kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 48)

What idiot celeb did I hear was doing that??  We're pretty traditional with the child rearing.  Off the breastfeeding when the teeth showed up, tell our kids no all day every day, scolding, spanking on rare occasion, no dating until 30, et al.

I used to LOVE the SNL skits where they would do that! Had to be 10 years ago or so.

Yes, it's true.  Got a letter that a classmate came down with it on Monday.  4-14 day incubation period.  I hope she just has a cold, and it's not the virus.  

I consider myself a moderate when it comes to these mothering issues, but I am VERY pro-breastfeeding.  I still fail to see the point of the picture and the article.  I'm not sure it creates helpful, productive dialogue.  

On a side note...helicopter parents are waaaay worse than attachment parents.

I talked to my mom and she said they weren't comfortable with us coming down when the kids have colds, as they're leaving for 2 weeks of travel on Tuesday.  

Now I'm stuck going to my mother-in-law's for mother's day

I too am pro breastfeeding.  I am however not pro letting the kid decide when you ween.  Hell I'm not pro letting a kid make most of their life decisions until they're an adult.

I actually think the pictures are beautiful, and the moms look fierce and proud.  It's ok to feel that way about the choices you make. IMO, putting the images on a cover of a magazine like Time feels like propaganda to me.  It's almost as if it's put there for shock value and not to spark some sort of intelligent discourse on extended breastfeeding.  Perhaps it's just that particular photo.  I don't know.  

Michele - Glad to hear you found a triathlon to race!!  Wish I could say the same  My mom is emotional, open, and demonstrative (like me) while my mother-in-law is....well, cold.  It's an entirely different weekend now.  Like you, I will make the best of it.  Tonight we're ordering sushi and pizza and renting a movie.  It's family movie night.     

Weekend Plans?

Tonight - 1 hr Z2 Run

Sat. 4 hr ride and 30 min run

Sunday- 2hr run 1 hour recovery ride late afternoon

The Avengers was AWESOME!!!  I think this particular movie in 3D would be sensory overload for me, let alone a kid.  Just my $.02.

Weekend.  Tomorrow- errands, errands, errands, and cut the yard.  Sunday- 2hr sweat test before everyone wakes up.  Then Mother's Day Brunch, park with the kids, ice cream, dinner and a movie.  I'm currently racking my brain on a restaurant quality meal I can replicate at home on Sunday for Cindy.  She really wants sushi, but that is super $$$ to be hungry 10 minutes later.  Might go Italian.  Mushroom and veal ravioli or carbonara with homemade pasta.  Can't decide.

I'm flying to San Diego tomorrow morning (and flying back to Connecticut Sunday morning).  I think I'm actually going to be able to see the men's ITU / Olympic qualifier race on Satruday afternoon, which is pretty cool. 

That's a little worrisome about the 3D!  Hope my kids deal with it OK, but it is my husbands problem - I  will be home with the 3 yo.

My new favorite meal is portabella mushroom with pesto and mozzarella cheese on top - all baked. So yummy! I could eat it every night. It's nice that you are making dinner for Cindy!!

Kelly - that is a lot of travel in 24 hours!! Wow!

Oh man I'm at work trying not to eat so I can lose those last 4 pounds and get to my racing weight goal, you're killing me!

Mmmm, portobello, pesto & cheese.  I stuffed some the other night with a mixture of chopped up arthchoke hearts, feta, kalamata olives, pine nuts, and sun dried tomatoes.  They were pretty good.

Tonight we are having home made personal pizzas.  My husband is making BBQ Chicken for himself, our son will have boring pepperoni (unless he gets a better offer and blows us off), and I'm making mine with pesto, walnuts, goat cheese, and topping with fresh arugula when it's done cooking.  We had this pizza at a friends house recently and I can't stop thinking about it!

Thin or thick crust? 

Have you been to Osteria 832 in the VA Highlands?  I worked there in law school and you're making me want an arugula pizza.

I can send Shaun to Houston if you want to come up to CT for a few weeks.  Great riding and runing weather this time of year. 

I'm hoping thin crust.  My husband is in charge of the dough, and I like super thin crispy cracker like crust.

I do not have a recipe for the stuffed portobellos, I just threw it together with what I had in the house.  Next time I might add some black beans.

I have not been to Osteria but keep getting emails and seeing ads for it.  I'm pretty sure they are affiliated with Doc Chey's, one of our favorite little places in Virginia Highlands.  Is the pizza good?  I'm picky about my pizza, we have yet to find a decent pizza place in the south.

LOL.  I once considered going to culinary school, but then we had kids and it became an effort in getting the quickest, healthiest, best tasting thing on the table regardless of how it looked.  I like pretty food though.

After going to Italy pizza is ruined for me forever.  It's sad.