kids say the darndest things: No. 6

On the fantastic tour buses that my daughter took on her recent class field trip, there were (gasp!) TVs that were cranked up with movies to lull the wild ones into boob tube submission during the long trip to Baltimore..

Well, when I asked her what they watched, she replied, "We watched Aladdin and then, you know, those Peanut Butter and Jelly cartoons we used watch when we were little."

"Uh, I don't know what you are referring to...peanut butter and jelly cartoons??"

"The ones with the little dog and the guy, you know, the dog Snoopy."

"Got it! That cartoon is named Peanuts, not peanut butter and jelly cartoons..."

kids say the darndest things: No 5

my oldest daughter has been pulling at her lips constantly lately and when I recently asked her to stop this annonying habit and how can we help get her stop, she said maybe having lip gloss would help.

OK, so I went out and bought some Lip Smacker Vanillacious lip gloss, which debuted on the day of the big second-grade field trip. When I asked her how her new lip gloss went (meaning, how did we do at not pulling at your lips today, sweetie...) she promptly replied, "Great, all the boys on the bus talked to me only!"

ahhh...that really wasn't what I was after....

loved this article - how to go organic in five easy ways

Struggle with this one in our house constantly. "Whole Paycheck" as Whole Foods is commonly referred to in our house eats up a great deal of the family food budget. We believe in organic foods and supporting organic growers, but sometimes it is hard to eat the right thing (get it??? instead of do the right thing..."

Check out this helpful article in the New York Times- loved it!

Five Easy Ways to go Organic

come one, come all

I'm going because one of my favorite friends is Joyce and this one is going to be lots of fun!

kids say the darndest things: No. 4

did the Halloween costume shopping thing this afternoon...and as we were in the car headed up to the mecca of costumes...Party City...we three were discussing what costumes they might pick out.

My seven-year old asks my five-year old, "What are you going to be this year?"

My five year old responds, "Well, I know I'm not going to be Batman like last year - because that costume didn't earn me enough candy!"

kids say the darndest things: No. 3: birthday time

don't you love your kids birthdays??? The thrill of throwing parties, juggling birthday wishes against price point in the family budget....

then you have to love the quesiton that comes from the birthday boy, my son, "So Mom, is today they day that I was born?"

"Yup babe, today was the day you were born."

"How was my birthday when I was born?"

"Ah, what do you mean?"

"I mean, what kind of birthday party did I have?"

"Well, hon, on the day you were born, everyone celebrated and you got some baby gifts, but there wasn't a big party with friends."

"Why not? You mean no cake?????"