Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Monday, July 1, 2013
The Notorious Putt Putter
If you want to play putt putt, you need to play with this Notorious little dude.
This was his first time on the greens and while he did not quite master the game, he certainly mastered the art of direction. MRA was excellant at directing the order of play at each hole. But my favorite thing about playing putt putt with him is this: after my first putt, no matter where my ball ended up, MRA would find it and say, "No Mama, don't hit it yet. I'll get it closer for you," and then he would move my ball to within an inch or two of the hole and say, "Ok, now you can hit it into the hole."
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Now I could get used to playing like that!
Happy Monday!
This was his first time on the greens and while he did not quite master the game, he certainly mastered the art of direction. MRA was excellant at directing the order of play at each hole. But my favorite thing about playing putt putt with him is this: after my first putt, no matter where my ball ended up, MRA would find it and say, "No Mama, don't hit it yet. I'll get it closer for you," and then he would move my ball to within an inch or two of the hole and say, "Ok, now you can hit it into the hole."
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Now I could get used to playing like that!
Happy Monday!
Friday, June 28, 2013
The Dichotomy of Motherhood
I think the following video illustrates it best. You see, as I was videoing, I was thinking;
Aaaaaaw, isn't he cute. I need to get this singing on video before he stops singing in public and I can't remember what he sounded like. Chubalicious is pure sugar. I love him.
and at the EXACT same time, I was also thinking;
PLEASE! Sit the ^&*% down and eat your dinner. I am OUTSIDE! IN FLORIDA! IN JUNE! I. AM. MELTING! I just felt sweat trickle down the back of my knee. THE BACK OF MY KNEE. JUST effing eat so we can go inside. GAAAAAAHHHHHH.
This may also just mean that I need meds.
Aaaaaaw, isn't he cute. I need to get this singing on video before he stops singing in public and I can't remember what he sounded like. Chubalicious is pure sugar. I love him.
and at the EXACT same time, I was also thinking;
PLEASE! Sit the ^&*% down and eat your dinner. I am OUTSIDE! IN FLORIDA! IN JUNE! I. AM. MELTING! I just felt sweat trickle down the back of my knee. THE BACK OF MY KNEE. JUST effing eat so we can go inside. GAAAAAAHHHHHH.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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Friday, June 7, 2013
Emeril, Bobby, Wolfgagng,Thomas Keller - is this how it starts?
About six weeks ago, the kid's school decided to upgrade their kitchen toys and offered the old ones to any parents who could haul it away. Luckily I was one of the first to respond and so I scored a very nice wooden kitchen. You remember what I am talking about, right? It has a little sink and two faux burners and some knobs and some shelves. A faux little kitchen.
So I get it home and realize that, although we have some wooden faux food, we don't have much and we don't have any toy utensils or pots or kitchen stuff. I thought for a few minutes about going to buy some but decided that it would induce creativity if they didn't have these things and had to really pretend.
What it actually did was induce them to play elsewhere.
Sooooo, I started looking, just barely, when I was at various stores for kitchen-y things. By this I mean, if I remembered as I was in Target, I would keep an eye out. But I NEVER saw any kitchen toys. After a while I started to think it really odd.
Then, two weeks ago, I went down the toy aisle with all the dolls because I was trying to short cut to another department and there, there with all the dolls was kitchen stuff. Kitchen sets even! Whole boxed sets of pots and pans and spatulas and egg beaters and cookie cutters. These were right next to the sets of hair curlers and most of it was PINK!
Now, I grew up in house where my Dad did most of the cooking, and so many famous chefs are men, and all kids play in the kitchen center so it never occurred to me that kitchen toys had a gender bias. I wonder, if Wolfgang, Emeril, Thomas Keller, Bobby Flay and John Besh all started with a little pink sauce pan?
So I get it home and realize that, although we have some wooden faux food, we don't have much and we don't have any toy utensils or pots or kitchen stuff. I thought for a few minutes about going to buy some but decided that it would induce creativity if they didn't have these things and had to really pretend.
What it actually did was induce them to play elsewhere.
Sooooo, I started looking, just barely, when I was at various stores for kitchen-y things. By this I mean, if I remembered as I was in Target, I would keep an eye out. But I NEVER saw any kitchen toys. After a while I started to think it really odd.
Then, two weeks ago, I went down the toy aisle with all the dolls because I was trying to short cut to another department and there, there with all the dolls was kitchen stuff. Kitchen sets even! Whole boxed sets of pots and pans and spatulas and egg beaters and cookie cutters. These were right next to the sets of hair curlers and most of it was PINK!
Now, I grew up in house where my Dad did most of the cooking, and so many famous chefs are men, and all kids play in the kitchen center so it never occurred to me that kitchen toys had a gender bias. I wonder, if Wolfgang, Emeril, Thomas Keller, Bobby Flay and John Besh all started with a little pink sauce pan?
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