Lauren Braddock Havey's Blog, page 17

The day she lobster credibility

Sometimes ya just feel like a big fat hypocrite. As a "mud mama" I am a semi-vegetarian. Have been since I was 12. At 23, living in LA and receiving PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals) literature, I had a dream that I was eating what I thought was chicken and it was roast cat. At that point I worked my way down the food chain to fish and dairy and have been stuck there ever since. A "beady eyed" vegetarian (who only eat things with beady eyes, as opposed to doe-eyed bovines).

Sweet

Prince and a new revolution (or, Standing Up For Potty Power)

A gentle warning: I am rating this post PG13. My Nana, God bless her, would not have liked it at all, for it's lack of ladylikeness. But, alas, I feel compelled to share my new discovery.

The other night I had a much needed mommy's night out. I went and danced my heart out to a local band of awesome musician friends, the Long Players, who do kickin' versions of classic albums front-to-back. The album on deck was Prince's "Purple Rain," whisking me and my girlfriends back to our high school glory

People Are Crazy

Happy to report that my dad is having his lucky 13th #1 song of his songwriting career. His song, People Are Crazy by Billy Currington, co-written with Troy Jones, goes to #1 in the Billboard charts next week!

Little man, knowing that Grandbobby writes COUNTRY music, asked me today if Grandbobby was a farmer. Good one!

Go, Daddy!!

No spank you (and I'm not choking!)

In the Mud Mama chapter of my forthcoming parenting memoir, A Journey to The Son, I discuss how Jim and I have made the decision not to spank. We desire to use more of a "positive parenting" approach and for 4 1/2 years that has worked.

Last night we were out to dinner with Grandbobby. Sweet Pea decides it is funny to start sticking various items in his mouth to try to choke himself. When I repeatedly warned him and took every potentially deadly item out of his reach, he put his mouth down on th

A Rockin' Pajama

Ok, so I guess my kid isn't the only one who says cute things! Imagine that ;) I am taking this straight off of a Facebook entry of my friend, Dona Spangler, who told this story about our mutual friend's 4 year old kid that is too cute to pass up.

The little boy said to his mother, "I don't want to be a dentist anymore"

"Well, you can be anything you want to be."

"I want to be a rockin' pajama"

"I don't know what a rockin' pajama is, honey."

"Yes, you do, Mommy. The president!"

moms the word

Good news for those interested in going back to school . . .

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moonwalking the line

With the King of Pop's passing, my little guy has gotten a quick education in all things MJ and seems a bit fascinated.

"He a man or a lady?"

"He black or white?" (Despite our colorblindness at home, he has developed a recent interest in differences in skin color, asking a caucasian woman with her Ethiopian adopted daughter friend of his "why you no match"?)

"Are there three Michael Jackson's?" (kinda)

"Why he die?" ("Too much medicine")

A couple of days ago, I was inevitably at the computer, doing s

R-E-S-P-E-C-T for happy accidents

Sometimes, as cliche as it sounds, we really do just have to go with the flow. The disappointing moment of a storm moving in right as it is time to go do our obligitory 4th of July activity of watching local fireworks turned into impromtu dancing around the living room to Aretha Franklin (need I write her last name?) singing RESPECT on NPT's A Capitol Fourth. My little man, who, sadly, is just seeing Aretha for the first time said "Mommy, she sings like Elvis!" The boy knows who has soul and thi

Who's your Daddy?

We just spent an action packed few days at the in-laws stomping grounds on the Jersey shore. The week included two trips to the boardwalk, eating greasy delicious authentic pizza and soft serve ice cream, riding roller coasters, running at Nannie's farm with the new doodle-dogs . . . I think my little boy had fun too. ;)

His Grandee had a lovely commitment ceremony and he helped his bigger cousins take up the rings and when asked to say something for them shouted his rehearsed line of "All you ne

Dad's day

"Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a dad"



Happy dad's day to Daddy-Jim and to Grandbobby! Thanks for all you do!