Age Limits

Oh my gosh I just shot my 10 year old niece with a pellet gun....she keeps looking at her leg. She's giving me a guilt trip. I do feel bad though. There is a welt...so what's the lesson: there are age limits on things for a reason. Unfortunately it should have been marked for over the ages of 30.

Age limits are something that most kids and even some adults have to understand. Whether it be a cool new game or movie that just came out that everyone is talking about. There is a reason behind these warnings and ratings. Do I think some should be rated higher....oh heck yes. My oldest nice, meaning a 13 year old, went and watched a PG-13 called The Possession. I watched the trailers for this movie and was in shock that they would think a child with or without a parents presents would be ok. What is the parent gonna do? They hold on to the kid and very few walk out. They don't want to waste their hard earned money by walking out; get what you pay for. This movie in particular is about.....(thanks to good old Google):
                   Clyde and Stephanie Brenek see little cause for alarm when their youngest daughter Em becomes oddly obsessed with an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale. But as Em's behavior becomes increasingly erratic, the couple fears the presence of a malevolent force in their midst , only to discover that the box was built to contain a dibbuk, a dislocated spirit that inhabits and ultimately devours its human host.
I would say that is to much for a child to handle. Yet they are making more of these movies geared towards teens and children. An if it's not horror (as I shake my head) its adult content. For instance look at Madagascar especially No. 2. There was adult content through out the whole movie. We as adults laugh since the kids don't get it but its put into their brains. Connections are made sooner then later and this is one of the ways that children are forced to grow up so fast in ways they should be more innocent.  It is really sad that kids are exposed to so much and it seems earlier and earlier they are. 
I watched a guy stand outside his car the other day with his car door open. His two children in the backseat crying, they looked younger then three. He was in the mean time standing there with his friend passing a blunt back and forth. Getting high before he drove, letting the smoke drift into the car.....and ignoring the kids cause smoking week was more important. 
My reason for telling you his is that those children see all this. They see how smoking is important, how friends are important, and how family is not important when it comes to the other things in life. We have to care for children and the rest of our family, show that they come first. That material and people who go in an out of our lives aren't as important as those who will always have your back. 

Little Catch Up- had computer probs

So I go to start a blog and wouldn't you know I start having trouble with my computer...so not cool. My time time has been lately setting up for crafts and cleaning. Also of course my aunt duties: taken kids to school, picking them up and even takn the younger one whose in kindergarden and staying with him. The youngest one it looks like he's gonna have to be homeschooled, not doing well leaving for school or for that matter staying at school. He actually told me today school was boring. Which is understandable. He's slow in social skills but fast in other areas. He has know his alphabet since he was like 3, and he can already count to a hundred. In class their learned 0-5 right now. So he's not being challenged, along with stuff like to much noises that affect his SID. Homeschololing seems to be the answer at least for right now.

As for me I feel like, well I know I have no personal life. So on to online dating again. I had actually met a great guy but he had to move. So stepping out of being an aunt I realize I am human and a woman. I need that interaction that I am so not getting spending time with kids all day long. Hopeing for the best on it.

I would like to use this blog to not only tell about my own life and what I deal with as a aunt of four and being a woman, but also to share tips and recipies that can help on the road through life for who ever takes care of kids. Some of the tips and recipies with be for the family including arts and crafts. I will also make sure to lable to inform it is only for adults so tips, activities and food that is for shall we say 'me time' lol. Every person who takes care of a child deserves some sort of a break, whether it be a bath and a glass of wine, or a night out. Remember there are friends, family, and even babysitters out there to utilize for those breaks.

Well I'm off for now have to get ready to pick my nieces up from school. So excited to see them, only get to see them every other week do to custoday between parents. But I'm thankfull as much as I can be cause I could not see them at all. Be happy with what you have cause you could end up with nothing at all. Well thanks so much and will talk to you later.

Mary Poppins what would you do?

I am really terrible at beginning intros so here we go.....this blog is my way of collecting and sorting ideas and tips that is helpful to a family. I am lucky to help out my sister with her four kids, whose ages range from 14 to 5. Some times I feel like I am a nanny between all the cleaning, the cooking, driving and assisting with homework. An I think to myself sometimes what would Mary Poppins do? Sometimes the answer I get is she would give the kids a spoonful of sugar and fly away with her umbrella. LOL. I really love my sister's kids and would do what ever I could for them. They amaze me every day and sometimes kill my side with all the laughing I do wit them. Sometimes...actually all the time I have to wonder where they get their material. Like my nephew the other day who is 5 looks at me and tells me "Get along without me....I'm busy doing something"....what 5 year old says 'get along without me'? They are my sunshine and my coffee....they make every day a beautiful and easier day to enjoy.