Parenting Chat Thread #4 (baby, daughter, music, kids)

[txtqueen]

Originally Posted by Hopes

So? It's legal in your state. She's an adult. What's your problem?

She's already unproductive enough.
I swear the last thing my brother needs is a pothead for a mother who sits around stoned not making him do a damn thing.
That's what's going to going to happen.

[Zimbochick]

The new fodder for mompetition around here is "The Elf On The Shelf". People are going completely nuts over it. I loved this article:

People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Over Achieving Elf on the Shelf Mommies

[DewDropInn]

Originally Posted by Zimbochick

The new fodder for mompetition around here is "The Elf On The Shelf". People are going completely nuts over it. I loved this article:

People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Over Achieving Elf on the Shelf Mommies

I was in a store with a friend when we saw an Elf display (he's not exactly up on pop culture) and he said, "What's that?", so I gave him a quick rundown.

He made a face and walked over and put the elf in a time-out.

[JustJulia]

Originally Posted by Zimbochick

The new fodder for mompetition around here is "The Elf On The Shelf". People are going completely nuts over it. I loved this article:

People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Over Achieving Elf on the Shelf Mommies

How funny. My sister literally just sent me that link on Facebook.

[Kibbiekat]

I will have to read that later. I have a vintage elf that looks like those, so I got him out of the basement and set him on a shelf. Every 2 or 3 days he moves to a different shelf. That's it. Nothing extravagant. I'm off to school holiday parties now!

[num1baby]

I am sooo gonna lose the Mommy Olympics this year. What is Elf on a Shelf?

[Kibbiekat]

Num, I only know what my kids hear from kids at school. You can buy a retro looking elf that comes with a book. All I know is the elf is supposed to sit on a shelf and watch the kids. If they misbehave the elf goes away (?), and he moves around at night. I didn't buy the official elf. I had one that was my moms. I set him on a shelf and occasionally move him. I guess some parents go all out and put them in the bathroom, pretend he made messes over night, etc. I don't know. I don't do all that. I think the point is to make the kids feel like Santa is watching.

[funisart]

Originally Posted by txtqueen

And I am ordering the frames and getting new lenses in them, I needed new lenses anyways and was going to get some within the next few weeks.

I'm just so sad over it.

I've had frames over the years that I've babied, and had new lenses make for over and over. Bummer when they are unfixable.

[Dorthy]

I was a little freaked out by the idea of Santa as a child. I often pondered the lines in this song: "He knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you're awake. He knows when you've been bad or good....." I would wonder who this strange man was and how he knew so much about me. Was he really watching me all the time? Even in the bathroom?

The elf on the shelf would have put me over the edge. lol

[Kibbiekat]

Originally Posted by Dorthy

I was a little freaked out by the idea of Santa as a child. I often pondered the lines in this song: "He knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you're awake. He knows when you've been bad or good....." I would wonder who this strange man was and how he knew so much about me. Was he really watching me all the time? Even in the bathroom?

The elf on the shelf would have put me over the edge. lol

... and coming into the house while we're sleeping? We should have all been freaked out.

If my kids were younger, I might go all out with the elf, but they are getting to be too old to believe in this kind if stuff. I don't want to perpetuate the lie only to have to tell them the truth within the next year, probably. They saw me get the elf out of an ordinary box or ornaments, and set him on the shelf. I'm surprised they believe he's moving on his own, but they really seem to.