Mary Mayken Sings Barry Manilow

Remember the disco era?

If you do, you'll remember this song. 

It's Mary Mayken's favorite.  She plays it over and over and over again.  And she knows every word.

And every musical note where she sings the music too.  (God I love that kid!  She must be *my* niece!)

Enjoy!


If you don't laugh at this, you're not human man!

How A Child REALLY Dresses Themselves

A few days ago, my friend was lamenting the fact that her almost two year old son is not developing as quickly as her other friends kids of the same age.  Apparently one of her friends was bragging that her two year old dressed themselves and her son...does not.

We all tried to comfort our friend that her son was okay and she was not a failure as a parent and he would, in fact, dress himself one day and would graduate from high school and probably college and go onto be a successful adult.

And we also told her that her friend wasn't completely honest in her description of how her child dressed himself.

So, Jen....this blog post is dedicated to you.  This is how real little kids dress themselves.

First, it appears that Mary Mayken  did a great job putting on her clothes.

But, upon further inspection, one will notice that she put her pants on backwards.

Pockets in the front.

Zipper in the back...

Oh wait.  But that's not all.  She also put her shirt on backwards.

 

And the only reason that her Twinkle Toe Shoes are on correct is because Ken put them on her and tied her shoes.

If he had not helped her, those would have been on backwards as well.  She has been known to wear her shoes backwards.

So, Jen, don't worry about your little man.  He's fine.  Your friend is crazy.  This is how a four year old really dresses herself.  You can only imagine how well she did when she was only 2!

And yes, I did take her to lunch with my friends dressed like that.  Because by the time I realized that she had everything on backwards, her shoes and coat were on and we were late.

If she were the first child, she would have been changed.  But she's not so she wasn't.  :p

Yeah.  Aunt Kem rocks like that!

Just A Little Bit...or Not!

Uncle Kem to Mary Mayken:  I have a little bit of gray hair.  See?

Mary Mayken to Uncle Kem:  No Uncle Kem.  ALL of you hair is gray.

Uncle Kem:  Meh.  :-|

School Fundraising

If you have kids or grandkids, inevitably you're going to be presented with an opportunity to support your child's school.  IE - you're going to be hit with a school fundraiser.  And sometimes when you're lucky, you are presented with something that you actually would *like* to buy.

And other times, all you have to do is put in a little effort and the school can make money from things that you would normally throw away.

And such is the case with Campbell's Soup labels.  It's easy.  All I have to do is turn in the labels off the soup can to Owen's school and they make money off of it.

Collecting soup labels fundraising has been around for quite a while.  I distinctly remember going through my mom's cabinet around the fourth grade and pulling off the labels from the soup cans and turning them into the PTA. 

And leaving the cans there without a label. And probably with no identifier as to what was in the can or the expiration date.

For my mom: :-|

So yeah.  Fundraising.  Everyone's doing it.  

The Extra 20 Minutes

What should one do with an extra 20 minutes that one has available in the day.  And by "extra" I mean 20 minutes to fold the clothes and get dinner started.

Let's see. 

Should one drive ones son back to school for his after school activity that he forgot to stay for (after he scared the crap out of me for being home.)

Yeah.  I guess so.

I guess that's what one should do with an extra 20 minutes that one has in a day.

Meh.

It's a good thing that he's cute.