The Next Step

I've always dreamed that someday I would finally consume enough caffeine to merge it into my blood stream and leave me caffeinated for life. Sadly, after 28 years, I have made no progress in that area - a fact which gives me no small number of tears when my kids are barging into my bedroom seconds after they awake in the morning because they have to eat right.this.second.

It occurs to me, however, that perhaps I didn't fail. Perhaps the massive amounts of caffeine that I drink have indeed created a permanent bond...

...with my kids.

They have so much energy I ought to be able to plug my appliances into them and seriously lower my electric bill. I just want to curl up in the fetal position and shut out the world when I'm past the point of over-exhaustion and they're running in circles around the dining room table and I just can't make myself go chase them down.  My youngest son, Joey, has been so named on this blog because of his tendency to jump around like a baby kangaroo on crack who just found something munchy.

So it will come as no surprise to me if their doctor ever comes to me and acts all concerned. "Um, Dazed Mama? Are you giving your kids a lot of soda? 'Cause, you know, their blood work came back...". And I can proudly admit that no, my kids do not get soda ever (except for Sprite on a very rare occasion - they might be allowed to have some more when they graduate...college). My kids are the next step in evolution.

How nifty is that?

 :: sob ::

Sunday Smiles: Flash Mob

Sunday Smiles: Smiling because I want to, not because I want to make the kids shut up encourage my children in their endeavors.

I love the concept of a flash mob. I've always thought it would be hilarious to have a bunch of people acting totally normal and then break out into a synchronized dance, or a totally harmonized song. First, because I LOVE music in any way, shape, or form. Also, I think it's a lot of fun when you can get a whole crowd of people going "WTF?".

My dad sent me the following link (which gives me hope that someday, when MY kids are grown up, I'll actually have time to troll around YouTube too...) which took place only a couple of weeks ago at a mall somewhere in the U.S.




Amazing!