My favourite showpigs-in-waiting

I don't know why I did this.

I was taking pictures and flipped th camera to video because my eldest was being funny (funny of the "I don't mean to be" variety, I should add). Once he discovered I was taping him, and not taking a photograph, everything changed.

Very suddenly.

This will now remain a testament to the fact that there is a very thin line between between goofing off for the camera and desperately craving the attention that comes with being videotaped. Looks like my kids have decided which side of the divide they are on.

I don't know why I did this, but it still makes me laugh.

Okay. I'll admit it. I'm full of shit and my kids need Ritalin. Stat.



And to prove that I may not be lying, here's how it started. Note the difference in performance levels.



Now that I've watched them again, that is one is definitely funnier. The moral of this story, dear reader? Always make sure your kids are in the dark when you're filming them. Not the literal dark. The metaphorical one, you numbskull.

Ahhhhh... I love it when I get to fit numbskull into a conversation. Or a rant...

My favourite Louis C.K. bit about parenting

Parenting, and the lack thereof

This is something I've been thinking about a lot lately.
It's amazing that "not giving a shit" and "lenient" are basically becoming interchangeable. There is a very scary generation of king-children that is being bred right now. What I find terrifying is that this child-centric attitude is becoming appealing because it's very quickly becoming the norm. God knows it's hard enough to be a consistent, firm (without being autocratic)and laid-back parent, but we are now faced with a barrage of literature and products (hey... they need to make a buck too!) that are making it even harder to raise independent, responsible kids.

I don't know where that came from, but I'm sure it will come up again. Hopefully in a more focused manner. But right now, Jeannie calls.