Sugar And Spice And Everything Nice

August 20, 2008 at 12:03 pm · Comment
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Well, it looks like my little punkin is going to soon have a new little girl cousin soon. My friend, and Eric’s Aunt Erica is having a little girl in a few months. They just found out the gender of the baby a couple of weeks ago. I’m sure she’s thrilled. I think Erica will make an excellent mother, she’s lived her life and had her fun, and settled down nicely. I’m so happy for her.

Speaking of babies, Eric called me from my mom’s yesterday (yes he’s still there) to tell me that my mom was babysitting my cousin’s newborn son. Eric was so excited to have him there, he adores babies so much it’s not even funny. He’s constantly asking me to “give him a brother or sister”. HAH. No more kids for me, but I sure don’t mind other people’s babies. Babies are usually so cute and cuddly. They lose their cuteness at about age 3-4 though, especially if they turn into obnoxious little children.

Anyway, remember that old saying.. “What are little boys made of?” - Answer: “Frogs and snails and puppydog tails.” “What are little girls made of?” - Answer: “Sugar and spice and everything nice.”. I don’t believe this to be true because honestly I have had a pretty easy time with my little boy and I have friends who have little girls who are heathens. My son does like frogs and snails though, so I dunno. LOL.

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Glowing Germs and GIANTmicrobes

August 19, 2008 at 12:48 pm · Comments (6)
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I absolutely love Steve Spangler, and so does my son. He spends alot of time on the Steve Spangler Science Website. As I’ve said before, one of his favorite subjects in school is science, and he aspires to be a scientist when he grows up. (yeah, awwwwee.) Anyway, as Steve Spangler says, it’s kind of hard to teach kids about germs because you can’t really see them. So now they’ve come up with giant germs, which are basically stuffed germ “animals” that resemble the germs themselves and I guess how they look under a microscope. They’re actually called GIANTmicrobes, and some of them are actually kind of cute. I’m not completely sure about that whole thing, but it’s a neat idea. They even have an H.I.V microbe. If you are interested in any of these you can pick them up at the Steve Spangler website or you can visit www.giantmicrobes.com.

Anyway, along with the GIANTmicrobes toys, there are some other things that you can use to help teach your child about germs. One of these things is called GLO germ lotion and when it’s applied to your hands or any other item, and a black light is used the germs will all glow. You can rub it on your child’s hands early in the morning, it goes on and dries clear, and when the day is over, you can use a blacklight to show your child all of the different things he or she has touched and help teach the importance of washing their hands and also keeping things clean. Check out the video for more info, he explains it alot better than I do.

Commenters: Claudine, Mamacita, robert hall

What Are Your Kids Listening To On The Radio?

August 19, 2008 at 11:28 am · Comments (2)
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Yesterday while I was listening to the morning radio show on a local station I like to listen to, they started talking about sex. Now, that’s normally not a big deal but for some reason it struck me that there are probably alot of kids that happen to listen to that same particular station in the mornings on their way to school and what not. I mean, granted it’s obviously a mature audience type of show, but who’s to stop a kid with an mp3 player that plays fm radio stations from listening. I know Eric likes that type of music and listens to that radio station all the time, and I simply don’t feel comfortable with him listening to them talk about the benefits of having sex. I know it’s my job to make sure he isn’t exposed to such things, but I can’t be with him 24/7 and I definitely can’t control every single thing he sees or hears. So what to do? I mean their conversation wasn’t terrible it just wasn’t appropriate for a kid to be listening to.

So I’m thinking maybe, just maybe, even though I love that radio station and their early morning show, they should consider cleaning up their daily bit of conversation just a little bit and maybe make it more kid friendly. Just a thought.

Commenters: Lissi

My Kid Is Weird

August 15, 2008 at 3:32 pm · Comments (4)
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So late last night my son called me from my mother’s house cause that’s where he’s at right now and he asked me if it was okay if my sister cut his hair. Before I go any further I must elaborate on my sister. She is mentally handicapped, which is to say that she is very slow, and the only hair cutting she knows how to do is to shave completely bald, and even that needs to be fixed usually. But anyway, I explained to him that if she cuts his hair, he will have to start school with a bald head looking like a skinhead. He says to me, I want my head shaved, I like it. So I told him to go ahead if he wants to. He’s 8, it’s his head. If he wants to look foolish, then he can look foolish. Besides it’ll grow back out soon enough. I just can’t believe he’d actually want my sister to cut his hair off. It makes me wonder what my mother is slipping in his food.

Commenters: Aimey, Julie

Time Flies When You’re Having Fun

July 15, 2008 at 10:16 am · Comments (6)
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The kiddo is at his first ever “Mini Gourmet” cooking class. It’s this class I enrolled him in at the beginning of the summer. It lasts for 2 hours. I gave him some money for the soda and snack machine as well as his rec room card so if he wants to stay up there after the class is over and play some games or whatever he can. Anyway, we were almost late for the class. I woke up early this morning, but I woke up sick. My throat hurts terribly and I’ve lost my voice. I was coughing up blood this morning, but I’m sure it’s just from my throat. I decided since it was really early I’d go back to bed for a few, thinking I’d wake up in time. And I did wake up in time, barely. Nonetheless he made it there in time and hopefully he’s having great fun. That’s what it’s all about anyway. It’s summer time and I want him to have fun.

Last week I took him and his friend to the rec center (or community center) to play some games and stuff and they ended up staying for hours. He had alot of fun then apparently. There’s lots of fun stuff for the kids to do there, and there’s also a gym and a nature center. I also took him and his friend on Friday night to play Pizza Bingo up there. The kids got to play bingo and eat pizza, which was pretty cool. They had a good time.

I’ve been sticking to the reading thing for the most part. He’s currently reading book 2 of The Chronicles of Narnia. He seems to be enjoying it. Tonight is also our “movie night” and I’ve gotten the Spiderwick Chronicles from Netflix. Eric picked that out, lol. Hopefully it’s good.

I really can’t believe he’s already half way through his summer vacation. I’ve got to start school clothes shopping soon and getting all of his needed supplies for 3rd grade. I just can’t believe it, 3rd grade!!! I’m actually going to be selling some of his old stuff on eBay I think. He’s got a pair of Van’s from last year that he wore once, and they are still basically brand new. He’s also got a winter coat that he wore twice. It’s Texas, it usually doesn’t get that cold here so he mostly wears hoodies and what not. But yeah, I guess I should start going through his old stuff. What fun.

Commenters: Julie, lala, netta