If you are a parent you will be so amazed by the story I am about to tell you. It blew my mind and I am serious when I say I missed the opportunity for an autograph.
I was in Chick-Fil-A with the kids enjoying their indoor play structure and killing time during the witching hours. A young boy came in to play and had on a t-shirt with his schools name on it. It happens to be the school where my girl will start Kindergarten next year. So I ask his name and what grade he is is (First Grade) and introduce him to my daughter. I tell her he will be in her school next year but a different grade yada yada yada.
A little while later a striking man pops his head in and calmly says, "Jay, time to go." And then turns and goes back to his seat and lets the door slowly shut behind him. The boy I was talking to was "Jay" and he sits down, puts his shoes on and walks out politely saying goodbye on his way. I catch the eye of the mom sitting across from me and say, "Unbelieveable." She laughs.
NEVER in my parenting life have I actually seen such obedience. The child actually did exactly what his father told him too do. And I mean immediately! No hesitation. No whining. The father did not have to return to the area and REPEAT HIMSELF!
I literally wanted to run out the door and ask that man for his autograph. He wins the parenting award of the year. I want to know how in the hell he managed that!
Hmph! My girl would whine:
"JUST ONE MOOOOORRRRE MINUTE!"
"Okay, but just let me go down the slide one more time."
"I can't get my socks on myself so you have to help me"
"Let me say goodbye to that girl"
"I am not ready to go yet."
or the best is what she actually said to me that night when I told her it was time to leave - ready for this one? - "I'll tell YOU when it is time to go."
Needless to say that one landed her a quicker exodus!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
How ya like me now?
Hubby is out of town. Kids are in bed. You can tell by this post and the next one that I decided to take a little "me" time tonight and have some fun.
I got an email from makoversolutions.com to try out different celebrity hairstyles.
So here I am. How ya like me now?
Original Photo:
Hairstyles:
I got an email from makoversolutions.com to try out different celebrity hairstyles.
So here I am. How ya like me now?
Original Photo:
Hairstyles:
Monday, February 11, 2008
What is your life soundtrack?
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie.
You will be surprised by how many of them seem to fit.
OPENING CREDITS:
Quando, Quando, Quando -Micheal Buble & Nellie Furtado
WAKING UP:
Rainbow Connection - Sarah Mclaughlin
FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL:
The Best of My Love - Eagles
FALLING IN LOVE:
Afterglow - Sarah McLaughlin (seems appropriate)
FIGHT SONG:
Outside - Stained (yeah! Take it outside!)
BREAKING UP:
Most of the Time - Bob Dylan (Most of the time HE is wrong, right ladies?)
PROM:
You're Beautiful - James Blunt (awwww.)
LIFE:
Baby you're the best - Carly Simon (Thanks Carly, I know.)
MENTAL BREAKDOWN:
Crazy Love - Van Morrison (couldn't have been a better pick!)
DRIVING:
Make a Memory - Bon Jovi (From the LOST HIGHWAY album!)
FLASHBACK:
Put your records on - Corrine Bailey Rae (records are definitely a flashback)
GETTING BACK TOGETHER:
And so it goes - Billy Joel (another appropriate pick)
WEDDING:
Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall (*snicker*)
BIRTH OF CHILD:
Ain't No Sunshine - Al Jarreau ( well, at least for the first few weeks.)
FINAL BATTLE:
Hotel California - Eagles
DEATH SCENE:
Coming around again - Carly Simon ( if you believe in reincarnation)
FUNERAL SONG:
In the Arms of an Angel - Sarah McLaughlin ( Ok that just scared me!)
END CREDITS:
Beautiful - Moby
Ok. that was fun and crazy! I couldn't believe some of the selections that came up for the designated category! I have to say the last one was a nice ending though.
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie.
You will be surprised by how many of them seem to fit.
OPENING CREDITS:
Quando, Quando, Quando -Micheal Buble & Nellie Furtado
WAKING UP:
Rainbow Connection - Sarah Mclaughlin
FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL:
The Best of My Love - Eagles
FALLING IN LOVE:
Afterglow - Sarah McLaughlin (seems appropriate)
FIGHT SONG:
Outside - Stained (yeah! Take it outside!)
