I got up this morning and BOOM it finally hits me what I forgot to buy at the grocery store last night. Just as my son is drinking his LAST bottle, I remember I forgot to buy formula. Driving to the grocery store at 5:00 am just to spend $25 on formula. Is not fun. Oh well, the life of a parent, right?
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Yesterday my daughter experienced her first earthquake, well not her VERY first one, we live in southern California. But the first one she actually gets. I was at work, um working of course and everyone takes a beat, “Is that an earthquake?”
Yep that’s an earthquake (mild shaking). Then SHAKING and then it was like, “EARTHQUAKE.” Most people dart under their desks. But there was some random lady wondering the halls, looking at us like we were crazy. Anyway, it was a 5.8 or something enough to get your heart jumping a bit. So of course I called my husband and of course everyone in the tri-state area is doing the same thing. Luckily text messaging works. Go AT&T Wireless.
But we can’t get through to the daycare. So I have my husband try, while I attend a meeting. Amazing how quickly work resumes after the earth shakes.
So he gets through and finds out my daughter is totally freaked out. She was crying and latching on to her teacher, who also never experienced an earthquake before. So they suggest he come pick her up in case of aftershocks.
When he gets there she is so happy to see him, but is spilling out the traumatic story to him. “The table was shaking.” “The monsters were stomping”. “The robots were stopping and being loud.” I would be scared to if there was a GIANT MONSTER STOPPING. To here this was pissing in the pants scary, literally.
I tried explaining to her what it was that night but I’m not sure she gets it yet. I guess we need to start practicing some earthquake drills.
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I swore it wouldn’t happen. I promised myself I wouldn’t let it be different. I blame time. I blame technology. I blame, well everything except for me!
It is true my son has become a victim of the 2nd child syndrome. We didn’t rush him to Picture People for that 1st born picture. In fact I am ashamed to admit we haven’t taken any “professional pictures” since he’s been born. I know bad mom, right. Don’t get me wrong we have a ton of pictures of him.
Yes mom, I know you’ve been waiting to see them. They are all hidden away on my digital camera or stuck in the technical abyss of my hard drive.
So feeling guilty I decided I would take some pictures of my little boy, so many that we even maxed out my camera! This was a long process indeed, because my camera battery is, well jacked. I would take some pictures then that stupid battery light would come on, so I would have to charge the battery and wait. It’s so annoying because every time he would do something totally amazing, I would get that stupid red light!
So now you are probably asking, where are the pictures, at least I know my mom is. I’ll get them up soon, I promise.
For my dear little boy, there may not be as many pictures of you, but I love you still the same. Trust me, because I was a victim of the 2nd child syndrome and know exactly what you are feeling.
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Why would anyone name their child, Talula Does the Hula? I can only imagine how much teasing can come out of a name like that. It took a judge, not the parents, to order a name change during a custody battle for the child. The girl whose new name is not being revealed was so embarrassed about her name she would ask people to call her, “K” instead. In fact, her own best friend had no idea what her real name was.
New Zealand doesn’t allow names that would cause offense to a reasonable person, so they don’t allow Fish and Chips, Sex Fruit, Yeah Detroit, and now Talula Does the Hula. Interesting enough you can name your child, Violence. Hmm, let’s try it. “Come here, Violence,” or “Violence, get over here.”
Would that be a girls or boys name?
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Hats off to Hollywood Dad Will Smith, he now leads the pack of Hollywood’s best-paid actors according to Forbes.com. Not only is he a father to three beautiful children but he is also reeling in an estimated $80 million over the course of the year.
Will Smith is breaking records all over the place. He is the first actor in Hollywood history to have eight straight movies reach over $100 million in the box office.
Other Hollywood Dad’s on the list include, Eddie Murphy and Johnny Depp (who came in 2nd place).
Congratulations Hollywood Dad’s!
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Can you think of any others?
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