Going To The Chapel

I love wedding pictures.  But I mean really, does anyone not love wedding pictures?  Probably, but by now, those people have already stopped reading.  Here are some pictures from before the ceremony that I was able to snap as Megan got ready on Saturday.

When to Push it

Recently, my once fearless little head chef has become a timid little line cook, not that there's anything wrong with that.  As a parent, I think it is my responsibility to take calculated risks when it comes to encouraging my cubs to participate in things; I'd never intentionally prompt them do something that would make them have nightmares, but when I think they're missing out, I'm gonna push.  And it just so happens, we had one of those, whether to push or not?! moments the other day.

One of Cullen's newest sayings is, "it's too scary for me!" which, as a fray'd-cat myself, I can relate to.  Bungee jumping- no thanks.  Skydiving- I'll pass.  High Dive- that scares Mommy!  But if it's a pretty mundane activity that I have no reason to fear, I'll push myself.

So, that's what I decided to do the other day at the park when Cullen was adamant that everything was, "too scary for me!" I decided that he was going to try it, he may not like it, but by golly, he's going to try it.  And just as I had suspected, he liked everything that he reluctantly went on.  The Swings (which he used to enjoy)- loved it.  The Big Boy Slide- conquered it.  That Big Rock- climbed it.

I guess this is par-for-the-course of parenthood.  Your kid says no I can't and you remind them that, yes, in fact, you can; and maybe, just maybe, those can't moments turn out to look something like this:

Yes Man or Woman

Just as I had suspected, Yes Man is a pretty crappy movie.  I only watched 10 minutes of it before I turned on Chopped (which, by the way can this show have any more finger lacerations?  I mean seriously.  I have watched like 6 seasons of Top Chef and I have only seen them slice their fingers like 10 times, but almost every episode of Chopped someone has a glove on their freaking hand that's pooling with blood.  And even worse, sometimes the contestants don't even realize that they shouldn't use the knife that they chopped off their thumb with to finish preparing the rest of the meal?!  Holy Hepatitis, Batman; no thanks!); however, I did look it up and I discovered that the movie was based on Danny Wallace's book by the same name and decided that it was an interesting concept.

Saying yes to everything isn't going to happen, at least not for me.  But saying yes more often is kinda realistic.  So, here is my pledge to myself, I'm going to say yes 10 times in the next month when I don't want to and record the events... humorously.