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   I was thrilled to hear the news that John Travolta and Kelly Preston are expecting a baby. It was announced on Kelly’s site: “It’s impossible to keep a secret….especially one as wonderful as this. We want to be the first to share this great news with everyone that we are expecting a new addition to our family. Love, John, Kelly and Ella”

Kelly, who is 47, is three months pregnant. Hubby, John is 56.

It’s such blessed news more than a year after their son, Jett Travolta died in January 2009 after suffering a seizure. Jett was only 16 years old. 

And recently(last Thursday), their 2 dogs were accidentally hit and killed while being taken for a walk on the tarmac at the airport in Bangor, Maine.

They also have a daughter Ella Bleu who is 10 years old. Congratulations on your new addition!

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On Friday, May 14, Robert Munsch wrote a very honest “Note to Parents” on his site about being diagnosed as obsessive-compulsive and manic-depressive and how he has been battling addiction as a result of it. Recent reports and fans applaud Munsch for being so forthright to his public admission and stand by him all the way.

I think what really sticks out and disturbs people are the costumes. They are so creepy, at least to me. I know the parents commented on the costumes saying it’s no different than wearing bathing suits, but I wouldn’t dress my daughter in a bathing suit that looked like she was on the burlesque stage either way. It must have ran through at least one parent’s mind. And the kids don’t know any different, they are just out there to have fun so isn’t it our job to at least talk to them about it?

Keeping that in mind, I want to know what you think? Is it the costumes that freak you out? Is society trying to push kids into growing up too fast? What about the TLC Toddlers and Tiaras? I have watched a couple of shows out of curiosity and I can’t get past all the damn makeup they put on those beautiful little children. And what does the pageantry world at such a young age really teach the children? It looked to me that it was all about superficiality. I didn’t see anyone working with the children on their school studies or other activities like maybe sports, dance or theatre if they want to see them on stage. At least it is a skill.

Stuck What in Your Ear?

Take my son for instance. Last night, I found my husband looking in Devin’s ear with a flashlight. “I think there is something in his ear,” he said to me as I walked upstairs to bed. “He said his ear is bothering him.”

“Hmmm. . . unless he put something in there,” I replied looking at Devin, who looked at me with the deer in the headlights look. You know the look when you’re child just did something he probably shouldn’t?

 ”I did.” he said quietly looking up at me.

“Oh no! What did you put in there?” as my husband and I took turns tugging at his ear and angling the flashlight up so we could take a good look. I could see something red and reflecting off of the light like a little jewel. It was a piece of lego, one of his favorite things to play with and apparently thought as we all were getting ready for bed that it was a good idea to literally shove it into his ear canal. 

“Crap.” I muttered tugging at his ear hoping it wasn’t too tightly fitted in there and would just fall out. No such luck.

My next thought was, emergency room in the middle of the night and a minimum of about a 5 hour wait because for some reason children’s emergencies always seem to happen at night and pack the Children’s Hospital emergency room. So I Googled “kids sticking something in ear” and apparently, although being a mother of three I was familiar with this scenario, it is very common for children to stick things in their ears, nose and mouth.

It was one of those little red angled lego pieces you attached onto cars for headlights and it was the perfect shape to fit into his tiny ear.

So after about an hour or so of tugging at his ear a few times, having him shake his head a few times, flushing it out with water and then finally dislodging it with tweezers we sat him down and said, “If you have a question about this stuff can’t you just ask? We can look at anatomy books, we can look on the computer and answer whatever curious questions you have. Just don’t stick things in your ear smaller than your elbow.” as we both gave him a hug.

Of course, my husband who thinks everything is comical was snickering as he walked away. “It’s not funny, ” I replied, “He could seriously damage something and if you don’t make him understand that he will stick something else in there. It’s not like it’s the first thing he has stuck in his ear, remember the cheerios?”

Man. And on the same day my daughter had the rich idea to show her Tinkerbell panties for show and tell. There’s never a dull moment.

Olivia

   OMG, one thing I can say about parenting is there is never a dull moment.  Let’s take my sweet little daughter, Olivia (we call her Livi). She will be 5 years old this month, goes to a Christian preschool and to her life is about sunshine and rainbows. To her life is too short and magical to worry or care about the details. 

Yesterday she had the privilege of being the star of Show and Share at school.

“What do you want to bring to school and share with your classmates?” I asked. “Whatever. I don’t care,” she replied with the carefree attitude and cherub smile she usually gives me for everything.

“Well, how about if I pack something in your backpack?” I asked, knowing she was already done with our conversation and on to playing with Mr. Potato head. “Sounds great mama!” she answered and skipped off.

