January: Housebound

Whatever did our parents do with us when we were young...bound inside the house due to the cold...no handheld electronics...no online computer games...no playstations and netflix!! I'm sure we kept busy with games, pretend play and bickering! I don't remember my mom going off the deep end, but thinking back...I'm sure she had to come close a time or two!

I am a parent who likes to think that my kids are well-rounded enough to find and form their own entertainment. But who am I kidding! Sometimes those craft projects and endless amount of dress-up clothes strewn across the house becomes a daunting task for me! Mommies need pointless, brainless time too! And it is at this time that I thank my parents over and over in my mind for all those electronics and gadgets they have given the girls throughout the years!

And after their brains have basically turned to mush... its time to switch gears! One of my guilty pleasures is to sit in front of the TV with the girls and endulge in an hour of laughs and OMGoshes as we stare in disbelief.

Guess what show yet?

I can't believe I am publically admitting this....Toddlers in Tiaras. Why is this show so captivating? I can stand on my soapbox for hours about all of its wrongs...yet I can't turn the channel!!!

Soooo......it was only natural when the girls got bored and piped up to say "HEY MOM, LETS PLAY TODDLERS AND TIARAS"!!!! Boredom does this to you. And I do love to make fun of snotty 5 year olds who are way overdue for a spankin' and their mothers who are way overdue for a reality check!

So the game began!

Sydnee and I was on a team...one hour to dress, pamper and come up with a talent.

Madison and Callie were a team. Abbie was the smartest of the bunch and declined. We later talked her into being the judge.

Sydnee won the "best dress" category!

Callie won the talent show...that girl can dance!

I think they both are beautiful inside and out...and I am glad they didn't slap me across the face and send me to the corner because I didn't give them enough pixie sticks before the show!

And just because the boredom continued throughout the night...I had to give Syd a little "glamour" shot makeover....she thought it was pretty funny stuff!