Just the little things floating around in my head

I just ate my last Cadbury egg. Not kidding. And in case you were wondering, they still taste just as delicious, if not more so, in June.

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Lately the boy has been into two things: whether or not certain foods make you "skong" (strong) and words that rhyme. For instance, today he was talking at the dinner table and out of the blue, exclaimed, "Cheese and pease (please) rhyme!" as if he had just discovered The New World. Of course, we showered him with praise, and after a few minutes, he declared, "Butt and food rhyme!"

{Insert horrible record scratching sound here.}

Um, say again?

Unfortunately we had to break it to him that the words "butt" (which, by the way, is not thrown around a lot in our household) and "food" do not, in fact, rhyme. Try saying all that with a straight face.

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And for what it's worth, I think Jon and Kate are both cowards. At the most, the announcement should have been that they were separating, leaving the show, and seeking marriage counseling to try and pull their family back together. I don't really think that announcing a divorce and continuing on with the season shows good judgment or good parenting. I'm not taking away from the fact that, yes, they obviously had some problems. Anyone could see that. But anyone who is married knows that marriage is a lot of work, and letting the media and the rest of the world in on your business and all that entails isn't exactly the way to try and build it back up. I personally think they were both fools to allow the show to continue as long as it has. There had to have been a point somewhere in there that it would have been wise for them to take a step back, stand up for their marriage and their kids, get themselves out of the spotlight, and at least try to fix things in private. You know, there was speculation by the media on both parts about affairs -- him with the younger women, her with her bodyguard -- but the truth is, they both had an affair when you think about it. They allowed a third party into their marriage: the media and the rest of the world. Major mistake. And yet a major mistake that they could still fix. Hello, Earth to Jon and Kate -- GET OFF THE SHOW! RUN WHILE YOU STILL CAN! I've only watched the show occasionally, but I've seen enough on the news to keep me up-to-date. It just makes me sad. Sad for them, and sad for their kids.

Sorry to get up on my soapbox, but hey, it's my blog.