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Monday
Oct192009
Apparently, It's Genetic. Like Blue Eyes Or Webbed Feet.
Monday, October 19, 2009 at 2:00AM
So my boys started a blog.
It's not like I didn't see it coming. I mean, I've had this thing for half of their lives. Of course, they didn't know I had it until their father found out, which was more like 1/4 of their lives ago, but once they DID know, they were all over it.
At first, they didn't quite understand what it was. And then they realized it was them, and they wanted to read it All. The. Time. And then they got bored of it, and then it became this big, running joke. "Oh, 2of3, you wish you didn't do that! Mom is totally going to put it on her blog!" And then it became a competition. "Mom, put this on your blog! 3of3 was on there 5 times this month but you haven't talked about me at all!"
And now they're getting a little too old to e-cuddle and they really want to be on Facebook and I'll let them do many various age-completely-inappropriate things but Facebook ain't nevah gonna be one of them, so they did the one thing every child does best.
They did like I do.
They started a blog.
They had a co-conspirator some help. They have this little friend online who they got to meet in real life a few months ago and when that happened, grand and very expensive birthday parties were planned and blogs were forged out of marshmallow and flame. Or dessert was, either way.
The birthday party? Fat chance, kids. The blog, however? Yeah, that just happened.
It's not like I didn't see it coming. I mean, I've had this thing for half of their lives. Of course, they didn't know I had it until their father found out, which was more like 1/4 of their lives ago, but once they DID know, they were all over it.
At first, they didn't quite understand what it was. And then they realized it was them, and they wanted to read it All. The. Time. And then they got bored of it, and then it became this big, running joke. "Oh, 2of3, you wish you didn't do that! Mom is totally going to put it on her blog!" And then it became a competition. "Mom, put this on your blog! 3of3 was on there 5 times this month but you haven't talked about me at all!"
And now they're getting a little too old to e-cuddle and they really want to be on Facebook and I'll let them do many various age-completely-inappropriate things but Facebook ain't nevah gonna be one of them, so they did the one thing every child does best.
They did like I do.
They started a blog.
They had a co-conspirator some help. They have this little friend online who they got to meet in real life a few months ago and when that happened, grand and very expensive birthday parties were planned and blogs were forged out of marshmallow and flame. Or dessert was, either way.
The birthday party? Fat chance, kids. The blog, however? Yeah, that just happened.
Reader Comments (27)
My son started one, too. It lasted a full 3 months before he got bored. Or maybe it was me always commenting on his site about typos and misspelled words... One or the other.
COOL!! very cool mama.
I'm required by law to stay 100 feet away from all children's blogs.
It looks very good! I also love that it's "the braingrandchild of BusyDad and Mr Lady" .
And Tracey! you're so mean!
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How cool is that! They take after their parents. Congrats!
Very very cool.. off to check it out..
Smores and public unruliness are always more fun under the threat of fire hose.
I hope our kids don't take after us in the inability to maintain a collaborative blog dept.
Very cool!
Thank God that no one in my household gives a flying you know what about my blog! :)
cool, i like the look. liked the soundtrack, looks like a fun trip, liked 3of3s running commentary in the back.
wish i'd been there! good luck guys! hope to check in from time to time.
And good job parents for giving your kids the avenues to explore the world of internet technology, games, future careers everything.
Oh, man. I am still getting over the fact that my mom is better at texting than I am. There is no way I'm ready to collide with my kids online. You are a brave, brave woman.
Very cute. I think I'll send my 9 & 7 yo's there to check it out. Although I hope they don't get any bright ideas....
Chips off the blocks? See, I left the "old" out. ;-)
suh-weet, Lady!
Dex has asked. I told he needed to learn to type first.
@Avitable, I had all this shit to say but now I'm snorting my uvula I'm laughing so fucking hard.
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!
http://www.whiskeyinmysippycup.com/2009/10/19/apparently-its-genetic-like-blue-eyes-or-webbed-feet/
Blogs ARE surely forged of marshmallow and flame.
And this?
11 years of parenting has killed any hope of privacy or decency for me, and I embrace it.
I might steal for a tag line one day. So I am being all upfront and on the record about it now.
You write real good lady.
And letting your kids roll words and ideas around online makes you a very cool mom with a kid who one day may make something gorgeous of all that goo and fire.
Let's hope they post more often than those losers over at Stark Raving Dads.
I had a comment but then I totally forgot it when I read Momo's...I'm still laughing.
Hmmmm. .. wondering if you've given them rules to abide by in terms of what they reveal about you??!!
Ahhhhhh:)
But how do you feel abut them outing your pregnancy? or anything related to having the tables turned. Let the fun begin!
@a.larson, I AM SO NOT PREGNANT.
I hope.
I was a little nauseous today.
Oh crap, now I'm freaking out. :)
@Colleen, I suppose turn-about is fair play, eh?
The dark haired beauty has some interest in starting a blog about princesses and cool things. She wants me to help her with it. While I think that it would be cute, it would get old for me in no time.
She is smart and beautiful but her five year old typing skills are non existent so we are going to wait on this one.
So cute! My son's site would be all about Star Wars. "Moooomm, how do spell Boba Fett again?" (Did I even spell it right?)