BREAKING UP:
Most of the Time - Bob Dylan (Most of the time HE is wrong, right ladies?)
PROM:
You're Beautiful - James Blunt (awwww.)
LIFE:
Baby you're the best - Carly Simon (Thanks Carly, I know.)
MENTAL BREAKDOWN:
Crazy Love - Van Morrison (couldn't have been a better pick!)
DRIVING:
Make a Memory - Bon Jovi (From the LOST HIGHWAY album!)
FLASHBACK:
Put your records on - Corrine Bailey Rae (records are definitely a flashback)
GETTING BACK TOGETHER:
And so it goes - Billy Joel (another appropriate pick)
WEDDING:
Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall (*snicker*)
BIRTH OF CHILD:
Ain't No Sunshine - Al Jarreau ( well, at least for the first few weeks.)
FINAL BATTLE:
Hotel California - Eagles
DEATH SCENE:
Coming around again - Carly Simon ( if you believe in reincarnation)
FUNERAL SONG:
In the Arms of an Angel - Sarah McLaughlin ( Ok that just scared me!)
END CREDITS:
Beautiful - Moby
Ok. that was fun and crazy! I couldn't believe some of the selections that came up for the designated category! I have to say the last one was a nice ending though.
Friday, February 8, 2008
I am the most popular!
I am officially nominating myself and awarding myself "The Most Popular Member of My Family!"
I am so popular in fact that every time I walk by my daughter she has to say my name in admiration. Most times in request of a snack, drink refill, tv channel change, blanket, shoe removal, etc. But none the less she is requesting ME! the most popular family member.
The boy, he admires me so much he runs around the house all day yelling out my name in a repetitive banter. Momma! Momma! Momma! Momma! Momma! MOMMA! (that is his extra loud screech meaning you better respond "Mrs. Most Popular Member of the Family!) I would say he showers me with admiration at least 4000 times a day. It is incredible!
Just last night while settling the kids down before bed we decided to watch Matilda together. Both kids were admanant about sitting with yours truly. Not Daddy! Yuck! They even fought over me! It was so thrilling. They just hopped up into the big gold comfy chair and snuggled up to me. I don't think I have ever had anyone actually FIGHT over me.
The best is that even the dog thinks I am the most popular. She does not get out of her bed or leave our bedroom until THE QUEEN (me) has risen. Daddy can be up showering, making coffee, up with the kids, but the dog will not move until I do. My daughter complained tonight that the dog won't stay in her room at night. She leaves when I leave. Yes, I am sooooooo wanted by all! Even the dog!
And last buy not least, my hubby (like the kids) thinks I am the best snuggler too. Except not on the gold chair watching tv . . .
So with dark circled eyes, a weary smile, dishes in the sink and nine loads of laundry to do I proudly accept my award of "The Most Popular Member of My Family!"
I am so popular in fact that every time I walk by my daughter she has to say my name in admiration. Most times in request of a snack, drink refill, tv channel change, blanket, shoe removal, etc. But none the less she is requesting ME! the most popular family member.
The boy, he admires me so much he runs around the house all day yelling out my name in a repetitive banter. Momma! Momma! Momma! Momma! Momma! MOMMA! (that is his extra loud screech meaning you better respond "Mrs. Most Popular Member of the Family!) I would say he showers me with admiration at least 4000 times a day. It is incredible!
Just last night while settling the kids down before bed we decided to watch Matilda together. Both kids were admanant about sitting with yours truly. Not Daddy! Yuck! They even fought over me! It was so thrilling. They just hopped up into the big gold comfy chair and snuggled up to me. I don't think I have ever had anyone actually FIGHT over me.
The best is that even the dog thinks I am the most popular. She does not get out of her bed or leave our bedroom until THE QUEEN (me) has risen. Daddy can be up showering, making coffee, up with the kids, but the dog will not move until I do. My daughter complained tonight that the dog won't stay in her room at night. She leaves when I leave. Yes, I am sooooooo wanted by all! Even the dog!
And last buy not least, my hubby (like the kids) thinks I am the best snuggler too. Except not on the gold chair watching tv . . .
