really, already?

okay. i know i might be a bit biased. but really, back to school crap already?

we still have a month and a few days until the TEACHERS report. its still 100 degrees daily. why, why, why does the retail industry insist on filling the last half of my summer with worries of stocking up on my needed supplies already? i am not ready to worry about getting my folders 10/$1. i mean, i am cheap, so i am worried, but arg. i have to do this alreay? (actually, i already did...but see, i shouldn't be thinking about school yet. i probaby also shouldnt have to by my own supplies to give to the students, but that is another post for another time.)

yes, target and walmart and everyone else are already promoting the back to school blitz. they are offering the cheapest prices now, so that if (and when) you forget something on the list, you have to pay alot for it the night before school begins.

arg.

its just to soon...and yet, it has already begun!!!

keepin' busy

wow. we have been so busy...and yet, not really! and its great. sorry for neglecting to blog sooner, but geez, i have the kids everyday (but tuesday), husband is working all the time, and the computer is rarely at home when he is working. so its been difficult to find the time. but, i have some catching up to do, so here goes:

the fourth

was really fun. we watched fireworks from my moms house, and then the next night, from a hill overlooking white rock lake. it was just right, and little mama loved it. sunday we went to dads to shoot off fireworks. that was a hit with the boy but little mama hated it. (too loud?)

this past week, and all summer, we have been attending class at the museum of nature and science. which has been really fun. little mama is learning a lot about dinosaurs, and starting this week, bugs. (we are not fans of bugs, so the success of the class past this week remains to be seen!)

(here little mama is exploding her volcano, that she and daddy made. i think we have used almost an entire box of baking soda exploding the volcano since we brought it home!)

other than that, we have been playing outside, going to birthday parties, and just hanging out.

we have been spending lots of time gardening and "camping" in our living room.

the baby borrowers

have you seen this show???

(click here for a link to a two-minute glimpse of the show!)
for those of you who have missed this prime-time reality tv show...let me summarize...

five couples from around the country who are ranging in age between 18-20 (and have been dating for more than a year) agree to move in to a house together to experience the different stages of parenthood by...ta-da...borrowing other people's children for a set period of time. the first two episodes have so far focused on borrowing infants, between 6-9 mos old, for three days. BUT the parents of the children are in a house nearby, watching every move...as is a nanny who is on site all the time to make sure the child is never in danger. AND the parents left manuals for their children.

these couples all have different reasons for agreeing to participate, including
-prove not all young people are irresponsible
-see if they are "compatible" for being a family
-to prove to the other partner having children isn't all that hard....or its way too hard...
-to see if they can do this before deciding to marry and/or procreate at such a young age.


huh.

so i watched. in fact, much like a bad haircut...i found it hard to look away. some couples did well. one of the guys really rose to the challenge when his sig. other crapped out on him. others proved just how irresponsible and selfish kids this age tend to be...and were poster children for passing out condoms in college. (sorry, but its true!!)

but on the other hand....i guess if kids (25 and younger...hahaha) see this, and identify strongly with someone, and realize that parenting is really difficult, and there is so much more involved than anyone could ever tell you about...and that life as you know basically ends....and they decide..."hey, maybe i am not ready for this. maybe i should wait...or use a (insert favorite contraceptive here!)" maybe? seems a long shot to me. i don't think many kids will want to see themselves in the more selfish and immature kids on the show. nobody thinks they are that guy.

on the other hand, i no longer feel so guilty when i tell my kids to quit acting like an advertisement for birth control!!! (yes, i have really said this. judge me after you have two kids that are 18 mos apart!)

what do you think?


oh, and one last thing...i was thinking about how this was obviously very unrealistic. BUT also, i think that for all the selfishness displayed (especially by some of the young ladies) they aren't given the "pregnancy curve". you know, quitting most of your vices, slowly losing control of your body....your figure and sometimes, your hormones (and emotions), and of course, just the slowing down of life in general as you become roughly the size of a vw bug, and can no longer manuver and enjoy alot of the things you used to do. just a thought. and of course, the husband/s.o. suffers these things....too.

kickin' it old school...

circa 1993. almost middle school! haha.

wow.
we've been busy--sorry to have neglected the blog!

husband and i went to the stone temple pilots concert sunday night. it was wonderful--and thought-provoking. first, the acutal event...then the thoughts! dropped the kids off at nana's...went out to nice dinner...no rushing...no kids menus...we even sat in the bar. talked. wow. then over to nokia for the concert. we were in no hurry (didn't really want to see the scrub bands) but then, neither was anyone else. got to the show...lots of folks. lots of guys. (stp appeals to the boys?) anyways, the concert was great. every song you could have wanted to hear from them...and some you loved and had forgotten about! husband and i really enjoyed ourselves.

now...some of the thoughts (some of which are funny, and some of which made me feel old!)

1) first thing husband said as we sat down was....(looking toward the pit area) "hey...weren't there seats over there when we saw elmo here?" i had to crack up. then i wondered, (as i surveyed the crowd) i bet we aren't the only people who were just here for sesame street live.

2) before arriving at the show, i had thought that husband and i might be among the oldest in the crowd. i thought, "geez, we're gonna be those old folks that we made fun of when we were teens" not that i cared, but it was a funny thought. nope. wrong. i would say that husband and i were on the YOUNG end of the audience age, unless you counted the teens that were rocking out with their parents. (quite a few of those)

3) the pit. ahhh, a mosh pit. b.i.t.d. (back in the day)....husband and i both took trips down memory lane after the show. the pit at stp was quite calm. no moshing. a couple crowd surfers...but they were not very well received. and few were successful. b.i.t.d. when we were young and dumb (and i mean young....16 ish? 18?) we were the idiots in the pit. i was the idiot crowd surfing (sorry mom!) we were the goobers rushing the stage from the lawn at what was then starplex. we went to all-day concerts in july...with just enough money for a t-shirt and gas on the way home. this show? yea, i was content to have a seat with a good-view, and a cup-holder. man, how times change!!!! husband was grateful that he could sit too. when did we get old? (smarter? nah!)

but, we had a great night out...great music and an uninterrupted night's sleep! does it get much better?