Another excellent giveaway !!!

Check out WoobeeKids. Adorable right ?? Go back and look again. Those blankets are to die for. Water resistant on one side, plush and cozy on the other. Why didn't I think of this fantastic idea !! Well luckily Heather Correa did, and not just blankets check out the bibs and burp clothes !!  I mean come on, I would be using that burp cloth ALL THE TIME with a little one. 

I found this website and I feel in love with her stuff, I also love that it is MOM invented. Which means a high quality product that is functional.

All you have to do is go to the site and check it out, come back here and comment on what you product you loved and any points about the website. Leave an email so I can contact you, and on June 2nd at 5pm I will pick a winner. The winner will receive the cream chocolate bib and burp cloth !! Go spread the word...go check out the site...go comment. 

Crazy Beach Parents

So you all remember the crazy soccer mom.  Guess what, I saw her AGAIN. At the beach. This time she had her hubby with her and she still couldn't manage her children. This lady needs help. Her kids just don't listen to her, they run away from her, they hit her, they run into the freezing ocean, they run in opposite directions. I really feel bad for this lady, b/c I actually saw her crying by her beach locker. Somebody has got to help this Mom out and FAST.

What discipline do you use in your house for a 3 1/2 year old. A chart ? Time outs ? Spanking (i am not advocating - just asking) ? Take things away ? 123 Magic (magic my ass) ? Help a girl out her folks. Also, does your 3 1/2 year old use a spoon well, meaning when eating ice cream is her proficient with it ? Also if you have a child with ADHD or know of one, at what age were they diagnosed ? As you could imagine our trip to the beach club was a complete shit show. I really can not even get into it all, but I am in a state of panic that Sass is getting worse before she is getting better. 

Barring the shit show, the beach club we joined is very nice. I am not sure how the heck I will manage the 2 of them on my own ever, but it is nice and I will try. The beach is meant for fun, not stress !!! Tomorrow we are skipping the beach and will be heading to a little BBQ at 4. I am looking forward to it, b/c it will be just a close group of really good friends and our kids. Two of the women had new baby girls and I have not seen them much so I can not wait to hold those little ladies. I am going to make a pasta salad (yummo - the way I make), and a yogurt pie (must try this simple but delish summery pie).

Also is anyone else's bedroom a mess ? My summer clothes are on a chair b/c I have not removed my winter ones from the drawers. The floor is covered with care bears b/c my room doubles as sassnfrass's upstairs playroom. I am not joking, I am staring at 9 stuffed animals on my floor. 

Lastly, check out this great company. Cubes and Crayons is run by a women how also writes for Silicon Valley Mom Blogs which is the sister company of New Jersey Mom Blogs that I write for. I LOVE this business idea and wanted to give her a shot OUT. Let's hear it from MOMS and their excellent ideas.

scrambled thoughts

sometimes you just can not do it in a paragraph, head needs to do it bullet style

• did the run...it was great, and hubby and i had brunch afterwards sans kids. reading the new york times, eating brunch. heaven.
• the girls were so happy to see the sitter, as i left they were fighting to get on the couch and sit next to her. heaven.
• you MUST must must read the cover article of the New York Times Magazine. If you blog, you must read this. Once I can formulate my thoughts I will write a post on all the emotions it created. 
• i have entered a new paranoia (thanks to the above) regarding blogging

The most precious thing is that Frass can say to me, night night mama. She still is not talking with 2 words together. Still not many words. She said that to me in the midst of a night waking, as I put her down, she said night night mama. My heart melted. She said it to me before nap time and again at bedtime. I love it. love it. love it. 

Crazy Soccer Mom

There was this mom at soccer practice today. I swear she was nutz. First she came with her 2 daughters dressed in short sleeves and it was windy and cold. Her older daugther who was to be playing soccer needed her on the field with her, but her other daughter was running towards the playground. This lady had to throw her older one on the field and then dart after her younger child. 

During the water breaks she would football hold her younger daughter and come running back to help her older one find the water cup and coach her back to the field. At this point her younger one decided she wanted to be on the field and the older one was encouraging her. She just kept running a picking the younger one up while the older one tried to pull the younger one. She was clearly over matched and needed help. I think I heard her say shit to one of those beautiful but high spirited girls of hers. 

Finally practice was over and I saw the relief on this poor saps face, only to be ruined by her older daughter running towards the playground as the Mom yelled at her NO, get back here, we are going home. She had to put her younger one in the car to run and corral the other one. She didn't look happy at all. She was crazy.

I knew this mom, it was ME !! ehgad, it was a long day of mutiny at the home front. I survived and I am still planning on running a 5 mile road race tomorrow morning. We have a sitter so both hubs and I can run with out the girls. The problem is me leaving for the race as Frass screams her bloody murder that I am leaving, this might prove some incentive to run faster and get home faster. Why it crushes me to pieces STILL when she cries is something I need to get over. She is not in pain, she is not starving, she is not dying of thirst. She misses Mama and she won't die from that. Run Feener Run.

Memorial Day

Ahh the start of the summer. I can recall my single life in NYC and this was such an exciting weekend, the start of the summer share at the beach. Getting on the train early, checking out the house. Getting to the bars early, ready for a summer of fun. I really need to do a full post on the whole summer share experience. For those of you that have never experienced it, it is quite intense. 

Now the start of the summer is more about, let's buy some mulch and do the garden OR spring cleaning and organizing. I do not miss the single life, but I am sure glad I got to experience. 

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