MomsLA Post: My Sweet Little Nelly (And I'm Not Talking About The Rapper)

I have a new post up at MomsLA and it's about something in this photo. And it's not my kid...well not totally. Click to read:

Modern Family Wins The Golden Globe!

Who's Bad?

About a month ago, I introduced Aubrey to Michael Jackson and now, she can't til she get enough. Literally, as soon as we get in the car she needs to hear an MJ song or she gets a little surly.


Bad is one of her favorites and here she is dancing and singing along to the video on YouTube. I hope you're having a great holiday weekend!

Lead AND Background

Aubrey is going through a BIG Michael Jackson phase right now. Here she is in the car, singing along to Beat It. I love how she sings all of the Beat Its - even the background vocals. She has Man In The Mirror, Bille Jean, Thriller and - her favorite of all - Bad memorized now. This was a couple weeks ago.

Four Is Not The New 30.

So, all parents whose kids are older than 5 years know that the "Terrible Twos" is a complete misnomer and even a joke compared to 3 and 4 year old behavior. 

Aubrey is rapidly careening towards her 4th birthday on June 6 and she is crazier than ever. There's an uber-irrationality that comes along with 3 and 4 year old mental processing and it's not worth anybody's time trying to figure it out. You try to get a straight answer out of a tired 3/4 year old, you get this:

This craziness is a result of Aubrey not wanting to pee before going to the park. Do you now understand why I can't be on time to anything for the next 14 years?

We don't use any corporal punishment in our household, but I now know who spankings were invented for. Every once in a while, the temptation is strong, but I'm very fortunate that Aubrey is, in general, a really fun, sweet, easy going kid and actually, quite easy to reason with. No really, she is fairly logical for a kid when she's in a good mood. It's only when she's tired that the beast is released and it always seems to be when I'm the most tired as well. 

It's all good. Once we get through this crazy 4th year, I hear things get quite lovely until they turn 12 or so. Then I'm supposed to prepare for the return of the beast x ten. 

Aubrey Rocks Her Mullet

My daughter is three and a half years old and she really doesn't have much hair. What she does have is really thin and wispy and it seems to grow in a beautiful mullet shape. She's only had three haircuts in her life and it was because the front was finally starting to get in her eyes.


I know a lot of moms really want their little girls to have a glorious crown of locks and get upset when their little princess' hair ends up, well, like my kids hair. I, personally, could care less. Chances are it will grow into a beautiful, healthy mane and she will do something horrific to it in her early teens anyway - like chop it into a mohawk, color it orange or let her gay friend from drama class "style" it for her. Whatever.


I am the youngest of four kids in my family and the only girl, so my mom was chomping at the bit to play with my long hair. She braided it and put it up in pig tails and pony tails. In third grade, I got the Dorothy Hamil haircut that was all the rage and my mom sat every morning before school and tried to tame my stubborn Asian straightness with a curling iron, attempting to get the under-curl just right. This usually resulted in my neck getting burned and by the time I got to the bus, the curl probably straightened too. 


Aubrey is still a little tiny turkey and I don't want her worrying about her looks already. I'm not quite ready for that. So for now, we are enjoying the craziness of her little preschool mop and I wouldn't have it any other way. She's my little Muppet with a mullet and she's ready to ROCK!!