We put our ghetto tree up this weekend!

LOL



We bought a small fake tree for putting up on a fold away table! I think until the kiddos get bigger and stop trying to grab all the ornaments we shall do a small one... I wish I were not so obsessive about my ornaments tho. I am an obsessive Pam Schifferl collector.... I have at least 15 ornaments from her retired line. If anyone has any extra, send them to me! HAHAHAHA

It is very cool to have young children during this time of the year. The wonder and excitement in my boys eyes is so contagious. Makes me want to be a little girl again. Playing with toys like this:

I loved Clue, but I always lost



Mousetrap! I know they still make it, but its so old school!



The Bionic Woman game... original. I loved her!



Tinker toys... they came in hard cardboard containers...they had a smell I remember well but is indescribable but very memorable.



Anyone remember Spirograph? I loved this... you could make this bu putting your pen inside a disc thing... it is super hard to describe.



My sister and I both had Ballerina Barbie... her crown was attatched to her head...LOL



REMEMBER THIS:
Scary....



I freaked myself out too many times with this... anyone else have crazy stories???

So that was my little foray down memory lane and my youth! I hope you enjoyed!

Boys playing with dolls... GAY ALERT??? SISSY ALERT???

Did that get your attention? I don't think boys playing with traditional girl toys will make them "turn gay" I think that is ignorance on some people's parts. Men seem to be the main people who I have known to really believe this, women tend to just want their children to play with things that will keep them interested and hopefully learning something. It always amazes me that anyone would think that could really happen.

What is it about boys playing with traditional girls toys that makes people freak out? Makes people fear a gay or more feminized son? IMHO (its not going to be everyone's) based on the many, many gay and lesbian people I have known (I live in Cali, I worked at a restaurant in a major Dept. store "Nordstrom" for 7 years... I knew dozens of gay/lesbians) My opinion is that gay people are simply born that way. Playing with a doll is not going to make them want to be married to boys. I feel this way mainly because I asked my gay friends if they "chose" to be gay. I am curious, I am nosy and I seek to learn about my friends and how they feel, and what makes them tick, because I want to understand them better and I want to learn about my fellow human beings.

Boys playing with traditional girls toys are not going to become sissy's, or be less aggressive than the typical boy...Why does no-one worry that a girl playing with trucks and cars will be a lesbian? I firmly believe it is just a child's make up, and temperament that makes them milder or wilder! LOL I know, I have two boys and they are as different as night and day and they both go to a daycare that has mostly girls. They play Barbie, My little pony, they wheel baby dolls and carry purses! Jack is a mild boy who likes to read and wants to be a Princess one day and a Monster the next. Max is all wild boy, jumping off couches without worrying about falling, riding his trike, playing with cars... One thing they both have in common is their love of animals (esp cats) and mommy of course!!

I let and encourage my boys to play with "girl toys", I will teach them to cook, clean and do laundry. I will encourage them to tell me their feelings, to not be afraid to cry if they have to (Not in school... who would want to get beat up by mean bully boys) so that when they grow up (NO NO NO) hopefully they will marry a lovely woman and they will be an equal partner and share the burden of chores and help with the baby. If one of my boys is gay, I will not berate myself because I will be convinced (and no-one can change my mind on this) this is how they were born. I will be proud that they did not seek to hide who they really are, I will support them and I will be proud that they are my son.