Anybody can just take a reservation

Anyone have time for a rant? Good, here we go.

Owen and I wandered down to the neighborhood pool today.  Olivia was at camp, dancing away, so we had some time to kill. At first we were the only ones there, then came trouble.

For an hour I listened to a mom bark "Don't" at her two girls. Don't run, don't jump in the deep end, don't take your sister's floaty, on and on and on. Here's the thing though, the girls, ages 4-6 and 7-8 respectively, didn't listen once, not one fing time! Mom (possibly step mom to one of the kids, couldn't really tell) didn't do a damn thing about it, just went on with her day. These girls weren't doing anything really bad, just annoying. But I feel like if there's a place to enforce rules, it's in the pool when you're with a kid or two that can't swim.

All I could think about was Seinfeld. "So you know how to take the reservation, you just don't know how to hold the reservation, and that's really the most important part."



The worst thing about this post is that Lindsay would tell you I'm the soft one when it comes to enforcing the crap that I tell my kids. Sometimes I understand you have to pick your battles. But to not enforce any of the dozens of annoying "Don't!" or "Stop!" commands you're screaming out constantly, why even bother?

I asked Owen if he thought the girls were good listeners, "No, they didn't listen at all," Owen said. "I'd probably lose my Legos for a long time if I acted like that."


-Justin

5th Birthday

They sang, they danced, they Legoed, they're 5.

Christmas 1

Merry almost Christmas from McPherson. We're halfway done though, so you've got some catching up to do.

Here's the highlights, with incredibly cheesy music.





And here are some photos

The Great Turkey Hunt

We didn't find any turkeys. We did find lots of leaves, sticks and rocks, but no turkeys.

Snow time

It's supposed to snow this weekend and I can't wait. When I was a kid, I loved the snow. Skiing, snowmen, sledding, the possibility of a day off school, these are all excellent things. For the past several winters, I've dreaded snow. (Pointing at snowflakes for TV purposes is idiotic and cold) But now that I no longer have the prospect of standing in the cold for no reason, or better yet, driving around in the snow, while shooting video, and telling people not to drive in the snow, I'm pumped for the snow. Owen and Olivia are also excited about the snow. They want to go back to ski school, build a snowman, drink hot cocoa, and all that stuff. If it does snow, I'll be sure to post some pictures, but until then, we'll remember last year's winter wonderland.

2 parades down

So I know I'm bummed that I'm not at a World Series parade right now. But, I went to another parade this afternoon. This one had much smaller payroll. The kids had their Halloween parade this afternoon. They looked like they enjoyed the lap around the parking lot. They probably would have liked it more if there was more candy involved, but I'm pretty sure they went directly inside and had their fall party, which I'm sure involved massive amounts of candy and other food. So they'll be fun to deal with later.

The other parade was this weekend around the neighborhood. I'm paraded out. Now they only have 5-7 more dress rehearsals for the real Halloween, which will be terrible, because it's supposed to be 35 degrees and windy Friday evening. Awesome- happy halloween.

A trip to the park

I took the kids and the camera to the park. It was picture day at school, so they were sort of dressed up. Hopefully Olivia's hair was little more tamed when their pictures were taken at school.

Look at you, scrolling all the way to the bottom of the post. Pat yourself on the back for plowing right up to the fence. Thanks for stopping by.