So I packed Thumbelina and the brown bear her grandmother had made for her out of an old fur stole with delicate little pearls around it’s neck. Of course, Livi was just happy enough to go to school and forgot her backpack so I had to quickly drive back home with Makayla and Devin in tow, grab the back pack, fly back and hand the backpack off to the teachers.

Well, needless to say over an hour later when I went to pick up Olivia her three teachers were in hysterics, one was laughing so hard I thought she was going to pee her pants as they told me Olivia’s Show and Share story. Keep in mind I always keep a snack, water bottle and change of clothes also in her back pack.

“Apparently, Olivia thought she should show every single thing that was in the backpack to the class,” her teacher said as she was laughing.

“What?” I asked, unsure of where the conversation was going.

“Well, she pulled every single thing out of the backpack and said, ‘And these are my Tinkerbell panties’ pulling them out of her bag with her change of pants”, she explained and all three teachers were just howiling as I felt my face get hot. I was a mixture of embarassment and amusement.

“Her classmates were very interested and one actually asked to see them, we of course stopped them right there, but we all found amusement out of it.”

When we got in the car I turned around and asked how her Show and Share was.

“I planted a snake plant today!” she replied proudly holding up a stryofoam cup filled with soil and a big bright smile.

“No care in the world,” I said under my breath, “I wish I lived in your world,” I said just giggling to myself.

iphone app for babies

  Wow, I wish I knew about some of these apps when I had my Makayla last July. Check out some of these iPhone Apps that can be mommy’s little helper, from a nursing tracker, to fun games that will keep the kids entertained on long trips to a weight loss tracker to help you get back in shape! Hmm. . . I will have to check that one out!

 It’s hard enough to be a teenager in the first place, Lord knows I did some things I am not proud of, but the good thing is I am not famous so there’s no one watching it on film today.

Miley Cyrus is not so lucky and like most teens go, not so smart when it comes to thinking of the resulting consequences of one’s actions. What’s even more disgusting is that the recent lap dance video leaked shows Miley, 16 years old at the time, grinding it with a 44-year-old , “The Last Song” film director, Adam Shankman! EEeeeewwwww! I am also thinking, why isn’t big daddy Billy Ray out there hunting that man down to at least give him a slap for grinding into his underage daughter!?

Not to mention her latest music video, “Can’t Be Tamed,” which shows her dancing around as if she is in her 20s instead of 17 years old. What’s the hurry Miley? And what do her parents think? Don’t they still have any input, she isn’t 18 yet.

What bums me out even more is that I actually like Miley Cyrus, my daughter really likes her music too but she certainly won’t be seeing any of her videos.

Family Yoga Lesson

   Poof! You are a millionaire. Poof! You are 125 pounds lighter.

Wish it were that easy? Check this out . . .

Have you ever started New Year’s Resolutions and failed? Or just started projects but being a mom always took over everything else in your life you were looking to achieve? It’s so easy for us to focus on everyone else but ourselves as caregivers. But I have an answer for you.

This is a solution that you can start anytime, achieve goals in short increments, have accountability and a support system all over the world.

I am on day 3, of season 1 of the 100-Day Reality Challenge. You can sign up at CCOR or Co-Creating Our Reality page to start and create your own reality.It works with the universal laws and you choose your own practices to achieving your goals and expectations within your 100-Day Season.

What are some of my goals? I want more energy, so I have been dragging myself out of bed earlier to exercise and my kids are exercising with me so it’s becoming a family thing! pretty fun. I also want to attract prosperity ($500,000 to be exact), just enough to pay off some things and purchase the home I have my eye on.

My other intention is to work on projects I have been wanting to create for some time now and one of them is this blog!

I will post videos on my Youtube channel of my progress so keep an eye out. I created a new blog channel called iMomNetwork.

What are some goals you would like to achieve but something in your life felt like it was blocking you? Start co-creating your reality today. When you join be sure to stop by my page and say hi and share your intentions for your season!

And Baby makes 5!

     OMG! It’s been a hectic several months. Our 3rd child, Makayla Reese Smith was born July 28, 2009 and we haven’t slowed down since. Devin, 5, started kindergarten in Sept. and Olivia, 4 started a new preschool. And did I mention we moved to bigger home and are still in the process of selling our current one?

I am finally making my way back to work online. I am just thinking of all that time I wasted before I had children when there was no scheduling, no driving kids to sports, activities and school. No diapers. No midnight feedings . . . It’s all worth it, but I have made peace with the fact I will never have a good night’s sleep again. Like ever.