You Could Be Twins!!! The Spitting Image...

Hey guys, er, girls...:D. I thought it would be fun to talk about genes!!!
Do you ever get told that you look like your mom? Or have the eyes and nose of your dad? What characteristics do you get told you have in common with your parents, both physical and in your personality? What characteristics have you diagnosed to be similar on your own? Are there any characteristics you hope someday to have? Some you never want to have? Do you believe you'll fall into the stereotype of 'becoming your parents' when you grow up and start to have a family?

I can't wait to hear your responses!!!
PS: You can talk about siblings too referring to any of the questions.

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Well, I recently met my Little for Big Brothers Big Sisters. I was extremely excited to meet her because I had tried to join the program when I was a sophomore, but left for Germany soon after I was accepted as a mentor. I'm glad that I was not able to do the program then because I think I have grown up tremendously as a person and can now serve as a better Big to my Little!

During the interview process, they often ask if you are comfortable working with kids that have been abused or have had other problems at home or school. I know that a lot of the kids in BBBS need a mentor to "help set them on the right path."

I was just wondering what everyone thought about programs like this where a child is set up with a mentor that is usually only a couple years older than them. Do you think these programs are effective for helping children with difficult home lives? Or, do you think these programs are more effective for helping kids with school? Do you think an older mentor would be more effective than a teenage mentor? Just a few questions to possibly respond to! Have a great weekend! :)

Holiday Fun!

Hey guys!

So this is just kind of a fun topic, but when I was in class yesterday and Carolyn was talking about her cooking (which btw I'm really glad you brought!! It was yummy! :) ) I thought of a kind of interesting blog topic. I know it may sound stereotypical but I feel like some family member is always trying to teach me a family recipe of one kind or another, regardless of what time of year it is, and it made me wonder what kind of experiences you guys had with that! Like what kind of food has your family tried to teach you how to make, or a favorite family recipe that you have? Or maybe it's not necessarily a recipe, but just a certain kind of food that your family is famous for loving or eating?

Hope you guys have a great weekend!! :)

Oops?! But That Was Funny Right?

So I really liked Leah's post about favorite childhood memories, but instead of a favorite story, think of one that is you. It could have been something your parents told you that you did when you were a kid or maybe something you remember doing yourself. For instance: I've always been a pretty curious and troublesome little kid. My nickname used to be Tigger because I was always moving and just caused havoc all the time.

This is a story that I don't remember, but gets told at all the family parties. I was very little, but I'd already learned how to walk and talk. One day, my dad with rummaging through the fridge and my mom was watching TV, when the power went out. So my dad closed to fridge door and was heading out to the garage where the power box is. When he opened the door into the garage, I toddled through it with my favorite tall chair over my head. He looked at the power box and saw all of the switches turned down and all the knobs screwed the wrong ways. It didn't take much for him to figure out what had happened. He started having to lock all power boxes and hide things with dangerous buttons on them because I would set off the house alarm or reprogram things on a weekly basis.

I can't wait to hear about all your little things!

Blast from the Past

So i thought it would be a neat post if all of us shared a favorite childhood memory involving our families. It can be one specific memory, or several memories that are related. How did you grow from this memory/these memories? How does this memory/these memories reflect your family?

One childhood memory that stands out to me is the plays my sisters and I used to perform almost nightly for our poor parents. We would either reenact a story we had heard before (Has anyone ever heard the story of One Eye, Two Eye, Three Eye??) or we would make something up to go with whatever props or costumes we had at the time. Our poor parents had to sit through so many ghastly performances, but they always did so with a smile on their faces.

One thing about the plays that I love is the fact that they taught me a lot about creativity and not being afraid to step out of the box. Being that I'm quiet, most people assume that I'm always serious. However, thanks to my sisters, I am actually quite wacky and like to goof around as much as the next person.

I'm looking forward to hearing your memories!

Is Gilmore Girls Realistic?

With the topic of single parenting coming up a lot in our presentations today, I was just wondering if you guys think the Gilmore Girls situation is realistic? For those of you who do not know what Gilmore Girls is, it is a show that follows the lives and relationship of a teenage daughter, Rory, and her cool mom, Lorelai, who had Rory as a teenager. This is one of my favorite shows, but do you think such a friendship between a single parent and a child is realistic? Or does the line of parenting have to be drawn somewhere? I look forward to hearing some feedback, especially from those of you who have experienced a single parent situation! Thanks :)