it is beginning to look a lot like potluck

Everywhere I go! Take a look in the five and ten glistening once again With candy canes and silver lanes aglow. It’s beginning to look a lot like Potluck Toys in every store But the prettiest sight to see is the HOLLY that will be On your own front door. That kinda sounds like I am stalking you.   Sorry about that.   You don’t have to open the front door. What did Holly say last week on Mom It Forward? Thanks for asking! I was chatting about keeping kids out of trouble during holiday family functions. Not that it is an issue at YOUR house… Let’s find out who made the Comment of the Week! In response to the boys obsession with spelling: —iCup ” I wonder if Steve Jobs will try to copyright that joke.   Then there's that wonder moment in Science as they study the solar system. Uranus- sure to crack up every boy on our own blue planet. – Jersey Diva Mom Jersey Diva Mom has won world wide bragging rights for the next 7 days. And now for a little story… Ryan had a class presentation a few weeks ago.   Each of the kids in his class was given one of the Colonies and he was assigned New Jersey.   We researched, mapped and came up with a suitable poster for the event.   His 3 minute speech went well and he got a good grade so I hadn’t thought much about it until we were in the car a few days ago with the radio on.   After hearing a radio commercial that mentioned something about New Jersey, Ryan asked, “Mom.   Why is it that now I know about New Jersey, I hear it everywhere?   New Jersey here and New Jersey there.   Is it because when you don’t know about something you just can’t hear it?” Yes.   And I had never thought of it that way.   Genius. What is happening in Mom Loop (on BlogFrog)? If you are a blogger, you might want to check out the Social Media Follow Wish List and put yourself down for something nice. If you are a post-potty-training mom, you might want to go over and encourage Shannon in her potty training quest. If you have an opinion, you might want to jump into the middle of public, private or home-school? And now for the answer to the world’s most probing question… What is in Holly’s Fruit Bowl? —One lone broken Christmas ornament. It is actually kinda sad. May your Monday bring a holiday song to your heart, but not too many holiday songs because carol overdose is a serious situation.