supervising from the couch: Most holidays = sugar overload

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Most holidays = sugar overload

It's already been well-documented here that I'm barely competent as a mom, so it's no surprise that I let my kids consume nutritionally-devoid Lucky Charms and chocolate coins on St. Patrick's Day. I need to work on some non-food holiday traditions...

3 comments:

Natalie Allen said...: This picture is awesome! Nice work. Seriously. I'm impressed.

Also, I miss you. Do you have Skype? We should probably chat soon.; March 17, 2011 at 7:23 PM
mks said...: i agree with you. most of our traditions have to do with food. but at least its easy to decide what to eat when holidays are around. i love this picture!; March 18, 2011 at 8:52 AM
davenportreport said...: I've decided it's not worth losing sleep over it. We can't control half the sugar they get anyway, so why not make the holiday fun. We also had Lucky Charms, if it makes you feel better.

xoxo
Molly

(I just started reading your blog. You impress me with how often you post. Book group soon?); March 18, 2011 at 9:28 AM

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here's the story:

I was interviewed for a newpaper article about kids and sleep, and quoted as saying something like "when I'm tired, I feel like supervising from the couch." Ever since, it's been our catch phrase for slacker parenting. Ironically, I only had one child at the time and we were practically attached at the hip. Now that I have four older kids, they spend chunks of time playing without even the benefit of me watching from the couch. However, I do try to come running if it sounds like there might be blood. Somehow they have all thrived in spite of me.