Oh there are lots of reasons but here are a few.
1. THEY only help with day to day stuff (without being nagged) when they are "In the Mood for Something".
2.When they are "IN THE MOOD" and see us getting ready for bed..They suddenly jump into action and rush to get ready also. We aren't dumb and know what they are doing.
3. Pretend they don't hear the baby crying in the monitor. Some go as far as to nudge the women in the relationship....EVEN ON THE WEEKEND!
4. They will step on a Cheerio and crush it (in the living room) and keep walking. Also walk right by the litter box that needs to be scooped, laundry that needs folding etc..
5. They put dishes in the sink and leave them when the dishwasher is right there and empty!!!
6. They lay in bed for hours (after we are up dealing with the family and life) and when they get up do not make the bed.
7. They walk right by the empty barrels in the AM (after the garbage truck has come)and go to work.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Fall Into Fitness Event for Moms!!!
WHAT: Celebrate MOMS, BABIES, and FITNESS! Kick-off your fall fitness goals with this FREE event! Join us for a Stroller Strides class, giveaways, great prizes, and refreshments.
WHEN: Saturday, October 4th. Registration begins at 9am and class begins at 9:30am - get there early!
WHERE: Rotary Park, Wilmington
DISCOUNTS OFFERED: We have 2 great specials being offered:
- New Members - purchase a membership at the event and your initiation fee will be WAIVED! That is a savings of $68! Plus receive a free gift. This great discount has never been offered before!
- Referrals - Existing members, bring a friend who has never tried Stroller Strides before. If they sign up for a membership, you receive a FREE MONTH of classes! That's a $60 savings!
Everyone in attendance is eligible to win one of these great giveaways:
* FREE Month of Stroller Strides classes ($60 value)
* BePe Baby diaper bag roll-up and slippers for your little one!
* AND MUCH MORE!
If you have never tried a Stroller Strides class, now is your chance! This is an event you won't want to miss! Go to http://moms.meetup.com/3184/ sign up (for free) and RSVP on the calendar!
WHEN: Saturday, October 4th. Registration begins at 9am and class begins at 9:30am - get there early!
WHERE: Rotary Park, Wilmington
DISCOUNTS OFFERED: We have 2 great specials being offered:
- New Members - purchase a membership at the event and your initiation fee will be WAIVED! That is a savings of $68! Plus receive a free gift. This great discount has never been offered before!
- Referrals - Existing members, bring a friend who has never tried Stroller Strides before. If they sign up for a membership, you receive a FREE MONTH of classes! That's a $60 savings!
Everyone in attendance is eligible to win one of these great giveaways:
* FREE Month of Stroller Strides classes ($60 value)
* BePe Baby diaper bag roll-up and slippers for your little one!
* AND MUCH MORE!
If you have never tried a Stroller Strides class, now is your chance! This is an event you won't want to miss! Go to http://moms.meetup.com/3184/ sign up (for free) and RSVP on the calendar!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Dinner Tonight
At dinner tonight.
I was cutting up some pear for Logan and Landon after their pasta. It was very juicy and tasted perfect.
Me: (looking at Rob) Would you like some?
Rob: Sure, I'll have a bite.
Me: (cut Rob a piece and hold it out in my pear covered dripping hand)
Rob: (grabs for it and it slips and jumps out of his hand into my plate)(Rob shoulder shrugs at me)
Me: What?
Rob: I didn't say anything!
Me: Well you Shrugged at me, so in reality you did say something!
Rob: (laughing) What is wrong with you? (laughing harder)In reality I said nothing, AND how do you even know I was shrugging at you?
ME: Well would else would you be shrugging at? (trying to give a dirty look but laughing at my own stupidity)
Now we are each in separate rooms on own own computers. He is a MAC man and I am a PC girl. We get along much better in our own separate spaces.
Don't forget to check out BePe Baby
and Stroller Strides
I was cutting up some pear for Logan and Landon after their pasta. It was very juicy and tasted perfect.
Me: (looking at Rob) Would you like some?
Rob: Sure, I'll have a bite.
Me: (cut Rob a piece and hold it out in my pear covered dripping hand)
Rob: (grabs for it and it slips and jumps out of his hand into my plate)(Rob shoulder shrugs at me)
Me: What?
Rob: I didn't say anything!
Me: Well you Shrugged at me, so in reality you did say something!
Rob: (laughing) What is wrong with you? (laughing harder)In reality I said nothing, AND how do you even know I was shrugging at you?
ME: Well would else would you be shrugging at? (trying to give a dirty look but laughing at my own stupidity)
Now we are each in separate rooms on own own computers. He is a MAC man and I am a PC girl. We get along much better in our own separate spaces.
Don't forget to check out BePe Baby
and Stroller Strides
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
An After Dinner Conversation
I do sit back and laugh often about the dynamics of my marriage.
