for chad

Really??? (a small rant for your saturday enjoyment)

My friend Christina teaches 5th grade literature at one of the Clarksville schools. She had the librarian bring her several books last week that a potential substitute could work on with the class. One of these books is called Swamp Angel. It is a story about a girl born and raised in the Tennessee woods that was bigger than everyone else and eventually became the greatest woodswoman ever. Well, a mean bear comes into their village and is eating everyone's food and causing a mess so they decide to have a contest to see who can kill this bear. The village men don't want the girl to participate because they think she should be home baking pies and quilting. So off go all the men on their quests to kill this bear.

The first man is found with a silly grin on his face having run into the bear and been "licked in more ways than one". Okay, there is a little bit of an innuendo there but I guess it could be overlooked. It's the illustration that drives this home. The drawing shows a woodsman with a barrel over his head, legs bent in at the knees and UNDERWEAR AROUND HIS ANKLES!!!! What in the world is this suppose to mean? Is the reader (mind you, the age for this book is 4-10 years old) suppose to draw the conclusion that the bear pulled this guys underwear down and licked his rear or worse (you see where I'm going with this). Furthermore, the "silly grin" on the guys face suggests that he enjoyed this run in with the bear. Wow...seems like a classic for your child's personal library!

Obviously my friend did not leave this book to be read aloud to her 5th grade class. She called the librarian and was told that it probably would not be removed from the shelf so Christina has kept the book to take to her principal next week.

This is just wrong on so many levels...

serenity

This is why fall is my favorite time of year! This is my backyard (I know my camera doesn't do it justice but it's still pretty).

hypocrisy

This year was the first time we let Ellie dress up for Halloween. It started innocently enough. A boy down the street had his birthday the week before and was having a costume party so we got her a costume. Then we decided we would take her to one of the many church carnivals but as the evening rolled around we both were feeling lazy and just let her join in with the neighborhood kids and go trick or treating. Shameful, I know. And two weeks later we are still snacking on the candy...

catching up

33 weeks and counting down!!! The nursery is officially done (except hanging the curtains). We are ready!

milestones

Yesterday my baby officially started preschool. I said I wasn't going to do it. She begged and pleaded otherwise and so on this morning, I had crow for breakfast, packed up my baby, and dropped her off at school. She loved it! They painted and took pictures and on and on. My solace came when she said "I had a lot of fun but I missed you very much mama".

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same song, second verse

in other news, baby CJ is measuring in the 8th percentile so we get to start repeating monthly ultrasounds to chart his growth (until he reaches the 10th percentile) i guess chad and i just make little peanuts for babies. it's ironic that i jump on the scale to see a thirty pound weight gain (yes girls, I'm barely over half-way there) and then have the doctor tell you they are concerned about how little he is. note to self: cut back on the sweet potatoes!!