My daughter is admittedly a vidiot.  She will watch TV all day if you let her.  Don't get me wrong, TV's got it's place in homeschool - the science channel, discovery, nat geo, animal planet,  and so on - just too much is a bad thing.

With her watching so much TV lately, she's not getting her homework finished.  I figured out a way that works for everyone, since the TV's not getting shut off with a toddler and vidiot parent around.  She does a page of her workbook during every commercial break.  This is especially effective if we're watching something of interest (like how the earth was made, or dinosaurs decoded or the like).  For some reason, what usually has taken her five hours in the past, takes only an hour or so.

Now if I could only unplug myself from the TV...

:D

Thank you, first off, for everyone's kind comments and encouragement about my brother's "wedding."  We attended the outdoor wedding in the chilly October rain.  Words can not begin to convey the pleasure of such an event unless one has lived in Michigan ;)

After being expressly told by my brother that no children were standing up in the wedding, you can imagine my surprise when his wife's 6 yr old brother walked down the aisle with a bridesmaid.  The little boy was in a TUX for crying out loud!  I felt like walking out!  After looking at Diana's crestfallen face, I should have!  If I had the day to take back, I would have walked out.  That's just ridiculous and mean spirited!

When I asked about Junior walking down the aisle, my mother tells me that, according to the story, Junior's real mom was in the hospital earlier for something (not, as it turns out, serious...) and they had no one to watch him.  And I was wrong, it wasn't a tux but a suit.  Either way I tend to think they planned to have Junior in the wedding regardless...

Even if the story is true, why couldn't they have either offered to have all 3 kids walk down the aisle?  OR, found a sitter (as they so often requested I do with my children)?  Why didn't Diana or I get offered an explanation from my brother either before or after the wedding, either?  Why did I have to go to someone else?

Can I disown my brother?  Please? :)

The kids and I attended the wedding, suffering through the October rain, hung out at my mom's for what seemed like forever - me smiling all the while, Diana and Brobee being cuter than ever, and went home and watched a family movie together.

Perhaps my hubby and I should renew our wedding vows, outside, in the rain, (no, SNOW!!!) with a kids-only reception, LOL, and require that my brothers fly in for that? Tee hee... I'm only half serious. ;)