Is it so hard to...?

teach modesty? Chris and I went on a date to a local music festival. It's a huge deal around our area, so there are thousands of people there on any given night... many of them teenagers.
There were groups of young teenagers... I'm talking like 12-16, everywhere, and I don't think I ever realized until then that some parents must obviously not care.
There were girls wearing shorts with their butt cheeks hanging out, their stomachs completely exposed (like they were wearing bikinis, but the were just short shirts), their chests pretty much completely exposed. Chris and I probably looked like creepers because we kept looking at them and saying how we would never let Grace out of the house wearing some of these things. It became somewhat of a theme.
Oh, and did I mention that this night was Faith and Family night... yeah.

I don't mind short shorts or skirts as long as nothing is hanging out, and she can bend over without exposing anything. I'm not going to make her wear everything to her knees... although, I think Chris would like that :p
Her tops are going to have to cover her stomach and chest... gasp! A teenager with modesty!

Oh, and no see through tops. I cannot tell you how many girls I saw wearing white shirts with a rainbow of different color bras underneath them.
Or thongs... a rainbow of thongs on these young girls too. Who in their right mind buys their little girl a thong? I mean, I might understand if it was just a plain white one so they could avoid panty lines or something, but these were bright, colorful, supposed to be sexy thongs sticking out of the top of some of these girls' pants.

There is only one thing that these type of clothes are asking for. Teenagers have enough hormones and pressure to have sex as it is. I just don't understand how parents can buy their children clothes that are meant to be sexy. Something that is meant for a woman to wear to a club... heck, some of it too risky for a woman to wear to a club!

We came up with some general rules...
If her chest or stomach is exposed, then she either can't have it or has to have an undershirt.
Her undergarments will be age appropriate. No push up bras or underwear that are meant to be sexy.
As for skirts and dresses, if you can see her underwear when she bends over, it's too short.
As for shorts, if her butt cheeks are hanging out or the pockets of the shorts are hanging out (I hate that new fad), then they are too short.

Then we got to thinking about Brentley... Granted, he will be a little bit easier, but we still came up with one thing. Clothes that fit him properly. A shirt that hangs down to his knees, definite no. Pants that he has to hold up while he walks, DEFINITE no. Technically, that could be considered immodest as well because it started as prisoners' way of showing they were available for intercourse. But I just think it looks ridiculous.

Speaking of fitting correctly... if one of them is overweight, they will have clothes that fit. I have nothing against people who are overweight. I am a firm believer that people of all shapes and sizes are beautiful. However, when someone buys a size small because they don't want to admit they are a size large, they are not doing themselves any favors. You should never look like the Hulk fixing to bust out of his shirt.

Bottom line, I will be teaching my children how to properly dress from an early age. That includes modesty, age appropriateness, and presentability. Even if it shouldn't be the case, you are judged by the first impression you make on a person, and that first impression will include how you look.

We're on the potty train!

Woo hoo! Finally! Grace is getting it! She pooped on the potty for the first time the other day. I didn't think that day would come lol.
We bought her a new potty seat. She won't use the little potty. She thinks it's a toy, so she won't use it. She peed on it two different times, and both times, she realized she was peeing and jumped up. Yeah, that was a big mess, so we haven't tried to get her to use that again. We have a folding potty seat that you sit on the toilet. She uses it well, but it wasn't secure on the toilet, so she wouldn't get up there by herself and didn't want to be alone in the bathroom while on it. So yesterday, we bought her one that actually fits on the seat.

Yep, that's our toilet now :p She climbs up there whenever she wants on her own. She's been in undies all day with no accidents! She's in a diaper right now because she's napping, but as soon as she wakes up, I'm putting her undies back on. 

I think the new seat is really helping a lot. She was so excited to get it that she sat on it for about 20 minutes lol. We're keeping the folding one so we can keep it in the diaper bag (in a plastic baggie) for public places.

Here's to hoping she keeps it up!

My favorites :)

Talking about my favorite books got me to thinking about my other favorites... Anyone who really knows me knows that I have crazy tastes. I don't like any genre over another. If I hear or see something I like, then I just like it. As far as music, it can be rap, rock, country, etc. Movies.. comedy, horror, drama, thriller, etc. It's more about quality to me than genre.

My all time favorite movie is Speak. It's a Showtime movie with Kristen Stewart in it. I loved her in the movie, and she was one of my favorite actress for a long time. Not so much anymore, but I still like her. I also really like the movies Crash and A Walk to Remember. I have other favorite movies, but I can't think of them right now :/

My favorite actors/actresses are Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Will Smith. It's pretty much guaranteed that I will like any movie or show that any of them are in.

My current favorite show is Pretty Little Liars, but my all time favorites are Friends (I have the complete box set) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I have seen every episode at least three times). I could watch both of those shows over and over and never get tired of them! I also love Dawson's Creek, which Netflix has just added, so yay!

As for music, my favorite singer is Christina Perri. Love her! My favorite band is probably Five Finger Death Punch. I told you, I have crazy taste. That is one of the only bands that I like pretty much any song they produce that hasn't sold out. I used to love Linkin Park, but they stink now compared to what they used to be.

My favorite songs are currently "A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri, and "You Are More" by Tenth Avenue North. My favorite songs change pretty frequently though. Also no, I do not like "A Thousand Years" because of Breaking Dawn. I first heard the song in the gym during my weight training class. I didn't even realize it was in Breaking Dawn until later.

Here's a new one... Favorite book... The Hunger Games. The Twilight series has officially been replaced. I'm still waiting for Midnight Sun even though I know it will never be fully released :(
Like I said before, I want to read the Harry Potter series, and I would love to read some of Nicholas Sparks' books as well.

So, like I said, I have crazy tastes in just about everything lol.