Your most humble blogger spent last night at a party where a guest double-dipped repeatedly throughout the evening. Cheese fondue, spinach dip, salsa...nothing was safe. I wouldn't have put it past her to swig from the bottle of wine instead of pouring herself a glass. I've known this woman for ages; I've never seen her behave with such poor manners. I think I'm going to have to call her mother today.
And speaking of manners, I believe I have parented myself into a corner. Since both boys were able to talk, I've insisted they use "please" and "thank you" and other common courtesies. So how do you tell an almost two year old that he still has to eat his vegetables even though he most politely says, "No thank you, ma'am." The "ma'am" threw me. I think he picked that up from his brother who picked it up from Yosemite Sam.
Other happenings at The Outpost this weekend: we spotted an enormous fox out in the pasture by the chestnut tree, The VP cleaned out the garage, we discovered The Governor knows how to retain medicine in his mouth and spit it out when you've been lulled into believing he's swallowed it, and the convertible went in for a tune-up so C'MON WARM WEATHER!
Post Script: Nana and Buppa, we miss you on our walks.
Posted by Cathy at April 5, 2004 09:55 AMWe are already getting extremely lonesome. Don't know is we can stay away the whole 3 weeks.
Posted by: Nana at April 5, 2004 11:44 AMI got a "you're awesome, dude" from the 4 year old tonight. Although I've been known to throw dude around, I never use "awesome." I blame TV and lax parenting by my wife. Couldn't be my fault.
Posted by: Ross at April 5, 2004 08:32 PM