A Kendra Conversation:

"Good night Kendra, see you when the sun comes up"
"Mommy lay on pillow"
"No, I'm going to my own bed"
"No Mama, I wanna hold you"
"Good night Kendra"
"Mama?"
"What?"
"Kendra gonna cry"

She's 2 and already threatening me......where does she come up with this stuff?

Had meself a Happy Halloween mate!

I have 15 minutes to officially wish my blogger friends a HAPPY HALLOWEEN. Hope everyone had a good time, we sure did! It's been a long night so excuse me while I go get me some booty 'ey?

Picture Practice

I was just practicing for Kendra's 2 year old picturs. I decided I didn't really like the outfit but this picture is so stinkin' cute I had to share!

To all the the stupid parents out there!

Warning: You may not want to read this because it's pretty much just a rant session by ME. I might say things that seem a bit negative & will probably use a lot of parenthesis. Just letting you know.

Today we went to McDonalds. A really fancy McDonalds (Lehi) with a playground that makes music when you play on the toys (not important but cool). The entire time, not one freakin' parent was paying attention to their kids. In less than five minutes of being there, I watched a kid poor his juice box down the baby slide, another one grabbing the little kids from behind and pulling them down, hitting, pushing, screaming, budging, stomping on fingers, tripping & the list goes on. Not ONE kid stopped to apologize (seriously) & not ONE parent stepped in to correct their horrible behavior (seriouslyyyy).

I was HORRIFIED & not to mention EMBARRASSED.

They had 2 areas. One for everybody & one for 3yrs old & under. There's a sign stating the age rule but there were 6 boys (at least 10 years old) playing in there, jumping over babies, accidentally kicking & stepping on them & once again.....not one apology or one parent intervened. I know it's not some congress-passed law that 3 and under should play there but what are we teaching our kids? That it's okay to follow the rules sometimes, or my personal favorite "well everyone else's kids are doing it"........grrrrr.

WAKE UP!

We are raising self-entitled, helpless, indulged, spoiled brats! We're failing our kids. I probably sound like a raving lunatic but I'm okay with that. I have one major goal in life & that is to raise kids that are loving, happy & compassionate to those less fortunate. I'm sure most people want that too but it won't happen if we just let things go, ignore it or keep saying YES. I mean heaven forbid that our kids feel disappointed, mad, embarrassed, sad or jealous.....sounds like LIFE to me, it ain't no fantasy (love that song BTW). Nobody is perfect (except me) but just make an effort, it's not that hard. Pull your head out, call your kids on their $hit & do the RIGHT thing.

The only thing I regret about this post is that it won't reach the people that need to hear it the most. So if you know a stupid parent (we all do) mention my blog in passing or better yet, hand them a business card with my blog address on it & a direct link to this post. Oh, the hate mail I would get, better fix my comments setting {cackle cackle}.

Hello

Yes, this is another story about Kendra. She seems to consume my life thus consuming my blog.

Anywho - today after her nap of like 20 minutes {growl} she comes trotting down the stairs. I said "HELLO KENDRA" & she casually replied "NI HAO" which translates to HELLO in mandarine chinese. Thanks to Kai-Lan we (me & miss) frequently discuss her feelings & the feelings of others too.

What a hoot!