Double your pleasure. Double your fun. Take toddler twins to sit on the lap of a large stranger, in weird red
pajamas who smells like Irish Coffee. HO. Ho. Ho.
Were YOU scared of Santa as a kid?
Weird Santa Photo Week: Day 2 (Twins)
Tag: parenting
Weird Santa Photos Week-Day 1
Welcome to weird Santa week.
Each day, I’ll give you a picture for your amusement.
Do you know any kids who get freaked out by the fat and jolly stranger in the fake beard?
Do you have a weird Santa picture? Add a link to share it with us.
First Entry:
I’m not sure who looks more upset, the kid or the Santa. (If you think of a good caption, leave one here.)
Caption: “I feel something wet on my leg.”
The Nest, part 2
Perhaps every parent tries to give their child something they craved as a child. For me, it’s stability. Emotional safely. A place that is a refuge from the plagues and tumult of the world, rather than another component to the madness.
I noticed someone’s garden bird house this spring. It hung from a cord and was in constant motion. It spun clockwise, and then counter-clockwise. And it got me to thinking…do the young birds think the world spins? When they leave the nest, does normal stability feel abnormal? I realized I grew up in a spinning bird house. Love will always feel unstable, even when it stands firm.
I want something for my children: I want to anchor our house to the tree.
Qualities of a good nest:
1. Cozy
2. Safe
3. Warm
4. Comforting
5. Place of learning/preparatory
6. Seasonal/temporary
7. Place of nurture
7. Place where you get good eats
8. Sufficient shelter
What else?
What have you (or would you want to) give to your children that wasn’t in the “nest” you grew up in?
The Nest, part 1
Before I do a post, I’d like to get responses, first.
Yes….sort of doing it backwards.
What are the qualities of a Nest?
Is your home like a nest?
Parenting mistakes
Have you ever gotten in over your head as a parent? Maybe having kids at all was over your head to begin with.
When I saw this picture, and the wild panic in the face of this dad, I actually felt a great relief…that I wasn’t him.
What caption would you give this photo?
Once I passed out and dropped Ellie when she about 4 months old. Now that’s a mistake! We took her right to the ER. It turned out that she was quite fine, and she got away with just a light red mark on her forehead. I got prescribed a Sprite. (Probably that beverage really cost about $800.)
The doctor said, “Now she can blame you for everything, because you dropped her on her head.”
“I think she more or less slid off my lap, but I plan to not tell her,” I said.
As it is now, if Ellie were any smarter, I might want to drop her on purpose. Maybe from a tree top. By her school marks, and testing scores, it may have had a beneficial effect. So, there you have it.
What mistake have you made, or has a parent made with you?