I took a break from writing at Deep South Moms for several months but I’m back in the saddle again and kvetching about a commercial that aired on ABC last Sunday during Extreme Home Makeover, one of the few shows that we all sit down and watch together as a family.

Go check out my post, Dear ABC: Throbbing Manhood My A**, and let me know what you think.

We don’t turn on the nightly news in front of the girls and we don’t watch Jerry Springer, but I really don’t want to start pausing and fast forwarding through commercials.

Or do I?

If you have cereal heads at your house, which we do, you might also want to visit my review blog over the next few days. I’m hosting five consecutive daily giveaways for limited edition cereal featuring Mr. Men and Little Miss characters. I’m also hosting a great giveaway for a cute custom Christmas card holder from Oh So Spoiled, launched by a teacher mama from Texas.

Any Judgy Judgypants parents out there could conclude that I don’t want garbage infiltrating my girls’ minds, but I’ll let them eat junky cereal. Yep.

As my 76-year-old Daddy says, “Everything in moderation,” including Cocoa Puffs.

p.s. The swelling in Miss A’s eye is gone, but now she’s sporting an impressive dark purple black eye. Her stitches come out Monday afternoon and I’m hoping that appointment goes as well as the actual sewing up her eye part at the ER. Because that was nothing short of amazing.