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Monday Teeny Poll
54% of you have no pity for the uncaring parent of a toddler who is having a public meltdown. Which, let’s admit, is pretty much going to happen at least once if your toddler ever leaves the house. 36% can totally walk a mile in the suffering parent’s shoes, 6% try to ignore it, and 3% say shut up already. I recently thought about how I react, and usually I’m pretty sympathetic. Probably moreso now that I’ve got one of my own right now that is quite a few notches up on the “difficult” scale.
But, let’s talk about Halloween! To me, it is always a big bummer when Halloween falls on a school night. Not that it’s a big deal for us this year, but for many other people, it puts a bit of a kibosh on the festivities. It seems at least one lawmaker agrees with me, and earlier this year introduced a bill (in his state, that is) to have Halloween celebrated on the last Saturday in October, no matter the date.
Wishcraft- Making Your Child’s Costume Look Inferior is Their Specialty
Well, unless of course you spend upwards of seventy dollars or so on your kid’s Halloween costume. Then I guess you get to look smug.
This “dark angel” number will set you back a mere $88.00
But it’s much better than something like this:
The main costume is $98.00, but it doesn’t include the leggings, hat, or wings. So I dare someone to put on just the dress part and have anyone recognize it as a phoenix.
The Alice costume they have is plain as can be, it’s the Queen of Hearts that gets all the love. As well it should for a hundred bucks.
If you would like your daughter to be the “Vampiress of Versailles” you will be charging $128.00 onto your credit card.
OK, I actually really like this costume. But, if you want it to look just like it does in the picture, it will be around $160.00
Normally I’m all for unconventional costumes, but this one is a teensy bit baffling. And for a hundred dollars, nobody should be guessing what you are.
To be fair, they do have some more reasonably priced costumes on the site, but they are considerably plainer and generic, so I should be glad that’s reflected in the price. Right?
Happy Mother’s Day!
I cannot believe that in the four years I have been here, that I have never posted this. Erma Bombeck was the original, and the best.
My Favorite Child
by Erma Bombeck
Every mother has a favorite child. She cannot help it. She is only human. I have mine. That child for whom I felt a special closeness. The one I reach out to in a rare moment, to share a love that no one else could possibly understand.
My favorite child is the one who was too sick to eat the ice cream at his birthday party, had measles at Christmas and wore leg braces to bed because he toed in.
She was the fever the middle of the night, the asthma attack, the child in my arms at the emergency ward.
My favorite child spent Christmas alone away from the family, was stranded after the game with a gas tank on E, lost the money for his class ring.
My favorite child is the one who screwed up the piano recital, misspelled committee in a spelling bee, ran the wrong way with the football and had his bike stolen because he was careless.
My favorite child is the one who fell asleep over an assignment on China that the teacher never bothered to grade, flunked her drivers license test five times and told us she could hardly wait to get out of the house.
My favorite child is the one I punished for lying, grounded for insensitivity to other people’s feelings and informed he was a royal pain to the entire family.
My favorite child slammed doors in frustration, cried when she didn’t think I saw her, withdrew and said she could not talk to me.
My favorite child always needed a haircut, had hair that wouldn’t curl, had no date for Saturday night and a car that cost $1000 to fix.
My favorite child said dumb things for which there were no excuses. He was selfish, immature, bad tempered and self-centered. He was vulnerable, lonely, unsure of what he was doing in this world . . . and quite wonderful.
The one I loved the most is the one whom I have watched struggle and-because the struggle was his-done nothing.
All mothers have their favorite child.
It is always the same one, the one who needs you at the moment for whatever reason-to cling to, to shout at, to hurt, to hug, to flatter, to reverse charges to, to unload on, to use-but mostly to be there.
Monday Teeny Poll
Oh readers of Teeny Manolo, you are ladies after my own heart. Not one of you chose veggies with dip as your favorite appetizer, and that is why I love you so. As for the winner of the poll, there was a three way tie! Mini-sized regular food, chips and cold dip, and something with cheese all had 19% of the vote. The next-highest category was nachos, with only 12%. If push came to shove, I think I would have to vote for an appetizer containing cheese as my favorite. You just can’t go wrong with cheese, you know?
Now, I would be totally remiss if today’s poll had nothing to do with Valentine’s Day. It’s there, it’s a gimme, so I’m going for it.