Hey Justa--let me remember way back then and some of the thing I did was to freeze a wash cloth for chewing, frozen waffles, I think there are some clear baby orajels out there now that may work, and then there's mommy pressing with her finger at the spot to promote the break through faster. It will initially upset them but then they LOVE it...Hope that helps...
Also the terrabithia thing has one of the children dying and as we discussed earlier in these boards it isn't the sort of Narnia thing you'd expect from the commercials. I won't take my 6 year old cause I think he's too sensitive...we'll wait for the movie to come out on video and then I can lower the volume etc when all that stuff happens...
We're watching little increments of the star wars every night (I know but this is all about shoot em up and cool stuff--although the temple scene in #3 did upset them...me too - I hadn't seen it)...but it is fun to run down every night and watch the show for 45 minutes. We're on the originals now and that brings back memories.
CC - say it with me--they're not worth it...I haven't had them either but "they're not worth it" . Now see -- wasn't that easy!!!
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Crew chief~ thanks, the minute you said there aren't many action scenes that tells me my little guy would be one of the ones wanting to get up... Oh well, I will just get the DVD when it comes out, so I can watch it myself.

Oh and the cinnamelts are NOT as good as the commercials make them look... I have a wonderful cinnamon bun recipe that truly does melt in your mouth... But the coffee cake you mentioned sounds better to me. Please send me your recipe. I am now wanting coffee cake!

By the way, does anyone have any suggestions for a two year olds teething pain... my little one is getting her second set of molars and I have not had a solid night of sleep in the past 7 days. Orajel is out because of the red dye (all my kids - and myself - are very allergic to red dye). I would love any secret teething pain remedy that you can give me!!

I don't know, justa. There were a lot of kids that age at the movie when we went. Plenty of them sat and watched the whole thing while many others got up about 45 times each because they were bored. I guess it depends on your six year old. There aren't many action scenes or special effects.

Has anyone tried those new cinnamelts that McDonalds has? I'm trying so hard to stick to my "healthy eating habits" but they look so yummy. Just tell me they aren't worth the calories so I can forget about them and move on. Or, tell me they're great and I should splurge.

I dreamed about homemade coffee cake saturday night and it's all I can think about now. I used to make them all the time and take them in to work to share with my cube mates. I haven't made one in over 13 years! I should make one for breakfast Saturday.

Onarollpto -- can I please have the warm maple muffin recipe? I would love to make them for my kids tomorrow. ~ my email is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ~ Thank you. By the way would Terabitha be good for a six year old boy? It looks wonderful to me, but I love any insight. Thanks.

News reports this morning stated that the movie 300 earned $70M over the weekend; the largest take for a movie in March of all time. My hubby wants to see it but I would rather see Hog Wild; hmmm - could be a double header if we could drop the kids some place.
GA I had to laugh when you said 'monster in law'. Last time my monster in law visited we asked her to watch the kids while we stepped out for dinner. Come to find the next morning she cleaned my silverware drawers and fridge shelves. From that day on I decided that no matter the amount of cleaning I would do it wouldn't be up to her white glove so why drive myself crazy. Now whenever our house needs a deep clean I let her babysit. Rumor has it her next visit will be in May.

I'm off to a slow start today too. It's nearly 10am already and I don't have much to show for it. I did get some cardio in already this morning so that's good. Now I'm waiting for a guy from the moving company to come and do the inventory so they'll know how many trucks, I mean boxes, they'll need to pack us up. I hate having people in my house. It's not really a phobia but it does, for some odd reason, make me feel very anxious. Even my dearest friends know I'm weird like that so rarely do we gather at my house. Usually theirs.... or the local diner or coffee shop. Anyway, at least hubby is home so I'm not alone with this prying, nosy, looking in every cabinet, closet and drawer stranger. I know, it's his job. I just wish he could do it without looking inside everything.....

GaMom, you crack me up. I can just hear your sweet southern voice saying words like snothead (a classic that still makes me laugh whenever I think about it) and now monster-in-law. Bless your heart.....

LUV, I'll bet you swelled with pride and had a tear in your eye when you were watching your daughter. What a great time that must've been! It does sound like a long day but I'll bet it was worth it.

d, I hope your family knows how lucky they are. Mine feels special if I mix more than two ingredients together. And, no, apparently, "add water, stir and bake at 350" doesn't count as cooking in their minds. Whatever. I think if you have to do more than take it out of the package and nuke it then it is cooking.