Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Letter of Resignation

Gweny    7:16 PM    No comments
I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult. 

I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of an 8 year-old again.

I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four-star restaurant.

I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make a sidewalk with rocks.

I want to think M&Ms are better than money because you can eat them.  I want to lie under a big acacia tree and run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summer's day.

I want to return to a time when life was simple; When all you knew were colors, multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes, but that didn't bother you, because you didn't know what you didn't know and you didn't care.  All you knew was to be happy because you were blissfully unaware of all the things that should make you worried or upset.

I want to think the world is fair.  That everyone is honest and good.

I want to believe that anything is possible.  I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things again.  

I want to live life simple again.  I don't want my day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more days in the month than there is money in the bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness, and loss of loved ones.

I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice, peace, dreams, the imagination, mankind, and making angels in the snow.

So... here's my checkbook and my car keys, my credit card bills and RRSP statements.  I am officially resigning from adulthood.  And if you want to discuss this further, you'll have to catch me first, cause... "Tag!  You're it."

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Want Your Picky Eater To Eat Veggies?

Gweny    5:05 AM    No comments
Here's a trick to make a kid, who turns up his nose at just about anything that comes near his mouth, open wide: Name that Vegetable!

A study conducted at Cornell University found out that when preschoolers were told that an ordinary carrot stick were called "x-ray vision carrots", they ate almost twice as many of them. The strategy is framing healthy foods in ways that children can relate to, and it actually encourages them to taste and eat them.

You can even choose names based on what your child likes. For example, superheroes fans can name the brussel sprouts as "muscle sprouts, and fairy lovers can name sliced zucchini rounds as "pixie rings". Here are other ideas that might inspire you:

  • broccoli - dinosaur trees
  • salad greens - bunny food
  • cherry tomatoes - ketchup berries
  • peas - power peas
  • beans - magic beans
  • asparagus - super spears

- condensed from a parenting magazine

Monday, March 22, 2010

10 Reasons Your Newborn is the Love of Your Life

Gweny    10:16 PM    No comments

Here are some reasons why the new love of your life has you falling head over heels:

  1. He gives you a sense of purpose.
  2. He smells so good. (Cologne is way overrated.)
  3. He totally relates to the whole still-have-a-little-baby-fat thing.
  4. He doesn’t talk back.
  5. He’s completely cool with you citing him as the reason for leaving a social event early (even if you really just want to get home in time to watch Lost).
  6. He’s warm, cuddly and always up for a snuggle (and just a snuggle).
  7. He’s fine with you serving the same thing for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day of the week.
  8. He’s a great listener.
  9. He willingly takes the blame for any gas-passing that occurs. (Hey, it really is him occasionally!)
  10. He needs you—and you need him.
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