A little insight: I have been trying to add a few new recipes in to the dinner rotation here at the Bentley house. I am tired of the same stuff and cooking is loosing it's luster.
Rob: You are funny, I noticed you bought Kosher Sea Salt AND Edamames. You are trying to be that blogger you love.
Me: No, I am not you boob! I am following a recipe I found which has both of those ingredients!
Me: Plus, I bought the shucked Edamames NOT the shelled ones!!
Rob: OH.
I also notice no matter what, we ALWAYS fight for the very last word. It does not matter where we are, what we say or who might be right.
I sort of enjoy the odd conversations. It is a nice break to all the senseless talk about work days. In those, he isn't really listening to my day at Stroller Strides and Luna Mom's Group and I am not really listening to him about Sophos. We each catch the most appealing part and comment, then change conversational topics as quickly as we can without pissing off each other :)
I have no class to teach this morning, so I am off to sew! BePe Baby has been bringing lots of orders for toddler slippers and I have a fair to be preparing for. Have a happy day!
I borrowed the image, because it seemed fitting to the topic.
A little insight: I have been trying to add a few new recipes in to the dinner rotation here at the Bentley house. I am tired of the same stuff and cooking is loosing it's luster.
Rob: You are funny, I noticed you bought Kosher Sea Salt AND Edamames. You are trying to be that blogger you love.
Me: No, I am not you boob! I am following a recipe I found which has both of those ingredients!
Me: Plus, I bought the shucked Edamames NOT the shelled ones!!
Rob: OH.
I also notice no matter what, we ALWAYS fight for the very last word. It does not matter where we are, what we say or who might be right.
I sort of enjoy the odd conversations. It is a nice break to all the senseless talk about work days. In those, he isn't really listening to my day at Stroller Strides and Luna Mom's Group and I am not really listening to him about Sophos. We each catch the most appealing part and comment, then change conversational topics as quickly as we can without pissing off each other :)
I have no class to teach this morning, so I am off to sew! BePe Baby has been bringing lots of orders for toddler slippers and I have a fair to be preparing for. Have a happy day!
I borrowed the image, because it seemed fitting to the topic.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Why can't you take the tag off your mattress?
I was looking at Logan's crib today and the bumpers still have the tag on them ... (Yes , Yes my toddler still has bumpers. He is so snugly in there I don't want to take them away and make it cold and hard.) It made me remember thinking that I was never allowed to take the tags off my mattress and Pillows.
So, Why can't you take the tag off your mattress?
Go ahead and be a bit of a deviant. Cut off your mattress tag already! You won't be charged with anything. If your mattress was purchased from a store and not still on display it's perfectly legal to remove the tag from your own mattress. So why is it there? Here is the answer.
Back in the 1900s, mattresses often contained a host of vermin and disease-carrying materials. To protect consumers, the government required dealers to post tags on their mattresses listing the contents. Later, the Feds added a warning to the content tag with the ominous message, "Do not remove under penalty of law," in big, black letters.
The move may have deterred duplicitous mattress dealers, but it only served to confuse consumers who didn't know that the threat wasn't meant for them. Confronted by fear of prosecution, consumers left the tags on their mattresses. Recently, the Feds addressed the misunderstanding by changing the label to: "This tag may not be removed except by the consumer."
Since then, the Feds have long abandoned the pursuit of tag-tearing merchants, though states like Texas still inspect mattresses for tags in stores. They're probably making sure their laws aren't full of fluff
So, Why can't you take the tag off your mattress?
Go ahead and be a bit of a deviant. Cut off your mattress tag already! You won't be charged with anything. If your mattress was purchased from a store and not still on display it's perfectly legal to remove the tag from your own mattress. So why is it there? Here is the answer.
Back in the 1900s, mattresses often contained a host of vermin and disease-carrying materials. To protect consumers, the government required dealers to post tags on their mattresses listing the contents. Later, the Feds added a warning to the content tag with the ominous message, "Do not remove under penalty of law," in big, black letters.
The move may have deterred duplicitous mattress dealers, but it only served to confuse consumers who didn't know that the threat wasn't meant for them. Confronted by fear of prosecution, consumers left the tags on their mattresses. Recently, the Feds addressed the misunderstanding by changing the label to: "This tag may not be removed except by the consumer."
Since then, the Feds have long abandoned the pursuit of tag-tearing merchants, though states like Texas still inspect mattresses for tags in stores. They're probably making sure their laws aren't full of fluff
Friday, September 5, 2008
Reverse Psychology on Toddlers
Not sure about you, but this technique has done nothing for me.