So with dark circled eyes, a weary smile, dishes in the sink and nine loads of laundry to do I proudly accept my award of "The Most Popular Member of My Family!"
Sunday, February 3, 2008
What's in your favorites?
I was doing a little computer housecleaning and noticed I have a ton of crap in my favorites. I will share just a few and every now and then share a few more cool links I have saved. So share yours too! What's in your favorites? Tell us. It is like emptying your purse for all to see!
Photofiddle - I've never used it but hope to one day when I have time to sit down and explore.
Fraction to decimal conversion - this bookmark gets used on occasion when I am doing print layouts and need to setup some odd dimension and put it in decimals.
Greater New Orleans Immunization Network's Bus Schedule - If you are a parent in the NOLA area and don't know about this you should! I use it all the time. It is clean, convenient, quick and most of all FREE! Why pay a co-pay for shots when you can get them for free!
Mahalo.com - A human-powered search engine. Check it out!
A reward chart for kids - I recently found this to use for my daughter. I liked that is was simple and blank. I added not only chores, but behavioral goals.
That's all I will leave you with right now. Another day I will tempt you with even more interesting and useful links - straight out of my very own FAVORITES!
Photofiddle - I've never used it but hope to one day when I have time to sit down and explore.
Fraction to decimal conversion - this bookmark gets used on occasion when I am doing print layouts and need to setup some odd dimension and put it in decimals.
Greater New Orleans Immunization Network's Bus Schedule - If you are a parent in the NOLA area and don't know about this you should! I use it all the time. It is clean, convenient, quick and most of all FREE! Why pay a co-pay for shots when you can get them for free!
Mahalo.com - A human-powered search engine. Check it out!
A reward chart for kids - I recently found this to use for my daughter. I liked that is was simple and blank. I added not only chores, but behavioral goals.
That's all I will leave you with right now. Another day I will tempt you with even more interesting and useful links - straight out of my very own FAVORITES!
Friday, February 1, 2008
Our best Mardi Gras Parade ever!
Well, Orpheus rolled tonight on the northshore and we had a grand time!
We met up with friends at 5:45pm just before the roads closed at my hubby's office which is right on the parade route. We had the traditional Popeye's chicken (which I waited in the drive-thru for 30 mintues to get!), coleslaw, mashed potatoes, red beans and rice, honey baked ham, bean dip, cornbeef rollups and of course King Cake from no where else but Nonna Randazzo's!
This year we caught the parade from a midpoint rather than the beginning or the end of the route and let me tell you we got some loot. We were with 2 other families and had a great spot on the West Causeway Approach. Just our family alone collected 4 moon pies (which we have never caught at a parade before), 12 stuffed animals, 4 footballs, 1 rotating sucker, 1 wind sock, 1 Indian spear and 1 bat and ball set. And all the ladies got great mardi gras braclets. And one mom who was visiting form MN and with us got a great Mardi Gras Boa! The mound of beads we caught was incredible and the quality of beads blew our minds! The Orpheus guys were much more generous than the ladies of the Krewe of Eve. For Eve we walked away with a shopping bag only a quarter the way full of beads, 1 rose and a toy. Tonight it was different! We had my son's stroller and it was so loaded with just our families stuff we couldn't put him back in it to stroll him back to our car!
Here are some pics to enjoy!
Some of my favorite beads we caught:
Laissez bon temps roule!
We met up with friends at 5:45pm just before the roads closed at my hubby's office which is right on the parade route. We had the traditional Popeye's chicken (which I waited in the drive-thru for 30 mintues to get!), coleslaw, mashed potatoes, red beans and rice, honey baked ham, bean dip, cornbeef rollups and of course King Cake from no where else but Nonna Randazzo's!
