Boo

The worst part of being a mom is realizing that sometimes you are just going to screw up royally! We have struggled for a long time to potty-train our little dude – which by the way is one of the hardest things I have personally ever done and would rather pull out my eyelashes one by one instead of doing it again anytime soon. We used every incentive known to man: candy, tv, play outside, go to park, watch mom pull out her hair and crumple on the floor in defeat… They were all met with indifference until we found “Lego Man.” Now anyone who has met my son in the last 3 months becomes immediately aware of his love for Lego Man. It took all of 0.00009 seconds for him to become addicted to this video game for our XBox – which is rated E for everyone. Now I don’t know about you, but “everyone” means peoples of all ages to me. About 15 minutes into this game I realized this was not so, but it was too late. We had found his drug of choice and decided to go for it. Now, I am not writing this to bore you all with my parenting mis-adventures but as a warning: E for everyone means 6 and up. I know – it was news to me, too. So in the end, we had to “break” our XBox to end the three month ordeal. But the little dude ended up pretty much potty-trained, and “Lego Man” is out of our lives. As a peace offering, we bought a Wii with sports games. Now we trade potty for golf, and I am just happy golf is not violent.

On a more important note, we are really excited because there is going to be a contest announcement coming soon. So all of you local folks who are booking a session with us this year, check back soon for all the details because you could win big prizes. I was tasked with doing my self portrait for some print stuff, and here it is. I feel so naked with everyone looking at me :)