My Frakkin Blog!

I’m hoping any of you other daddy’s out there (or even mommies who can vouch for the daddies) can tell me - is it just me or are other daddies out there like me?  I think I’m in for some real trouble as the years go by.  As many of you know, Kylie is my first (and last) daughter.  Yes, I have a step-daughter, but - that’s not the same thing.  Prior to Kylie, I have three boys.  She’s definitely a daddy’s girl and my little princess.

My dilemma?  I can’t say no to her and I can’t punish her.  I know she’s only two now, but, I don’t think there is anything she can do that could make me upset with her enough to put her in timeout.

Here’s the two of them together - you would never know that the sibling rivalry stuff has already begun..except..when Ryan hits her - I do get upset and he goes right to timeout. When Kylie hits him…I just distract her and get her to do something else or I pick her up. I don’t even really scold her for it. Boy, do I know how wrong that is. Don’t get me wrong - I love both of them dearly and equally…it’s just so hard to tell her no. Mommy ends up being the one to put her in timeout or giving her the “that’s a no-no” speech.

It really breaks my heart to see her cry or upset in any manner at all.  I know that if I don’t change it, come a few more years down the road, it will become very noticeable to Ryan - which is going to cause other problems.

So - is it me or are there other daddies out there that have this same problem?  Is there something I can do about it?

Also - testing Mr. Linky on this new platform - go ahead and leave your link and a comment please!

I was going to save this for a Wordless Wednesday - but - since I promised to put pictures up of Ryan’s room next Wednesday, I figured I would post this here today!  Mary took this picture:

For this little girl to pass up her Ritz Crackers like that - she has to be absolutely exhausted!  My little sleeping beauty!

I know I haven’t reported here before..but..I have a 20 year old son who had dropped out of high school during his senior year when he was 17 (despite all my pleading and words of wisdom).  I was very blunt about the fact that without at least a high school diploma, he was going to have a very hard, rough and tough, road ahead of him.  Lets just say, since that decision, he has indeed seen the other side of the “bars” for a few months.

Well, last night, he received his G.E.D. at a county-wide graduation ceremony.  I am very proud of him for turning things around and starting to make some smart choices in his life.  Now - if I can only get him to go to college or some type of technical training school!!!  I would post a picture here, but…dummy me…since I went to the ceremony from work, I didn’t have my digital camera.  I took a couple pictures on my cell phone - but - after loading them on to the computer - they came out all grainy.

When I get his graduation pictures - I’ll scan them in and post them up here.  Anyway, just wanted to publicly announce how proud I am of my son Cameron! Way to go son!

Well - it’s been a while - but - I did promise I would put up pictures of the kids’ rooms - so - here they are!  First up - Kylie’s room - I’ll do Ryan’s next Wednesday.  You can click on the image to see a larger picture. All the credit goes to Mary!

I think I may have reported previously that sometimes my wife’s language is a little “salty!”  Well..that’s probably putting it a little mildy - but - I have to admit - she’s toning it down a bit - especially after the latest “incident.’

Well, this child here pretty much changed her tune - I’m sure this has happened to all of us, hasn’t it? Here’s the set-up - it’s been a long day, Mary wants to sit down and watch her soaps. Ryan is upstairs playing in his room and he decides he wants to watch one of his spiderman DVD’s—–

RYAN: (from the top of the steps) Mommy, can I watch my spiderman?

MARY: Sure, honey. Hang on a sec, I’ll be right up there to put it in.

RYAN: No. I want to watch it down there on the big T.V.

MARY: No, Ryan. You will watch it up there. I’m watching my show down here.

RYAN: (More forcefully). NO! I WANT TO WATCH IT DOWN THERE!

MARY: Don’t you talk to me like that! I said you can watch it up there!

RYAN: (Screaming now). I SAID I WANT TO WATCH IT DOWN THEEEERRRREEEEEEE!

MARY: (frustrated) YOU are NOT going to watch that sh*t down here!!!!!

RYAN: I AM GOING TO WATCH THAT SH*T DOWN THERE!

That pretty much ended the conversation! Ryan didn’t get to watch his spiderman movie either upstairs or downstairs. After Mary came back from the kitchen after leaving the room to get her little laughing fit over before addressing the situation any further - Ryan had already moved on to playing something else.

I know it’s been a few days - but - I’m finally getting a chance to post up my 5 choices for kick ass bloggers for the award given to me by Stay at Home Military Wife - They are:

Menstrual Poetry-Holly Rocks!

The BoBo Files-I Really like that clown! (mheh)

It is nap time-Toni always has great posts.

Angelika-I really like Angelika - her gutsy posts - and her straight talkin

Brady Bunch Repeat - I Don’t Think So-I can so relate!

Here’s the rules:

The rules include passing it on by. . . .
* Choosing 5 other bloggers that you feel are “Kick Ass Bloggers”
* Let ‘em know via : - your post. b) an email c) Twitter d) blog comments. e) e-card
* Link back to both the person who awarded you and also http://www.mammadawg.com/
* Visit the Kick Ass Blogger Club HQ, to get codes and sign Mr. Linky then pass it on!

First - just want to say thanks to all of you who continued to drop on my site and advertise even though I wasn’t very active.  I’ve been playing around over at that “other blog host site” and just wasn’t able to get it the way I wanted it.  So - I found out about this Free bloggin site that pays you to blog..and moved everything over here.  I’m still in the process of moving things over - but - I’ll be up and running in no time short now.  I’ll be full-force Entre-dropping as well!

Also - while I was away, Stay at Home Military Wife gave me the Kick Ass Blogger Award stating “I enjoy his funny family stories.” Sorry for not putting this up sooner SAHW! In any case, I get to pick 5 more people to give this to. I will save that for the next post.

In the meantime - I’ve put up a little poll - let me know what you think about the new digs here!