Got Milk!?

Yesterday while we were grocery shopping we went down the cereal aisle.....

Me-"what kind of cereal do you want?"

Tyler-"the TV told me this one has a car in it", "I want this one"(he can't read yet)

Billy-"I can remember we used to buy the cereal we didn't even like just because it had the best toy!"

So, in that moment Billy and I had 2 choices. We could have told him "we are not buying cereal just beause it has a toy in it" or "ok, put it in the cart"......

Needless to say the first thing we did when we got home was dig into the box to get the cheap little plain yellow car, which may I add spent the whole evening on the kitchen counter....lol. However he did get that exciting 45 second rush of opening the box,finding the car, grabbing the car and then...it was over...hahaha

In that moment, as parents, it was like we went straight back to our own childhoods and there was no way we could crush the dreams of our son and force him to buy a healthy cereal with NO toy!!!
Of course back then there was always something in every box of cereal and you saw it on the commercials every 2 minutes on Saturday mornings!!!! Not really the case anymore.

Awe, sweet memories:)

Don't touch my cheese!

Just had to share this conversation I had with my 5 year old son tonight. It makes me smile and a little concerned at the same time.

Me-do you want a slice of cheese?

Tyler-SURE!

Tyler-are your hands clean?

Me-yes

Tyler-could you look and make sure?

Me-(looking)yes they are babe(handing him cheese)

Tyler-ok, you didn't touch it did you?

Me-no babe(of course I did). Do you want to share some pop with me?

Tyler-SURE! I want the can!

Tyler-I want the can so that you don't have to put your lips on it, you can have the cup

Me-ok son, I wont touch it

Tyler-I want to be a fireman when I grow up! No, I want to play football!

Tyler-Mom, I am special

Me-Yes son, you really are!

Anyone want to bet that he will be on a shrinks couch in about 35 years suffering from severe OCD? I have no idea why he is becoming this way....seriously. I mean we are clean people but not crazy clean. He doesn't like his food to touch and don't you dare think about giving him anything on YOUR dirty fork!!

Bless his little heart:)

Happy New Year

Wow, it's been a while since I've been on here!!

Alysa, my daughter will be 13 in less than 2 weeks!! I will be the Mommy of a teenager in 12 days!!!! So hard to say, think or believe!! It makes me sad, excited, depressed and proud all in the same heart beat.
Tyler, my son is now 5 years old!! He will start school this year, breaks my heart. I can't believe my little bitty baby is actually no longer a little bitty baby anymore:(....truth is he wont even allow me to call him a baby(around anyone...ssshhh)!

Take it from me, if you have kids, enjoy the minutes, cherish the moments and take lot's of pictures because in no time they will be "big kids", then teenagers and finally waaaay to cool and busy for you!!!

Time Out!!

WOW...I have had a day, a BIG day for a Momma!!!

First off I had to shop for my little baby boy in the BOY section today!!! He no longer fits into toddler clothes. I think he has grown 4 inches in just a month. Seriously it was like over night his little PJ's became high waters.

Then my little angel daughter comes home from school and hands me paper work for pre-registration for JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL!!!!! Oh my gosh friends, I almost lost my breath at the thought, just the thought of filling out that paperwork.

I just need a time out. I need a few minutes, hours, days to soak all of this in and come to the realization that my baby boy is not a baby anymore and my little girl is no longer little!!!! Oh and last but not least....I am real close to being 34 which of course means, I am middle aged!!!

Thank God I still have places like Myspace and Facebook to make me feel young again!!!!

Texting Crazy Kids

My 6th grade daughter brought home a note from school today and I seriously had to shake my head after I read it.

The note was regarding the issue that the school is having with the 6th grade and YOUNGER kids texting during class!!!!!! They are sending out a permission slip asking to take the kids phones in the morning and then the kids can have them back after school.

It took me back to when I was in the 6th grade. We got in trouble for passing notes and doodling on our Trapper Keepers!!! I think it is really to bad that our kids education is now in competition with cell phones!!!

My daughter doesn't have a cell phone, so the note didn't apply to us, thankfully. She does have some friends her age with cell phones though and there is nothing wrong with it, if they need to keep in touch with their parents. My question is do the kids really need them in the classroom? I would be willing to bet that a few parents will have big issues with the kids having to give up their phones. Just makes sense to me, MY OPINION ONLY!!!!

Kudos to the school for taking a stand on texting!!! Now they just need to work on the bully issue!!!!

BULLIES

I just have to vent for a minute!!!

Twice this week I have heard stories of my friend's kids getting bullied and man it makes me so dang mad!!! Today I actually witnessed one of the incidents myself. A junior high student picking on an elementary student on the walk home from school. This boy was so disrespectful that he didn't even hesitate to yell his foul words of hate with an adult outside!!! I have to wonder if he had ever been taught any manners what so ever!!!?? Needless to say I was on the phone with the boys Mom(not the mean one)and she will be up at the school tomorrow morning trying to find names.

I know kids can be mean and it is to be expected but I guess my issue is as adults, why are we helpless to make a difference? You go to the schools and they tell you that "they can't do much about it unless it gets physically violent" and that has to be at the school. You consider going to the parents but unfortunately some parents think of it as a joke or get defensive at the thought that their kids might be a bully "how dare you imply...."!!!

It's a no win situation and the only people who really lose in the end are our children. I was bullied as a child, I was in the 4th grade and my bullies were in the 6th grade and you know that still bothers me today!!! It has been 23 years but I will never forget it, it changed who I was and broke my spirit. I hated school that whole year and didn't tell a single person, not even my Mom. You should know that most of the time your kids wont tell you.
I am not claiming to be all knowing but I do have a little first hand knowledge and of course this is just MY opinion on my blog!!!

If your a bully, you ARE hurting people and changing who they are, knock it off!!! If you are a parent of a bully, find out what is going on inside of them because "hurting people, hurt people". It is not some happy go lucky kid out there hurting other kids, it's kids with issues!!!! Last but not least, if your a parent of a bullied child, just like I was.....get involved!!!
Your kids are going to tell you that "it's no big deal", "I don't care" but you have to know that they do care and it hurts!!! Being bullied at school or from school mates in person or on the computer is serious and it will change your child and not for the better!!! If you look, there are always some kind of signs even when they have said nothing at all. Be there for them, it's our job!!!

Ok, getting off my box but seriously folks....watch out for bullies and victims of bullies, get involved and let other parents know when you witness it, our kids are depending on us and even when they think they don't, they need us, all of us!!!

"It's takes a village to raise a child"!!!

Crapper

Sometimes one of the hardest parts of being a Mommy is trying to figure out just what in the heck your kid wants, you know before they start school...when they still mis-pronounce almost everything....haha.
I just had one of those moments with Tyler.

Mommy's of all ages.....I am sure you will relate......enjoy!!!

Tyler~"Mommy, can I have a crapper?"

Me~??

Tyler~"can I have a crapper?"

Me~??

Getting Louder

Tyler~"CAN I HAVE A CRAPPER!!!"

Me~"you mean a cracker"......LMAO!!!!!????

Wishing all of you a happy and sweet Valentine's day!!! I hope the day brings you many sweet memories!!! With all of the sadness and scary stories in the world this week I know I will be hugging and loving on my precious ones a little bit more tomorrow!!!