Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Little Reader, The Second Happiest Place on Earth, & Full Glitz

Beezie is quite the little reader. She is finally old enough to understand the words, and take in the illustrations.


I always lay on the silliness when I read, much to B's delight.



Scuffy is a fine tale.


On Saturday, we went to the second happiest place on earth--Happy Hollow. We have a season pass for our family, and I usually go with Blake every week. This was a fun trip because Lancer got to join us for the first time.


My blog friend Brooke likes to (mistakenly) say that B cannot take a bad photo. This photo is for you, Brooke!

This was her first time on the carousel--she sat on the bench next to Pops.



B's bad photos come from her dad's side. Check out this doozie.

Color Me Badd, Yo!


All of the good photos are attributed to my genes. See proof below.

Allright--the man is hot when he's not doing his CMB impression. I take back my earlier assertion.



Beezer got to pet the goats, and check out the wild animals at the zoo in the park.


Beezie came up a little short to ride alone--thankfully, we were willing to ride along with her.


This is the original Danny the Dragon from the 60's. I love it!



After the train, B needed to rest on the bench to recuperate from the exhausting day.

Tuckered out from her day of fun


And now onto my latest guilty pleasure...Toddlers and Tiaras!!

This show is a hot mess. The creepy kids, the ugly and crazy parents, the winking at the judges, the inappropriate baby hooker outfits, the stupid dance moves....I can't get enough!!

I got a new little gem of wisdom tonight: "You can love Jesus and glitz pageants."

Religion+pageants=ratings gold


The worst part is they often feature naive parents with kind of homely and awkward kids who have NO IDEA what they are up against. These people don't tan their kids, don't hire makeup artists, don't have choreographers...it's bad. Some even make their own outfits. The shame!!

I know all of the terms now: full glitz (total baby hooker), low glitz (half baby hooker), no glitz/natural (ugly kids--JUST KIDDING!!), flippers (toddler dentures for kids)....the list goes on and on. I know that Grand Supreme is the ultimate title, and being a Princess in the court means you're a zero.

The most outrageous one was Mia, a 2 year old who came out and gyrated to Madonna...in a cone bra and a cross around her neck.

"My Mom is Mother of the Year!!"


I need a new show--one that doesn't cause me shame and embarrassment. Suggestions?

3 comments:

Stephanie said...

I love to laugh at Toddlers and Tiaras, and I have to say that I have a season pass to it on my DVR. It's so pathetic and I'm totally embarrassed for those families. You would think it would be safe to watch a show with the word "Toddlers" in it in front of my kids but that is definitely a show I save for after bedtime. That's all Emily needs is to get tips from those girls. AH!

Dayna said...

I found a new one for us!! I think it's called outragous kid parties! we watched last night on TLC and this lay spent $32K+ on her 6 yr old's princess birthday party! And, all the little girl remembers is that the bird on her 5 tier cake was purple instead of blue and cried!!!

ShopGirlSF said...

You're not alone, Tom Hanks is an addict too. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPLWKBWkn3s