Month: August 2008

Okay, you all know that I have a toddler, so I have no reason to be in the girls clothing section. That is why I had no clue about this. When Kim was here we did some clothes shopping for her girls and while she was looking at pajamas I noticed that they have PADDED, UNDERWIRE bras for girls. These are not the training bras of my time (which wasn’t so long ago). These look EXACTLY like women’s bras – just in tiny sizes.

Is this really the message we want to send to our girls? I have already been ticked off enough with the super-short shorts for infants. America has gone off the deep end here with the sexualization of little girls. All this focus on their bodies and being sexy as children is just not right! Another example is the Bratz dolls. Mike and I saw a Bratz Party Bus at ToysRUs. A PARTY BUS!! Once again, is this the message we want to send to our girls? We should be teaching our girls to value themselves, their strengths, and their bodies, not to get their dolls together and pretend they are getting plastered on the party bus!!!! I am getting off my soapbox here, but this stuff really bothers me.

On Wednesday we headed for the zoo since the temperature was only supposed to be about 90 with the threat of thunderstorms. It was also half price day at the zoo, but even with that it wasn’t overly crowded. We had a good time and Nadia got to see all her favorite animals. We had a total national geographic moment while looking at the giraffes. All of a sudden this bird swooped past us into the water and popped back out with a fish in his mouth. Then he hopped back onto the grass and had himself a nice lunch. It all happened really fast, but I was able to get a good photo.

My friend the cheetah was finally out in the open and I got some great shots of him!

We headed to Pappasito’s for dinner to give Michelle yet another Mexican food fix. After dinner we returned home to have some bubble fun.

After the bubbles Nadia went to bed and Michelle and I made “Kitty Cat Cupcakes”. I did the baking and Michelle did the decorating. They are orange flavored. YUM!

Click the photo above to see all the photos from the last 2 days. The first photo is Nadia’s ‘rebel without a cause’ pose.

Michelle flew in from London (by way of San Francisco) at midnight on Sunday. She went right to sleep once we got home and Monday morning we were just relaxing and she got in some Nadia time. After Nadia’s nap we headed to Rosa’s for Mexican food as she was having a major craving being out of the states for 2.5 months!! Then we stopped by Kohl’s to get Nadia some jammies ($3 a pair on clearance!) and to Target for cupcake supplies. (I have a cupcake and muffin cookbook and I try to bake a new flavor when we have company. Michelle picked out 2 for us to try this week) By then Michelle thought she was going to melt since it was about 105 out. So we headed home for the rest of the evening. Here is a shot of the Chocolate Banana Split Cupcakes. They are so rich and delicious. The other photo was the pecan pie from lunch (with nice sizzle action). YUM!

Tuesday we got up and met Laura for lunch at La Hacienda so that Michelle could have Mexican food again. She took Nadia all around the place to look at all the stuffed animals and Nadia liked the moose the best. Then they sat on the saddle bar stools and our waiter gave Nadia 2 quarters to ride the horse and train outside. He was very taken with Nadia and told Michelle that she was so advanced for her age. After Nadia had a nap we headed over to get pedicures and she was so cute. She sat on Michelle’s lap the entire time watching everything that was going on. We headed home after that and I made the famous Mac and Cheese at Michelle’s request. After dinner Nadia put on a dance show for us 🙂