Cute T-Shirt or "Party Training?"

I am usually not one to love a slogan tee. But I thought these were pretty funny (after seeing my baby nephew in his adorable onesie version). So I ordered up two for my little guys. Cute, right?

Well, then I read this on CNN.com. And this on MOMOCRATS.

And now I feel like a little bit of a loser . . . and kind of a bad Mom because apparently I am using my kid's bodies as advertising space (even though we are just wearing these as jammies, for God's sake).

Finale

So did you let your three-and-a-half year-old (and Jennie Garth's #1 fan, by the way) stay up until nearly ten o'clock last night watching the Dancing With The Stars finale, even though it was a school night?

Oh . . . me neither. Much too late. Definitely . . . not.

A Scene From Our Morning

Me: "Ellie, come upstairs and get dressed for school NOW. I have asked you three times."

Ellie: "Mommy, the nicer thing to say is, 'Hey Ellie, would you please come upstairs with me and get dressed, please?' That is the good way to talk."

Confession

I let Ellie watch Dancing With The Stars last night. . . and tonight (she wanted to see the results from last night's show). Not a good idea. I know, I know.

After Brendan was tucked into his bed, Ellie and I could have spent our alone time coloring together, baking, working on a craft, maybe tidying her room. Instead, we danced the quickstep in our kitchen (our version) while watching age-inappropriate television.

I am not much for tv around here (much less reality tv on abc). We have too many other things to do. Plus, I never seem to want to watch anything that's on (a smidge of college football, post-season baseball, and Project Runway aside).

But the girl loves to dance. She loves sequined clothing and crazy hair. She loves an orchestra.

A few choice comments from our viewing:

"We need to keep practicing our tango, Mommy."

"If I go to bed, how will the stars dance without me?"

"When I go on this show, I gonna wear a red dress."