I have found that when I think my children will do one thing they turn around a do just the opposite. This is not always a bad thing. Take last night for instance... Tori who always surprises me whe it comes to certain things shocked me last night. She has three HUGE rubber maide totes in her room. One full of horses, one full of Bratz and their accessories and the other has stuffed animals in it. I have been asking her for weeks now to go through and take out what she doesn't want or play with (which is everything in them) any more so that we can get rid of them. Let me back up for a second, about 2 maybe 3 weeks ago, Bones came over with the girls (Panda, Nad, and Pitty-Pat) Panda was bored so I went into Tori's room and dug her out a couple of Barbis to play with. She was so excited about having these dolls in pretty princess dresses to play with. Tori ended up letting her take the Barbis and a few dresses home. Panda was soo excited. So last night they come over for dinner and Panda tells Tori about her Barbis and how Bullet (her dog) got ahold of them and chewed them up. Then she asked Tori if she had any more that she could have. Well my daughter went into her room and took out the box, comes back to the dinning room where Bones and I are sitting and says "Aunt Bonnie, I don't have any more Barbis, can she have some Bratz dolls?" Bones tells her that she can, so Tori goes back to her room. Comes out with a pink, sparkled rubber maide tote with a lid that locks. Inside it are about 6 Bratz, each one dressed, and then she brings out the case with all the mini Bratz and all the stuff that goes with them. By the time Tori was done, Panda had 2 things of Bratz, a make-up box, a jewlery box (with a few pieces of jewlery in it), a phone to play with, a purse and a few stuffed animals. She also sent Bones home with stuff for Nad, Hillbilly and Pitty-Pat. Tori had a bunch of things that she was going to send home last night with her but Bones told her to hang on to them for Christmas (the girls are all little and won't care if the presents they get are brand new or not, Plus Tori has always taken really good care of her things so they still look like new.
I couldn't believe how my daughter acted last night. I was so proud of her that I couldn't find the words to tell her how I was feeling.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Halloween
For us there are many reasons we don't allow our children to Trick Or Treat, or celebrate Halloween in any way. My children invite a few friends over for a Fall Party. Costumes are allowed if they want to, but are not required. We watch movies, listen to music, and just hang out. We choose to CELEBRATE the many blessings in our lives rather then what the day is meant to celebrate.
First of all it is an Unholy Holiday. It is a Pagan Holiday celebrating the dead. It is a ritualistic night, that dates back centuries. That includes such acts as sacrifices (not only animals but humans as well), curses, trickery, begging, and thievery.
I posted some URLs at the bottom of this page if you want to check them out. There is one on there from the History Channel that has a ton of information on it about Halloween and its origins.
Then there is the Double Standard effect. We spend 364 days a year telling our children to NOT talk to or take things from strangers. We (or at least I know that JD and I do this) also spend those same 364 days a year telling our children to be them self, don't be a sheep and follow the herd. But on this one night, we let them dress up as something they are not, send them out to take candy and openly talk with strangers with the rest of the "herd" and say it is OK.
It is NOT SAFE. No matter how you cut it from any perspective, Religious or not. It is just not safe. Children have a higher chance of being kidnapped on Halloween night then they do any other night of the year. Also their chances of being hit by a car, or injured in any way are greater. I know that their are some Moms that are going to say "That is why you watch them constantly, and never let them out of your site" And to that I say this... The little (by little I mean 7 year old) girl in this very small town I live in was not 2 feet from her mother when she was struck and killed by a car last year. The same for a 15 year old boy, who was simply walking with his friends.
Think about this while you are out and about with your children Trick Or Treating. How many of you stop and talk to a complete stranger when they say "Oh My, how cute he/she looks all dressed up as ". Think about it, how easy would it be for that complete stranger to snatch your child up and run, in the 2 seconds it takes for you to look over at your other child(ren) or who ever you might be with.
I know a lot of you say "Only go to houses of people that you know or neighbor hoods that you know the majority of the people that live there". We went one year when my daughter was about 4 years old it was the last time my daughter went Trick Or Treating. We went to an area that was nothing but people I knew, half the people in the area where related to me and the rest I had known all my life. Some how, my daughter got an Apple with a RAZOR BLADE in it. Let me stress that I knew EVERYONE that lived there (47 houses and all of them full of people that I had known all of my life), I even knew where the Apple came from. When I went and spoke with the woman about it, she didn't know what to say and was very upset over it. It turned out that one of her Grandchildren did it as a JOKE! A joke that if either myself or someone else hadn't noticed could have had devistating results for my Daughter.
If you ask me, the risks out way the need for candy that I could just go to the store and buy for my children!
****I know a few people who practice Wicken (hope I spelled that right) and this has NOTHING to do with them or how I feel about them.
