Happy Hour?!?

(Nobody has to read this it is just a bit of a rant that felt good to type out)

So every morning I watch the Today Show on NBC while I get ready, this morning they did a piece that really pushed my buttons. It was on play dates for children where the mothers get together and have a drink. They called it "Happy Hour" a time in the day where they could get together with friends, their kids could play and they could have a cocktail. These mothers really had no problem with the fact that they we drinking in front of their children.

I understand wanting to have time with other people to talk about things other than Baby Einstein and diaper creams. I often wish there were people around to get together with to just hang out. But there have got to be a more healthy and constructive way to spend and afternoon.
They all defended themselves by saying "I know how much I can have," "I don't do it to get drunk," and "It is just a way to unwind." One of the women has written a book about all of this and she basically feels that people who oppose this kind of activity are just judgemental and are just finding fault in others parenting style.

I was thinking about all of this are I just can't believe how may people think that their actions don't affect others. These mothers are basically telling their children that the only way to have fun in a social setting is to have alcohol present. Then in ten years they are confused by the fact that their sixteen year old child in an alcoholic.

In high school I had a few friends that were very into partying. I know that for some people that is a phase that teenagers go through, but the most disturbing part of this is that their parents supplied the alcohol, and had the parties at their homes. I think that many parents today have given up disciplining their children, opting for a more relaxed and open parenting style. Roughly translated in to; I am a cool parent, I want my child to be my best friend, so I'll never say no and let them do anything they want and hope for the best.
A person can have a million friends and only one set of parents, do your job accordingly.

Snow Glorious Snow!!!!

Holy Moly... the snow is piling up outside. The weather channel never says that we will get that much snow, but they were really wrong this time. This snowed almost all day yesterday and it has been snowing since we got up today.
We got all ready for church and Jeremiah shoveled a path do the car and by the time we actually got in the car there was a fresh inch of snow were he has cleared it. Then we got to church at 11:00 and they announced that there would only be sacrament meeting today and not the last two hours. By the time we got home there was about 3 more inches of snow on the ground.

Bode has a rough week. He had a little cold at the beginning of the week that progressed into croup by Wednesday night. He woke up coughing, the only was I could describe it is like a goose or a house kind of noise. He was up from 12:00 to 4:30. Needless to say we didn't get to much sleep that night. He went to the doctor and got some medicine and now he is fine, thank goodness.

He is getting into everything. He is on the verge of standing by himself but he is just a chicken. Now that he has top and bottom teeth he bites everything, I actually have teeth marks on my hand! How do you teeth a kid not to bite you? He also figured that his new teeth are great for eating things. He takes little bites of things like cookies and crackers. To cute.

Here is my wonderfully dorky husband. Even though there is 12" of snow on the ground he is wearing shorts. To top it off he has snow boots on too. Some days I guess he just misses the valley. He didn't want us to take a picture but we snapped this one at my Mom's house.

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Sunday, January 7, 2007

Lazy Sunday Afternoon

Bode has been such a cheese this week. This is his new smile face. His two bottom teeth are in and the top two are just starting to poke through. He will bite your finger off if you try to touch them, so we stay away from that.
The link is so funny, click on it and you will see why.
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We got a few inches of snow on Friday. Not enough to stick around for long, but enough to cover all the rocks and plants. Jeremiah has been reffing a lot of games. He is getting better and better. I think he likes it more now that he has done more games and it isn't as stressful.

I know this seems like a random picture and it kind of is... but this is Jeremiah's jeep soft top he sold on eBay. To ship is to Connecticut we had to cut apart two boxes and tape them together. We were worried because the shipping estimates we got on the Internet we like $100.00 bucks!! We only sold it for around $200.00 so that would almost cancel out the profit. So Jer went to the post office and he had happened to of done an appraisal for the post master and they kinda cut us a deal and is only cost $70.00 instead.

We have been doing some fun home improvement stuff this week. I got ambitious and painted Bode's bath room and won this cute shower curtain/bath mat from Pottery Barn off eBay. (if you can't tell we really enjoy buying and selling stuff on eBay) I can't wait to put it all together.

Then yesterday we finished off the dining room with a wall of bead board. I love it and was surprised when Jeremiah said I could put it up. The picture isn't very good, but it looks really nice in that room. When we moved in I wanted bead board in the family room or in the kitchen or basically anywhere, but we got leather furniture and it wouldn't look right. So I figure I would't get any in this house. I mentioned to Jer it would look good in the dining room a week ago and yeah now I have some.

Mom's New Year's Resolutions.

1. Get more "me" time - I think I can get this one locked up if I can figure out a way to go to the bathroom during the day without the kids following me in or yelling through the door.

2. Become more flexible - Does this mean I will begin a stretching routine? No way. I can stretch just as well by trying to negotiate a diaper change with my toddler.

3. Watch less TV - Sheesh, this is an easy one. I don't even watch all those cartoons. It's just background noise anyway.

4. Be a better disciplinarian - This will include not laughing when my kids do something silly while I am scolding them or sending them to time out.

5. Spend more time with my husband - For the record, quality time is not defined by us both falling asleep on the couch during a movie.

6. Join a mom's group - This may be the most difficult one yet. The key is to find one where the moms actually like each other, as opposed to having them smiling politely at each other, then gossiping to their husbands while driving home about how evil the other moms are.

Yes, I know I listed six instead of five. This way, if I miss the mark on one or two, I won't feel as guilty because I still came close, right?


I'll keep my resolution when...