http://blondemomblog.com/2006/07/21/countdown-to-meltdown/ just another manic mom day Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:33:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://blondemomblog.com/2006/07/21/countdown-to-meltdown/#comment-201239 Stephanie Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:00:14 +0000 http://blondemomblog.com/?p=538#comment-201239 Oh my goodness, I have done a ton of babysitting but generally kids that aren't yours seem to act better around a babysitter...some...but I am not ready for the day when my baby gets big enough to run off. My aunts and my grandma always tell me to never even let them get a quarter machine toy unless they have done something to earn it otherwise they think they are allotted a toy everytime you go to the store. Takes a bit of training but that is how it is done. Oh my goodness, I have done a ton of babysitting but generally kids that aren’t yours seem to act better around a babysitter…some…but I am not ready for the day when my baby gets big enough to run off. My aunts and my grandma always tell me to never even let them get a quarter machine toy unless they have done something to earn it otherwise they think they are allotted a toy everytime you go to the store. Takes a bit of training but that is how it is done.

]]> http://blondemomblog.com/2006/07/21/countdown-to-meltdown/#comment-42657 » If I Don’t Surface for My 1:30 Hair Appointment, You Know I’ve Been Kidnapped by Happy Meal Toys Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:47:26 +0000 http://blondemomblog.com/?p=538#comment-42657 [...] Soccer starts with practice February 27, so this is a good opportunity for Caitlin to get some extra grandparently attention and give us a bit of a break with just one child for the weekend. It’s amazing to me how much easier it is with one child. Because I’m some sort of mommy masochist I took both girls to Toys R Us at 5 yesterday, primo meltdown time. Caitlin had saved $7 and wanted to buy a Barbie. We went to TJ Maxx first (a selfish destination on my part as I love TJ Maxx), because I’d seen quite a few Barbie items there a few weeks ago, but there wasn’t much of a selection. She then changed her mind, as most women do when carrying a fistful of crisp bills into a store, and settled on a pale yellow My Little Pony at Toys R Us. All was fairly calm, despite Amelia wanting to toss every stuffed animal on to the floor, but then we went by the shoe area and all hell broke loose over a search for maribou blinged out purple slippers. What is it with me, the girls, and being around dozens of boxes of brand spankin’ new shoes? [...] [...] Soccer starts with practice February 27, so this is a good opportunity for Caitlin to get some extra grandparently attention and give us a bit of a break with just one child for the weekend. It’s amazing to me how much easier it is with one child. Because I’m some sort of mommy masochist I took both girls to Toys R Us at 5 yesterday, primo meltdown time. Caitlin had saved $7 and wanted to buy a Barbie. We went to TJ Maxx first (a selfish destination on my part as I love TJ Maxx), because I’d seen quite a few Barbie items there a few weeks ago, but there wasn’t much of a selection. She then changed her mind, as most women do when carrying a fistful of crisp bills into a store, and settled on a pale yellow My Little Pony at Toys R Us. All was fairly calm, despite Amelia wanting to toss every stuffed animal on to the floor, but then we went by the shoe area and all hell broke loose over a search for maribou blinged out purple slippers. What is it with me, the girls, and being around dozens of boxes of brand spankin’ new shoes? [...]

]]> http://blondemomblog.com/2006/07/21/countdown-to-meltdown/#comment-26452 BlondeMomBlog » The Good, The Bad and The Just Plain Sh*tty Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:12:47 +0000 http://blondemomblog.com/?p=538#comment-26452 [...] If you heard a toddler scream like a banshee out of the blue at Target yesterday, there’s a good chance it was my sweet 18-month-old flexing her vocal chords in the children’s shoe aisle because mama wouldn’t let her out of the jail cart. You’d think I’d remember that shoe shopping with kids never turns out to be a particularly fun outing. [...] [...] If you heard a toddler scream like a banshee out of the blue at Target yesterday, there’s a good chance it was my sweet 18-month-old flexing her vocal chords in the children’s shoe aisle because mama wouldn’t let her out of the jail cart. You’d think I’d remember that shoe shopping with kids never turns out to be a particularly fun outing. [...]

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