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Re: “Santa's special helper is a little high-maintenance”
Too funny. My mom just got ours this year for my almost three-year-old. Oy! If they wanted to declare him a Christmas tradition, they surely should have made the little sucker better quality! He doesn't even sit really. Hello? A bean bag ass? Velcro on his little hands and feet to attach him to places? Jeesh. Give us instructions but no help! Anyway, my daughter doesn't quite get the idea of the watching, but she does love him. She brought him to daycare. This was before I read the book and discovered she's not supposed to touch him. Now he's just a doll she plays with. But we named him Buddy and maybe next year she'll get it. And I'll have to figure out how to make him sit.
Re: “Santa's special helper is a little high-maintenance”
HATE that elf. Am re-gifiting him as soon as possible. My boys 9, 5 & almost 3 could care less. The 9 year old knows something is up with the whole Santa gig, my 5 year old knows his melty-sweet brown eyes will guarantee him a spot on Santa's list and the almost 3 year old does not care because he will just wreck his brothers' toys anyway.
Merry Christmas.
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Re: “We were happy our teen daughters were stunners — until the phone started ringing”
Love this! My stepdaughter was a late bloomer-riding horses and attending summer math camp rather than cruising the mall. Of course now she is in NYC with her first serious boyfriend which is even scarier. Still, she is not swayed by a pretty face and still does not realize her own beauty. Sorry to say Punky is already a true beauty so good luck!
Re: “Santa's special helper is a little high-maintenance”
Ha! A tragic sledding accident: made me laugh out loud! I think I'm going to get an elf, though, because think of the great memories the kids will have one day! I can see how it would add one more thing to an already busy Christmas season, though! Cute story. And I love the picture of Bruiser with his little finger pointed at Santa. It looks like he knows what he wants! :)
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Re: “Santa's special helper is a little high-maintenance”
LOL! My son is 3 and all of my mom friends say that the elf is an absolute "MUST", glad I did not give in prematurely. Best of luck to you Lindsay :)
Valerie
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Re: “We were happy our teen daughters were stunners — until the phone started ringing”
Nothing like living out in the African bush to protect you from the dramas of teenage life.
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Re: “We were happy our teen daughters were stunners — until the phone started ringing”
I loved this! I have 2 toddler boys so I can't imagine what it would be like to raise 2 teenage daughters. I understand the hope for the nerd though!
Sarah
www.thesharpslife.blogspot.com
Re: “We were happy our teen daughters were stunners — until the phone started ringing”
Haha. My dad always told me that he prayed I'd be pretty growing up, then when I got to high school, he wished he had prayed I'd be ugly.
Re: “We were happy our teen daughters were stunners — until the phone started ringing”
I'm praying for nerds, too. So far, so good. On the other hand, speaking as the Queen of the Nerds, I wouldn't mind if ONCE AND AWHILE my kids got to be popular, too. There were some truly traumatic times there, especially in junior high, when I was rejected from every possible cool school activity. Anyway, I get it. But still. http://jacoblawrencenewman.blogspot.com/
Re: “We were happy our teen daughters were stunners — until the phone started ringing”
I'm right there with you. Though I'm a bit worried I'm heading towards my daughter having the beauty and the brains, and with my luck it will just make it even worse. She'll be smart enough to not get caught breaking the rules. My daughter dances, but she recently started taking fencing. Our activity choices are like parental cognitive dissonance. While dancing is her passion, I'm thinking that fencing has a much better shot at a scholarship, and you don't hear many teenage boys saying "wow, did you see that hot fencer chickl???".
DanceMom
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Re: “We were happy our teen daughters were stunners — until the phone started ringing”
Since I have two teenage sons, I'm more worried about the predatory girls out there. And the college my older son is hoping to go to next year has a significantly higher proportion of girls. I'm tempted to attend his classes with him for the first few weeks and give all the girls the evil eye. That wouldn't be overdoing the protective mother bit, would it?
Re: “We were happy our teen daughters were stunners — until the phone started ringing”
Better wish the same on your son, I'm sure it's just as bad to have boy crazy girls calling! If I remember correctly, it didn't matter how beautiful the person was, if they were taking AP classes, they didn't brush with the less intelligent folks so make sure she's in AP and I think you are safe. Then have her join all the boring clubs like French and Chess! All the nerds will love her but that's okay, they don't have wild parties and bring girls home late :)
Great post!!!
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Re: “We were happy our teen daughters were stunners — until the phone started ringing”
HA! you think you have much of a chance of her NOT being a show stopper? I think it's in her genes...but so can being a nerd. perhaps it's not all nerd or totally!popular! - she could be the delicate balance of Popunerd or maybe n-orgeous!
LIB
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Re: “We were happy our teen daughters were stunners — until the phone started ringing”
I could NOT agree more -- oh, for my girls to be sweetly shy and introspective, contemplating sentence structure or violin sonatas long into a Saturday night before snuggling in their beds with copies of Jane Austen...
But here's hoping pretty can still equal nerdy, because my girls ARE gorgeous, after all :)
Sarah
http://thisheavenlylife.blogspot.com
Re: “We were happy our teen daughters were stunners — until the phone started ringing”
Good luck with your wish for a nerdette, but I've seen all pictures of your Punky. Be prepared for the male onslaught!
Re: “We were happy our teen daughters were stunners — until the phone started ringing”
Oh yes. . .I definatley get it. We have 3 boys. They were beautiful babies. Half Japanese/half Irish, all three have the best of both worlds. Large brown eyes, thick black hair, creamy skin, broad shoulders, long legs.
Please oh please oh please let them have crooked teeth and pimples. Let them emerge form College as the handsome devils they are. Let them make MBA grads swoon over them. Until then, keep the girls away.
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Re: “How to get a cheap massage”
There are many different types of massage that can help us with massaging. One of the most common types is Chinese moxibustion massage. It is an ancient Chinese way to good health. This is great if it is your first time as these are very relaxing.
However, we don’t have so much time and money to go to the massage centres to do regular massagings. So we can choose some massagers such as massage beds and jade mattresses to help us to relax ourselves at home. This will also be great.
http://www.thermalmassager.com
Re: “Who knew pregnancy was so heavy — literally”
I bet your spine veers to the right from sticking your hip out when you hold your son! It's amazing how our bodies change when we stay in the same position for too long. I sit at a computer all day and constantly have to remind myself not to hunch forward.
I do know that there are great chiropractors out there that are true healers, and that there are some bad ones that are dangerous and should not practicing. I’ve been to both, and as badly as I would love to go have an adjustment, I’m too afraid of ending up with a bad one again.
Re: “Who knew pregnancy was so heavy — literally”
Very inspiring! I'm making my chiropractor appointment today. My 3.5 yo is a lot lighter than Bruiser; I don't know how you have been doing it all this time! http://jacoblawrencenewman.blogspot.com/
Re: “Santa's special helper is a little high-maintenance”
The concept totally freaks me out. I refuse to give in.