I Think We Had A Gremlin Once Too
Formality
Sing It Sister
on the heels of this, I really think anyone with balls should just shut up right now unless they’d like them kicked.
Bottoms Up
It’s happened.
My kids finally figured out their parts were different and they now giggle about it.
My son doesn’t want anyone looking at him when he pees. My daughter thinks it’s hilarious to bust in on her brother and yell “I see your PENIS!”
…and both my kids ADORE being in their underwear, sticking out their butts, and shaking it all while singing “Shake my bottom, YEAH!”
Last night I gave them separate baths. Soon, it will have to be separate bedrooms.
and I would now like to mourn and cry.
Join me, won’t you?
Excuse me, but…
Hillary for Secretary of State. Whoo hoo. Horray. And all that jazz.
Now, forgive me here, but why exactly is the media so hell bent on focusing on the ‘sexism’ of world leaders?
Last I checked, our current Secretary of State was a woman. I may not like the Bush Administration policy or …well…anything about the Bush Administration, but I’m not going to pretend Dr. Condolezza Rice didn’t exist for 8 years simply because Clinton is taking over.
Leftovers
I realize we’ve already given Thanks and the time has come and gone for me to rattle off all the people and things I love in my life. So rather than cross that fine line between GREAT, comforting, yummy Holiday leftovers and lead-in-pit-of-stomach, one-day-too-late-to-eat leftovers, my Holiday leftovers consist of change.
(oh god, that change word again…is she going to talk politics? please no please no)
A seismic shift has occurred in our house, and it needs to be recognized.
Despite years of loathing, jealousy, and full-on contempt, my son now adores and protects his little sister.
Yes, it’s a holiday miracle. Yes, I am thrilled he comes to her defense. Yes, I realize this is normal sibling stuff.
However (and this is a big however) it’s getting annoying.
I find myself walking a very fine-line between “it’s so wonderful to see you sticking up for your sister” and “don’t you DARE challenge ME the MOM while I rightfully punish your sister.”
Yes, he is protecting her so very much he’s actually attempting to justify his baby sister’s indiscretions to the parental units.
Mom she’s just having a bad day, she didn’t really mean to throw that lego
Mom don’t yell at her, she will say she’s sorry for hitting you with her pony
Mom I told her it was ok so please don’t be mad at her
It also seems, just like the other males in this house, my little guy has some sort of dagger-through-heart reaction whenever my darling daughter cries.
Which means he attempts to avoid it at all costs. He will give her that toy she’s wanting. He will go get her a juice. He will even give up the toy he’s playing with in order to keep the peace.
It’s gotten so bad my 3-year old now totally plays her brother by fake crying, just to get her way.
Now, I look at this from a few different angles. One is that I’m thrilled my son no longer views her as the enemy. Two is that he is so very compassionate. Three is a bit more concerning to me…she’s totally using her feminine ways to exploit every male in this house from her brother to her uncle to her Dad.
Say it with me…OY VEY.
I realize this will probably serve her well later in life, but I’m torn between cutting it off now or helping her hone and better control her female gifts. I mean…do I put my foot down…or have her use this power to get us both a puppy? Do I make her stop using and abusing men or teach her that if she tilts her head just a bit and drops her lip just one more notch she could probably ALSO get a pony?
Change. Yes, it’s here.
What The ‘Left’ Has To Be Thankful For
It’s true. President-elect Barack Obama really DOES bring people together and can heal this nation.
How do I know? Because sitting down to write my ‘What the Left has to be Thankful for’ holiday post, I realized fellow BlogHer Contributor EM Zanotti and I agree on a very serious political issue. ONLY Obama has the power to pull something like that off. Only our Commander-in-Chief can bring the Right and Left sides of BlogHer together to give thanks.
What is it we agree and are giving thanks for?
Don’t look at me like that. As it turns out both the wonderful and fabulous American Princess and Queen of Spain agree the big bank bailouts suck and the only redeeming quality is the chance it will bring us one step closer to Naked Soccer players.
It’s a Thanksgiving miracle.
So aside from the obvious, what does the ‘Left’ have to be thankful for in the Year of Our Lord Obama 2008?
Truckloads.
I am thankful the primaries saw that long-time feminist (eye roll) Rudy Guiliani get his ass handed to him.
I am thankful we only had to endure Mike Huckabee’s ‘folksy’ talks for a handful of months.
I am thankful just the act of Senators Clinton and Obama and Governor Palin running brought race and gender discussions to the forefront of our national conversation.
I am thankful the President-elect’s cabinet is shaping up with many women I admire.
I am thankful organizations like the White House project and WomenCount continue to push female candidates.
But you know what I am most thankful for?
I’m thankful BlogHer had a strong voice in shaping this country’s path. By featuring posts from our future First Lady, to Carly Fiorina, to enabling other women to VOTE, to inspiring nonPolitical bloggers to speak their minds, THIS community directly affected the election.
Alright maybe that’s not the most ‘left’ leaning thing to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. But perhaps that’s how we move forward.
Attempting to find ways to agree with each other and get away from ‘left,’ ‘right,’ or ‘fringe, extreme party whacko.’ Attempting to take what we have learned after months upon months of arguing and fighting and deleting nasty comments and posting nasty comments and sincerely wondering if others in your sacred BlogHer community were entirely insane.
I am thankful we’re all still here. And we’re all still standing.
I am also thankful my conservative sisters haven’t turned away, but instead have continued the dialogue.
Sure that’s easy to say from the chick who’s candidate won. But if EM and I can agree on naked soccer players, who knows what might be possible.
Heck, I bet you most of us can even agree we’re thankful to NOT be one of Sarah Palin’s ‘pardoned’ turkeys… tee hee hee.
Crossposted at BlogHer
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