Dancing with the Stars- Take Two

Well, I watched the second week of Dancing with the Stars on my own. I thought it was much more tasteful. Maybe they spoke to those contestants. Maybe it's because I missed the interviews with the notorious "stars." Who knows, but thank God for DVRs. Lily and I are watching the recorded show from Monday night right now. I skip all the questionable parts which unfortunately this week includes half the dances. I think the Argentine Tango is a little much for her. I like it, but she is 3. That's cool though. I'm just glad to be able to watch with her:-)

My favorite thing about watching with her today...
We were watching the Lindy Hop and she said, "I wish I could be like that!" She's so my little girl! I see ballroom classes in her future ::squee::

Fact or Fiction?

Jay was reading the kids stories tonight. He likes to tease the kids when he reads by substituting their names into the story. This has caused problems for me when reading books with lily pads, but that's beside the point. Tonight when Jay was reading Harry the Dirty Dog and he said "Oh look there's Lily and Ryan!" pointing to the picture of the children in the book. Ryan got very upset in that way he gets when he is playing with his daddy and he insisted, "They are not us!"
"How do you know?" Jay asked.
"Because that book is fiction and WE ARE NOT FICTION!" replied the oh so precocious Ryan.
I happened to be snapping pictures tonight and this is the moment following that declaration.

Spring, Spring, Beautiful Spring

I love spring. It just makes me happy. I love to sit outside and feel warm(this hasn't really happened yet, but I'm looking forward to it). I love the flowers blooming, the birds singing, the sun shining. It's just a great time of year. Things are coming to life again. Even just seeing neighbors outside and getting to say hi again is a treat. I can't wait to go to the local gardens to try to get some good pictures of the kids. Anyone want to come along?

Princess Joy Ride

I was looking through some old pictures and this one came up. I think this might be part of the reason 3 of her princesses have gotten broken. If I recall Jay saw this and LAUGHED. He said, "That's my girl! Take a picture of that!" And here you have it.

At least she has fun with them.

Dancing with the Stars

I'm watching the first episode of Dancing with the Stars thanks to the DVR. As a side note I just want to say that I love the DVR! I do not have so much love for the new season of Dancing with the Stars. I've always counted on Dancing with the Stars being a family show. Lily and I like to watch together. So I'm sitting here watching with Lily and 2 out of the first 4 contestants are horrible role models, not to mention all the language- Jacka** this and that. I am not happy. One contestant is glorifying her stay in prison and another is glorifying drug use and stupidity. I've stopped watching with Lily. I might watch the rest of the episode myself later to see if it gets any better, but if it doesn't I will be giving up Dancing with the Stars. It will be hard because I've loved it so much in the past and I really enjoy the dancing, but I'm not going to just let what they put on TV dictate what I will watch. You know what they say, "Garbage in, garbage out." I think I will contact ABC and let them know how I feel about this. I hope the other viewers will demand better quality as well.