Jon and Kate

While I haven't viewed every episode of Jon and Kate Plus 8, I have frequently watched the show and followed the children's growth. I am always amazed at how incredibly organized she is. I have only three children and she puts me to shame. My husband calls it OCD, I applaud her. With our three children we do have our days of wondering "what were we thinking?". I can't even imagine the strain 8 children would put on any marriage. I don't think Kate imagined this show would blow up the way it did. Ironically getting it's best ratings thus far. With its successes comes its shortcomings. I must confess if it were me, I don't think I would want to continue living such a public life while my marriage was in such jeopardy. I mean the perks are nice but my sanity and keeping my family together would be a priority. I don't criticize Kate, that's just not my style, but I do wonder about choices she is making. Jon doesn't get off easy either. It quite obvious Kate is forcing this show on Jon but that by no means excuses his actions. As a parent I know first hand all the sacrifices we need to make for our children. While being able to provide for them financially is important, it is more important to provide for them as a couple united.

It's hard to watch the demise of family who were once so close. I guess that's the price of reality TV.

My New Favorite Quote

"Mothers, food, love, and career, the four major guilt groups."―Cathy Guisewite

Getting them to eat their veggies

My kids are good eaters, they're good at eating candy, and chips NOT veggies. The only way I got my 3 year old to even let me put them on her plate is to create funny faces with them. While browsing online I can across these awesome food plates with the same concept. Children (like men) are very visual, therefore I think these plates would definetly hit a home run with them.

At $10 a pop, I think its worth a try.

Check it out www.popdeluxe.net

Wii Fit: Day 1

My hubby was nice enough to get me the Wii Fit I wanted for Mother's Day. Some have argued that he is trying to tell me something, I insist that he only wanted to make me happy. So I tried it this morning. Quite excited I started creating my profile. I entered all my data, and thought "ok, this is pretty cool stuff". Everything was peachy until it told me I was both overweight and 46 (years older than my real age). My hubby is in the background smirking as I know he got a kick out of that. But I decided that wouldn't discourage me, only motivate me to bring it baby!

So this morning I did a lil of everything, Yoga, Aerobics, Strength Training etc. I must say it was quite addicting. Spend two hours playing. Had to make myself get off. At this rate, I may just be skinny in no time.

Really looking forward to continuing my Wii Fit routine, and recording my progress.

Cheers to the Wii Fit Moms!

Best Gift on Mother's Day

Mother's Day always makes me take a step back and access how amazing we really are. Mother's are what makes the world go round. That's why I am so uneasy about how judgemental some of us can be on one another. I useto be part of an online group who included both WAHM and SAHM. There was always debates on which were the better moms. Women would be putting each other down for choices they made. This squabble was constant, until I decided I no longer could stomach it. I left the group. In an ideal world mother's should remember our common goal, which is to love and nurture decent human beings. How you decide to do that is different for every person depending on their own circumstance. But who are we to judge?
This Mother's Day I'm hoping that more moms realize how important it is to stop judging one another and start supporting each other.
We all are trying to do what's best for us and our own situation. Let's not knock that.
Wishing all my friends a wonderful Mother's Day!


-- ChicMom ♥

Random Thoughts Thursday

♥ I really want to try Wii Fit but will I commit to it?
♥ Watching American Idol while tweeting is so much fun!
♥ Wonder if I will get a vacumn again this Mother's day.....
♥ Have had enough of the rain!!



-- ChicMom ♥

Top 5

On Facebook my friends and I are always posting on Living Social, an application where you continously pick your top 5 of anything and everything. For some reason it's addicting. Therefore I decided to add a new category to my blog called Top 5.

Today I will share my Top 5 iPhone applications. These 5 are as of today (never know what might come out tomorrow)

1. Pandora (Music)
2. Tweetie (Twitter)
3. Blogpress (Blogging Tool)
4. Colorsplash (Photography)
5. IPeriod ( Menstrual cycle tracker, sorry guys)

These are a must on my phone.

-- ChicMom ♥

Doubts

Recently I've been doubting my choices a bit more frequently. After my second daughter I decided to leave my full time job to be a SAHM. I knew it wouldn't be easy but never imagined it would be this hard. Balancing children with everything else in your life can become catastrophic. Most days I'm worned out. Could I have been my worst enemy? Did I make the right choices? I really hate to question myself but can't help but wonder if i would be a better mom if i worked outside the home. This would at least give me the opportunity to miss them and truly enjoy them when I see them.

Eventually I will have to stop "wondering" and make some choices. I'm guessing it's a matter of timing. Luckily I finished my Masters degree while pushing out babies. So I'm glad that at least I'm prepared. All I can say is watch out world, I think this Mom is getting ready to make a comeback!

P.S. This post was completely done via iPhone with baby on lap sleeping. Gosh I ♥ my iPhone!

-- ChicMom ♥

Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo is always bittersweet for me. Although I look forward to it, I usually spend the day thinking about my dad. I always miss him, but today its usually a little extra. If he were here right now he would say, "Mija, la vida es muy corta, Gozala!!!". We often bumped heads, as I was the ultimate feminist daughter of the ultimate chauvinistic Mexican father. He would always try to convince me that I should be seen not heard. I was stubborn, and always had to have the last word. I refused to fit that mold he insisted on me.

I am happy I made peace with him before he passed. I'm sure he is looking down on me from Heaven and saving a place for my hubby ;-))

Cheers Papi!