A FEW URLs FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT!
http://www.history.com/minisites/halloween/
http://www.watchman.org/occult/hallow.htm
http://www.christianitytoday.com/holidays/halloween/
http://www.christianitytoday.com/holidays/halloween/features/real.html
First of all it is an Unholy Holiday. It is a Pagan Holiday celebrating the dead. It is a ritualistic night, that dates back centuries. That includes such acts as sacrifices (not only animals but humans as well), curses, trickery, begging, and thievery.
I posted some URLs at the bottom of this page if you want to check them out. There is one on there from the History Channel that has a ton of information on it about Halloween and its origins.
Then there is the Double Standard effect. We spend 364 days a year telling our children to NOT talk to or take things from strangers. We (or at least I know that JD and I do this) also spend those same 364 days a year telling our children to be them self, don't be a sheep and follow the herd. But on this one night, we let them dress up as something they are not, send them out to take candy and openly talk with strangers with the rest of the "herd" and say it is OK.
It is NOT SAFE. No matter how you cut it from any perspective, Religious or not. It is just not safe. Children have a higher chance of being kidnapped on Halloween night then they do any other night of the year. Also their chances of being hit by a car, or injured in any way are greater. I know that their are some Moms that are going to say "That is why you watch them constantly, and never let them out of your site" And to that I say this... The little (by little I mean 7 year old) girl in this very small town I live in was not 2 feet from her mother when she was struck and killed by a car last year. The same for a 15 year old boy, who was simply walking with his friends.
Think about this while you are out and about with your children Trick Or Treating. How many of you stop and talk to a complete stranger when they say "Oh My, how cute he/she looks all dressed up as ". Think about it, how easy would it be for that complete stranger to snatch your child up and run, in the 2 seconds it takes for you to look over at your other child(ren) or who ever you might be with.
I know a lot of you say "Only go to houses of people that you know or neighbor hoods that you know the majority of the people that live there". We went one year when my daughter was about 4 years old it was the last time my daughter went Trick Or Treating. We went to an area that was nothing but people I knew, half the people in the area where related to me and the rest I had known all my life. Some how, my daughter got an Apple with a RAZOR BLADE in it. Let me stress that I knew EVERYONE that lived there (47 houses and all of them full of people that I had known all of my life), I even knew where the Apple came from. When I went and spoke with the woman about it, she didn't know what to say and was very upset over it. It turned out that one of her Grandchildren did it as a JOKE! A joke that if either myself or someone else hadn't noticed could have had devistating results for my Daughter.
If you ask me, the risks out way the need for candy that I could just go to the store and buy for my children!
****I know a few people who practice Wicken (hope I spelled that right) and this has NOTHING to do with them or how I feel about them.
A FEW URLs FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT!
http://www.history.com/minisites/halloween/
http://www.watchman.org/occult/hallow.htm
http://www.christianitytoday.com/holidays/halloween/
http://www.christianitytoday.com/holidays/halloween/features/real.html
Monday, September 8, 2008
Catching everyone up
WOW! So I haven't been on in a long ass time! Shame on me for not getting on here and letting you all know what is going on with all of us. So, lets see. . . What has been happening in our lives that everyone should know about??? Hmm.
Well the kids started back to school last month. Isaiah is in the 1st grade and Tori is now in the 8th. Both are loving school and their teachers. The new middle school is up and running, so that is awesome. I got to go inside a week or so ago and could not believe how beautiful it is. Between school, home work and chores my kids have been pretty busy. Tori is totally addicted to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. So for everyone looking at Christmas stuff for her this year the color Pink and Bratz are out and anything Twilight related is in (Dark colors, vampires, werewolves) and she is totally Team Edward (who is a Vampire if your not familiar with the series). She has taken to calling her brother Emmet, because she says he fits the description of Emmet in the Twilight series to a T. Isaiah doesn't seem to mind, he thinks it is kind of funny actually. Seeing how he always wanted to be a super hero, being a vampire is ok with him. My kids have sort of switched rolls, where Tori was whiney and unwilling to help out with Isaiah being the one that would bend over backwards to help in any way. Now Isaiah is the one that is whiney and disobedient and Tori will do anything to help out. What can you do about it right? Kids will be Kids after all. JD and I had the great debate again this year (like we do every year at the begining of schoool) about Football. I think Isaiah is to young (and he is my baby, someone might hurt him) JD thinks it will be good for him (he is a boy and can take it). But I forgot to turn the form in to the Recreation Department before the deadline, so he will have to wait until next year to sign up. JD has already said that next year he will be the one to fill out and drop off the form so that it doesn't get forgotten again. Other then that he is doing really well.
JD is doing good, he is still working for the City of Manchester. He has been switched from Waste Water to the Spray Field (which doesn't really mean much, same hours, same pay, and he still works with shit). About a week ago he slipped off the bush hog and messed up his wrist (again) but says it is feeling better now. All and all things are ok with him.