(Logan using a toy and the baby is advancing on him)
Logan: (Screaming) NO share, No share,
Me: Ok, No share, Nope I don't want you to share, Don't share
Logan: Yea, no share (smiling and moving quickly away from the baby)
Landon (baby; continues to follow him)daa daa daddy deeli da
Logan: (Screaming again, close to hyperventilating) NO NO NO no share
(this scene repeats over and over till I crack and move the sacred toy out of site, then it starts again with another toy)
(Logan at dinner refusing to eat anything remotely healthy)
Me: Don't eat those green beans. Don't do it (as dramatically as I can say it). I don't want you to have any. Not even a bite. Don't you do it.
Logan: Ya, no bite (laughing as he pushes it away and then slowly starts throwing some on the floor.)
Me: Ok, yes on the floor, I want you to put them on the floor. Yes, Ok, on the floor.
Logan: Yes (dumping his entire plate upside down and pushing to the floor)
Repeat this for the past few nights
This has done nothing for me except make him cry less during these times. SO great if my problem is crying and whining, but it is sharing and eating more healthy foods. My toddler has not eaten (knowingly) a veggie besides pasta sauce and the occasional cucumber oh and the start of summer he would eat corn on the cob, since last winter.
Back to Deceptively delicious type ideas. FYI, Zucchini is easy to grate and sneak in about anywhere and cauliflower. Broccoli, not so much.
Stay tuned I have a good sized group coming here for Bingo Dotting Art Day today! I will update after the madness has died down.
Don't forget to check out BePe Baby
And Stroller Stridesthis is not just a walking class you will be in pain! I am sure of it
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Extending my gift certificate to you all!
I just ended my Labor Day sale, but I have a gift certificate coupon code to receive $5 off your orders at BePe Baby. They are being offered to BeBe Paluzza Expo in their swag bags as well as a few other lucky mommas. If you have a baby, toddler or mommy in your life who needs a small something special. Check out our stuff. http://www.bepebaby.com
Don't forget the coupon code at check out.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Cure for Stubborn Toddlers
I recently heard that reverse psychology works wonders with toddlers, especially 2 yr olds. So I know a bunch of my regular readers are August 06 mommas like me.. I say let's try it out.
Here are some examples of daily activities at my house..
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Happens often during the day
Me: Logan, share with the baby. He wants to play too.
Logan: No, No share (while frantically running from the baby and dragging along the toy he wants me to hide from the 9 month old who drags himself rather then crawl)
Me: You have to share, he is your brother.
Logan: No No No share (now jumping up and down at my legs while ramming the toy into my shins in hope that I will save the toy at the last minute from the gripes of that threatening baby)
********What I should have said was, Ok, no share with the baby**************
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Dinner Time
Me: Try one bite of (insert any healthy food here)
Logan: NOOOOOOO!!! (Louder then a riffle at close range, while squirming in his chair and twisting his face as far away from the food as he can get without snapping his neck)
Me: Just one bite, please
Logan: (Repeats the above scene, but also now shoves his food, and drink across the table)
Me: Ok, fine then, sit there
Logan: All done, wanna play, all done
Me: one bite first
Logan: Swipes all his food and anything near him to the ground.
Me: (I normally want to hurt him at this point so instead I breath deep)
This repeats for a while till normally "the adults" give in.
********What I should have said was, Ok, no more bites of beans for you**************
So you might be thinking; does she really think this is going to work. The answer is nope, but it might make the whole scene more amusing.
I totally expect that when I say Ok no sharing with the baby he will continue to react the same.
and when I say ok no more bites for you. Logan will smile and way all done waiting to get down
But it is still worth a try and I bet some of us it will work for.
Here are some examples of daily activities at my house..
_______________________________________________________________________________
Happens often during the day
Me: Logan, share with the baby. He wants to play too.
Logan: No, No share (while frantically running from the baby and dragging along the toy he wants me to hide from the 9 month old who drags himself rather then crawl)
Me: You have to share, he is your brother.
Logan: No No No share (now jumping up and down at my legs while ramming the toy into my shins in hope that I will save the toy at the last minute from the gripes of that threatening baby)
********What I should have said was, Ok, no share with the baby**************
___________________________________________________________________________________
Dinner Time
Me: Try one bite of (insert any healthy food here)
Logan: NOOOOOOO!!! (Louder then a riffle at close range, while squirming in his chair and twisting his face as far away from the food as he can get without snapping his neck)
Me: Just one bite, please
Logan: (Repeats the above scene, but also now shoves his food, and drink across the table)
Me: Ok, fine then, sit there
Logan: All done, wanna play, all done
Me: one bite first
Logan: Swipes all his food and anything near him to the ground.
Me: (I normally want to hurt him at this point so instead I breath deep)
This repeats for a while till normally "the adults" give in.
********What I should have said was, Ok, no more bites of beans for you**************
So you might be thinking; does she really think this is going to work. The answer is nope, but it might make the whole scene more amusing.
I totally expect that when I say Ok no sharing with the baby he will continue to react the same.
and when I say ok no more bites for you. Logan will smile and way all done waiting to get down
But it is still worth a try and I bet some of us it will work for.
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