Mother's Day

[elfs]

Mother's day was spent shopping. Well, that's not entirely true, but after sitting around and doing some minimal housework (when will this weather clear up and let us get back to gardening?) we drove out to the mall to buy Yamaarashi-chan some socks, Kouryou-chan some shoes, and me a new coffee carafe since I broke the old one. The woman at Kitchen and Things assured me that people tend to break one a year, so the fact that I'd had my last one for three years was beating the odds.

Kouryou-chan complained of thirst and I pointed her to a water fountain. She came back and said, "The button is too hard to push! Can you help me?" So I went back and mashed down the button and watched her lap up water with her tongue. I think she's part gecko.

While we were in Target buying the socks, I spotted some pants with words written across the butt-- for four years olds. Words like "Princess" and "Cute". I know it's trendy but, great Gods, does anyone really buy "look at my ass!" clothing for a four year old? What kind of stupidity is that?

After that, we went home and went out to The Keg for Omaha's traditional mother's day dinner, since she likes the place. The wait was terrible and, speaking of butts, I stood up to get Kouryou-chan a kid's mat with activities on it and when I returned my seat had been taken up by two people whose collective asses probably took up five chairs' worth of the waiting bench. As we sat, medics came in with a stretcher and wheeled out some poor old lady. Funny, that happened last year on Mother's day, and Omaha wondered "Is it us?"

The dinner was good, but I must have been very tired because Kouryou-chan and I played Tic-Tac-Toe and she actually beat me at three games. I was trying to pay attention, and losing at Tic-Tac-Toe is supposed to be impossible once you understand the pattern. I hope it's not old age creeping up on me.

Comments

I can top that...

[norikos-author.livejournal.com]

I wish I couldn't, but I can.

When Vel and I were shopping for our daughter's easter dress, we saw leopard print g-strings.

Size _6_ leopard print g-strings.

_Girl's_ size 6 leopard print g-strings.

I thought for a moment Vel was going to kill someone. I'd have had to think about whether or not to pull her off. Does _any_ 6-year-old girl need leopard print g-strings?

Shalon Wood

Re: I can top that...

[omahas.livejournal.com]

And the world wonders why kids under 13 are getting sexually active right now.

Bleah.

Re: I can top that...

[velvet-wood.livejournal.com]

I've always considered myself pretty open-minded about the whole developing sexuality thing. It's a natural, physically driven process that happens at various ages, sometimes as early as 4-5, sometimes as late as 16-18. There's nothing dirty about sex. But..._BUT_! Some things are just flat out inappropriate, and there's no way to make them 'okay'. The leopard print (see-through gauze, too, he forgot to mention that!) little girls' underwear is one of those things. The black lace teddy with flower-shaped cutouts in the nipple area, girls size 4, I found at the WalMart labled a 'slip' is another. What the hell are people _thinking_? I dread swimsuit shopping for our 7 year old this summer...I've already seen what's available, and while it might be appropriate on a teenager, it's _not_ on a little girl. At least not on _my_ little girl while I'm still breathing, thanks very much!

Velvet

Re: I can top that...

[rime1994.livejournal.com]

My m-i-l,who raised 3 boys, didn't believe me a couple years ago when I told her decent little girls clothing was hard to find....until she went shopping herself.

[sarekofvulcan.livejournal.com]

Speaking of geckos, have you taken the girls out to the Serpentarium outside of Monroe? Erin had a blast carrying a Rosy Boa around yesterday. Ael, though, headed the other direction every time Erin came too close. :-)