he cares because he sleeps in the top bunk in Parker's room. I don't want to give up my last trace of little kid stuff! By the way, the castle poster by the bed is Jack's addition to the decor. ***edited*** Yep, this is the poster from the Eyewitness book. I'm tellin' ya', they LOVE those books!



We hosted our very first sleepover last night and it was a big success. NO bickering or fighting at all! Parker's buddy, Drew, came over and they did a great job of including Jack which was one of my concerns going into this. Drew has 2 older brothers so I think he is very sensitive to the needs of the "little brother." Whenever he is around, my own two kids don't even fight! Anyhoo, they didn't go to bed until 11:30 and now Parker is a whiny, crying brat. I wonder if he would take a nap!?