Blonde Mom Blog

Well When I Was A Kid I Walked Two Miles In The Snow Uphill So I Could Play Miss Pacman

Blonde Mom — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:04:21 +0000

The Lillian Vernon Christmas catalog arrived in the mail Friday and I handed it to Miss C in the car as we were pulling into our driveway from school. She started flipping through the pages and I told her that when I was a kid we got something called the Sears Wish Book and that I’d pick out what I wanted for Christmas. This revelation blew right over her head as she was engrossed in the personalized pink leopard luggage.

Then our neighbor’s little girl came over to play for a little while. Miss C was excited about showing her something and headed down the hall toward her room. I blew it off until I saw her run into the den with a dusty Jim Croce album in her hands.

Look at what my daddy has! It’s a RECORD PLAYER!

And then my youth unfurled itself at my feet and all I could think about was making mix tapes from Casey Kasem’s Top 40 weekly radio show, stretching the cord on our harvest green wall mount kitchen phone as far as it would go so I could talk to my friends in semi-private, watching Friday Night Videos on my little color TV with rabbit ears, and our first microwave oven that weighed 5 tons.

That’s right kids. There was once a world not dominated by YouTube, reality TV, and Ryan Seacrest.

I just posted a new giveaway on my review blog for two $50 e-cards to a lovely online children’s boutique called Bei Bambini. Check it out and have a great weekend!

All She Wants For Christmas

Blonde Mom — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:27:34 +0000

It’s not every day that you pick your kid up from school and she hands you a body part…OK OK a front tooth…inside a little plastic molar (for safe keeping.)

Houston, we have a double whammy front tooth gap!

The “tooth fairy” in the school office did the deed.

As you can see, Miss C was not happy about it at all.

Also it’s spirit week at school for the big fall fundraiser Friday (i.e. Good LORD could we have any more special outfit combinations and themes to remember in one week) and the day of the tooth reckoning was inside out and backwards day, hence the interesting choice of wardrobe.

Ironically we’d just had portraits made at the park Sunday afternoon but the tooth literally hung in there.

I told the dogs not to bark at the tooth fairy and they happily complied as there is extra kibble in it for them if they don’t disturb her.

I’m assuming the tooth fairy is female? What do you think?

Slow Down! (Gasp) Don’t Run! (Gasp)

Blonde Mom — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:11:15 +0000

I watched nervously from front lawns as Miss A ran after her big sister and her friends. She navigated her way through shadowy yards and down dimly lit pathways leading to the candy mecca at each friendly glowing front porch. She ran ahead over and over, leaves crunching beneath her feet, always wanting to keep up with the bigger girls.

My neighbor commented, “It’s tough to be the littlest one, isn’t it?” and another neighbor’s little boy, dressed like a hot dog complete with mustard, declared his love for Miss A. But she was a girl on a mission not to be discouraged or distracted. She would not be left behind by the big kids.

She raced to keep up with them and my heart stopped on more than one occasion as I feared that she would trip and fall and that we’d end up making another trip to the ER. Come to think of it, I did pour myself a margarita as soon as we got back to the house and the girls were sorting through their sugary loot.

I held back.

She ran forward.

I offered to hold her treat bag when it became almost too heavy for her to carry, but she told me she didn’t need any help, slung the straps over her shoulder, and kept forging ahead.

I offered her my hand, but she kept going. It wasn’t so much about the candy as it was the principle of keeping up with her sister.

Don’t let the cute dimple or the pink toenails fool you. She’s one tough bat girl.