To Chris's sister Kellie who got engaged last week. Hank is a great guy that we have known since high school and as fate would have it they reconnected and are now planning a wedding!!!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Congratulations!!
To Chris's sister Kellie who got engaged last week. Hank is a great guy that we have known since high school and as fate would have it they reconnected and are now planning a wedding!!!
Soccer and Dance
This week CJ and Maggie started soccer and dance. Maggie is doing both, I think dance will win because as she says it is in the air conditioning. CJ is doing really well, especially on defense. Chris and I are not enjoying 3rd grade homework!!!
Friday, August 21, 2009
Back to School
The kids went back to school this week - 1st and 3rd grade!! CJ managed to get called to the office before school even started - he went to visit a teacher in a totally different part of the school so he was lost and the teacher panicked and had his name announced over the intercom. Chris and I were mortified, but CJ was quite pleased with himself. While we said a little prayer for his teacher, Maggie's teacher said she was wonderful - go figure. CJ had tests the first week and made A+ on all of them, which he told me in his most "I'm bored" tone. Both kids are playing soccer and Maggie is also dancing.
High school rugby is starting early this year - I am thrilled...lol
High school rugby is starting early this year - I am thrilled...lol
Monday, August 17, 2009
The victim role is played out.....
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I think you should marry someone because you are madly in love with them, I think you should have four children with the person you married BECAUSE you are madly in love with them and I think you should not be surprised when, compatibility is not enough, that other person looks for something more.
I also think if you want to give the illusion that you moved out to protect your kids, a Vogue magazine interview may not be your best defense.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Oh no - I agree - I have become a parent!
When did kids stop being kids? And when in the world did parents stop being parents? Parenting is not about being your kid’s best friend. It’s about teaching them what is appropriate and what is not.
In fact, I remember one particularly embarrassing time that my mom insisted on “doing the right thing” and you know what? Looking back, she was right. It was my school Halloween party and all of my friends decided our theme was Disney characters. I decided to go with Jasmine from “Aladdin,” and my costume was pink, my favorite color.
Now if you have ever seen the movie you know that Jasmine has a bare midriff , but see, I was in 9th grade and all of about 15 years old at the time and there was no way on God’s green earth that my mother was letting me out of the house with my midriff showing. She took me to the local dance store, bought a skin colored leotard and made me wear it under the costume. I am pretty sure I wasn’t thrilled with her that night, and I was ridiculously hot in the school cafeteria, but you know what? I was 15 years old –- a child. She was right: it would have been inappropriate to wear the costume as is.
All of that drama -– and trust me, at the time it was major drama — over a bare midriff. It makes me wonder, what in the world Miley Cyrus’s mother was thinking letting her daughter get on stage at the Teen Choice Awards in booty shorts and high-heeled boots and dance around a pole? I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised; this is, after all, the girl who last year posed on the cover of Vanity Fair in nothing more than a sheet. But my point in sharing the above story is this: a parent’s job is to teach.
When you are 14 to 17, you are too young to know what the right thing is to do in certain situations. That is why your parents are there to guide you. You may not like what they have to say – and parents, you may not like saying it, but it needs to be done. Miley is still a CHILD. A 16 year old girl should not be writhing around on a stage in booty shorts on a pole in front of other teens at an award show.
What kind of an example does it set for other kids? And by her parents condoning it, what kind of example are they setting for other parents?
Posted by: Showbiz Tonight's Brittany Kaplan
In fact, I remember one particularly embarrassing time that my mom insisted on “doing the right thing” and you know what? Looking back, she was right. It was my school Halloween party and all of my friends decided our theme was Disney characters. I decided to go with Jasmine from “Aladdin,” and my costume was pink, my favorite color.
Now if you have ever seen the movie you know that Jasmine has a bare midriff , but see, I was in 9th grade and all of about 15 years old at the time and there was no way on God’s green earth that my mother was letting me out of the house with my midriff showing. She took me to the local dance store, bought a skin colored leotard and made me wear it under the costume. I am pretty sure I wasn’t thrilled with her that night, and I was ridiculously hot in the school cafeteria, but you know what? I was 15 years old –- a child. She was right: it would have been inappropriate to wear the costume as is.
All of that drama -– and trust me, at the time it was major drama — over a bare midriff. It makes me wonder, what in the world Miley Cyrus’s mother was thinking letting her daughter get on stage at the Teen Choice Awards in booty shorts and high-heeled boots and dance around a pole? I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised; this is, after all, the girl who last year posed on the cover of Vanity Fair in nothing more than a sheet. But my point in sharing the above story is this: a parent’s job is to teach.
When you are 14 to 17, you are too young to know what the right thing is to do in certain situations. That is why your parents are there to guide you. You may not like what they have to say – and parents, you may not like saying it, but it needs to be done. Miley is still a CHILD. A 16 year old girl should not be writhing around on a stage in booty shorts on a pole in front of other teens at an award show.
What kind of an example does it set for other kids? And by her parents condoning it, what kind of example are they setting for other parents?
Posted by: Showbiz Tonight's Brittany Kaplan
Chicago
We spent the past weekend in Chicago learning how to run an SBRO (State Based Rugby Org.) - the seminar was great!! The city was ok - like any large city in the south only the residents seem REALLY unhappy :-).
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