I have been doing good, my birthday came and went with out any natural (or unnatural) disasters this year, so that was a plus. I didn't get a bunch of junk. Jd and the kids got me 2 rought (hope I spelled that right) Iron butterflies to put up on the dinning room walls (pics comming soon) and 2 of my favorite movies on DVD (Beaches and The Muppets Take Manhatan). I got an awesome Zippo lighter from Mom and Dad Anderson, it is multi colored with a butterfly on it, I absolutely LOVE it! And a Lawnmower (That I really really needed) from Martha and Larry (which I really love too!). My biggest problem lately is that I can't sleep, but I am not worried about it. It will all work itself out in the end.
I have my kitchen about 95% of the way done, I am waiting for JD to have the time to paint my butterflies for me. Other then the that it is as complete as it is going to get (pics comming soon of the kitchen too) for now. I still haven't decided what to do in my dinning room, if anyone has suggestions for a square dinning room, that is connected to a black and white kitchen and what will be a Red and Khaki living room, PLEASE let me know. Our yard is starting to look like a yard instead of a jungle. I went out and got the mowing done last Wednesday (I can think of a better way to spend 5 hours of my day), and I am still paying for it.
Dogs are fine (for all of you that are interested). Beast, and Bella-donna, are healthy and doing great. I got rid of Tinkerbell, as much as I loved her I didn't have the patients to train her.
I think that is about it, if I think of anything that I forgot to tell you all about I will let you all know.
LOVE YAS!
Well the kids started back to school last month. Isaiah is in the 1st grade and Tori is now in the 8th. Both are loving school and their teachers. The new middle school is up and running, so that is awesome. I got to go inside a week or so ago and could not believe how beautiful it is. Between school, home work and chores my kids have been pretty busy. Tori is totally addicted to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. So for everyone looking at Christmas stuff for her this year the color Pink and Bratz are out and anything Twilight related is in (Dark colors, vampires, werewolves) and she is totally Team Edward (who is a Vampire if your not familiar with the series). She has taken to calling her brother Emmet, because she says he fits the description of Emmet in the Twilight series to a T. Isaiah doesn't seem to mind, he thinks it is kind of funny actually. Seeing how he always wanted to be a super hero, being a vampire is ok with him. My kids have sort of switched rolls, where Tori was whiney and unwilling to help out with Isaiah being the one that would bend over backwards to help in any way. Now Isaiah is the one that is whiney and disobedient and Tori will do anything to help out. What can you do about it right? Kids will be Kids after all. JD and I had the great debate again this year (like we do every year at the begining of schoool) about Football. I think Isaiah is to young (and he is my baby, someone might hurt him) JD thinks it will be good for him (he is a boy and can take it). But I forgot to turn the form in to the Recreation Department before the deadline, so he will have to wait until next year to sign up. JD has already said that next year he will be the one to fill out and drop off the form so that it doesn't get forgotten again. Other then that he is doing really well.
JD is doing good, he is still working for the City of Manchester. He has been switched from Waste Water to the Spray Field (which doesn't really mean much, same hours, same pay, and he still works with shit). About a week ago he slipped off the bush hog and messed up his wrist (again) but says it is feeling better now. All and all things are ok with him.
I have been doing good, my birthday came and went with out any natural (or unnatural) disasters this year, so that was a plus. I didn't get a bunch of junk. Jd and the kids got me 2 rought (hope I spelled that right) Iron butterflies to put up on the dinning room walls (pics comming soon) and 2 of my favorite movies on DVD (Beaches and The Muppets Take Manhatan). I got an awesome Zippo lighter from Mom and Dad Anderson, it is multi colored with a butterfly on it, I absolutely LOVE it! And a Lawnmower (That I really really needed) from Martha and Larry (which I really love too!). My biggest problem lately is that I can't sleep, but I am not worried about it. It will all work itself out in the end.
I have my kitchen about 95% of the way done, I am waiting for JD to have the time to paint my butterflies for me. Other then the that it is as complete as it is going to get (pics comming soon of the kitchen too) for now. I still haven't decided what to do in my dinning room, if anyone has suggestions for a square dinning room, that is connected to a black and white kitchen and what will be a Red and Khaki living room, PLEASE let me know. Our yard is starting to look like a yard instead of a jungle. I went out and got the mowing done last Wednesday (I can think of a better way to spend 5 hours of my day), and I am still paying for it.
Dogs are fine (for all of you that are interested). Beast, and Bella-donna, are healthy and doing great. I got rid of Tinkerbell, as much as I loved her I didn't have the patients to train her.
I think that is about it, if I think of anything that I forgot to tell you all about I will let you all know.
LOVE YAS!
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