This year we caught the parade from a midpoint rather than the beginning or the end of the route and let me tell you we got some loot. We were with 2 other families and had a great spot on the West Causeway Approach. Just our family alone collected 4 moon pies (which we have never caught at a parade before), 12 stuffed animals, 4 footballs, 1 rotating sucker, 1 wind sock, 1 Indian spear and 1 bat and ball set. And all the ladies got great mardi gras braclets. And one mom who was visiting form MN and with us got a great Mardi Gras Boa! The mound of beads we caught was incredible and the quality of beads blew our minds! The Orpheus guys were much more generous than the ladies of the Krewe of Eve. For Eve we walked away with a shopping bag only a quarter the way full of beads, 1 rose and a toy. Tonight it was different! We had my son's stroller and it was so loaded with just our families stuff we couldn't put him back in it to stroll him back to our car!
Here are some pics to enjoy!
Some of my favorite beads we caught:
Laissez bon temps roule!
New Orleans based businesses you can support no matter where you live!
I've had this list on my blog left side bar for some time but thought it might be a good time to make it a blog post! These businesses offer their products via their website or provide a service that can be utilized by customers nationwide. If you know of a business that meets the above criteria and should be added please email me at mybayouvieux@gmail.com. Thank you for supporting New Orleans based businesses! (I do not make money on these listings. This is just free promotion!)
AngMarie Jewelry
Hand-made and beautiful!
American Tradeshow Services
Registration, attendance tracking, products
Audubon Dermatology
Order skincare products online!
Bayou Country Store
Everything Louisiana!
Blue Roof Denim
Premium denim boutique for men and women
BSI Comics
We’ve got issues!
Crescent City Packaging
Your total packaging solution!
Framin’ Place Gallery
New Orleans Art and Custom Framing
Gambinos
New Orleans World Famous Bakery!
Haydel's Bakery
Home of the world famous Cajun Kringle!
Imagination Movers
Featured on Disney Radio and TV!
Johnette Downing
Music and books for children!
LiquorGear.com
Officially licensed beer and liquor apparel and accessories!
Mamas Little Monkeys
Handcrafted items for children and adults!
Mignon Faget Jewelry
Everyone in New Orleans collects this!
Old Town Parline & Gifts
Pralines, New Orleans Gift Baskets and more!
Orient Expressed
Children's Clothing, gifts, home decor.
Papillion
Cajun, zydeco & New Orleans kids music!
Perlis
Cajun Clothing Company!
Randazzo's Bakery
King Cakes and more!
Ross Downing Autos
SGM Baby Bags
Create your own custom baby bag, blanket or other accessory!
SJRP Custom Creations
New Orleans artist - Slate, Canvas or Pottery!
Toledo Enterprises
Butterfly chairs, directors chairs and more!
Whitewood Farms
Jams, Jellies, Preserves, Marmalades, Butters and Gifts!
Wireless Broadband Internet
Sprint wireless cards for laptops and pdas!
AngMarie Jewelry
Hand-made and beautiful!
American Tradeshow Services
Registration, attendance tracking, products
Audubon Dermatology
Order skincare products online!
Bayou Country Store
Everything Louisiana!
Blue Roof Denim
Premium denim boutique for men and women
BSI Comics
We’ve got issues!
Crescent City Packaging
Your total packaging solution!
Framin’ Place Gallery
New Orleans Art and Custom Framing
Gambinos
New Orleans World Famous Bakery!
Haydel's Bakery
Home of the world famous Cajun Kringle!
Imagination Movers
Featured on Disney Radio and TV!
Johnette Downing
Music and books for children!
LiquorGear.com
Officially licensed beer and liquor apparel and accessories!
Mamas Little Monkeys
Handcrafted items for children and adults!
Mignon Faget Jewelry
Everyone in New Orleans collects this!
Old Town Parline & Gifts
Pralines, New Orleans Gift Baskets and more!
Orient Expressed
Children's Clothing, gifts, home decor.
Papillion
Cajun, zydeco & New Orleans kids music!
Perlis
Cajun Clothing Company!
Randazzo's Bakery
King Cakes and more!
Ross Downing Autos
SGM Baby Bags
Create your own custom baby bag, blanket or other accessory!
SJRP Custom Creations
New Orleans artist - Slate, Canvas or Pottery!
Toledo Enterprises
Butterfly chairs, directors chairs and more!
Whitewood Farms
Jams, Jellies, Preserves, Marmalades, Butters and Gifts!
Wireless Broadband Internet
Sprint wireless cards for laptops and pdas!
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