Baby Mine

I just put Nathan to bed. We read the book, "I love you forever". This book describes the mother/son relationship as the little boy grows up. In the book, the mom always rocks the son and sings the song
"I'll love you forever
I'll like you for always
As long as I'm living
My baby you'll be"



After we finished the book, Nathan looked up at me with his big blue eyes, and said "Mom, can you pick me up and rock me back and forth and sing to me?" Of course I'm saying yes to that!

So, I pick him up (he's getting really heavy) and rock him back and forth and sing him "Baby Mine", the lullaby from Dumbo.



This is the first song I sang to him when he was born and it's kind of "our song". As I held my son, and looked into his serene, sweet face, I couldn't help but be thankful for good media that bring on perfect moments like this.

Pester power!

I posted the below on my personal blog a few weeks ago. I thought it was pretty relevant to today's lecture, so thought I'd share!

Does anyone else despise going shopping with children? I used to LOVE to go food shopping before I had children! I'd wander the aisles and take my time picking out all the lovely things I like to eat. Now I race up and down the aisles just throwing in anything I can get my hands on, going as fast as I can because I know that my children have about a 2 minute threshold before they go ballistic. And when this happens, I have about a 1.5 minute threshold before I do the same.

What is it about kids in a grocery store? First, they want EVERYTHING they see. In the psychology world, we call this "pester power". Translation: the amazing and mysterious power that children have to maintain a constant whine while asking for at least 1500 random items while simultaneously driving their parents insane. "Mo-om! Can we get ice cream?" No, we've got some at home. "Mo-om, can we get a giant 20 pound bag of lollipops" I don't think so. "Mo-om can we get some dog food" We don't even have a dog! ARGGGGG!



Secondly, they won't stay in the cart. Yes, I strap them in, but eventually I can't stand the screaming/crying/whining/fighting/death stares from other grocery patrons so I let them out. BIG mistake. Now they can get their hands on the ice cream/lollipops/dog food so I end up spending more time taking things out of the cart than putting things in! Plus, they now have a great need to hang all over the cart. Climb in, climb out, climb in, climb out, fall on head, cry, climb in, climb out, and on and on! Right! Strap the kids back in, and bring on the screaming/crying/whining/death threats from other patrons.

We've tried it all: sitting in the "fun" car shopping cart, bringing toys, giving snacks, letting the kids help pick things out. Nothing seems to work!

Finally, we make it to the finish line....er...check out line and pay. Both kids want to push the buttons to enter my pin, so I end up putting it in 3 separate times. Finally, get all my bags, run out to the parking lot and throw the bags in the car. Phew! One giant sigh of relief.

But here's the kicker. Through this fiasco we call "grocery shopping" I've managed to forget the milk/bread/eggs that I originally went to the store to buy. So we have to do it all again tomorrow!

Though I do have a 40 pound bag of dog food if anyone needs it.

Up....lifting?

Me and Nate went to see the movie, "Up" at the dollar theatre this week. Side note: We snuck in our own popcorn. Devilish, I know, but I can't stomach paying $7.00 for popcorn when it costs me approximately $0.32 to pop it myself! So, I've been looking forward to this movie for MONTHS. I've really enjoyed most of the Disney/Pixar movies to date, and thought this was such a clever idea!

As typical, the movie was GORGEOUS! When the balloons came out for the first time, I just felt happy! :) I really loved watching the relationship between the old man and the little boyscout kid change over time. Definitely a very touching film, with a wonderful message about living life to the fullest!




The only problem was that my son got really scared! There are these really MEAN dogs who chase the main characters throughout the movie, and they are scary! (especially to a 4 year old!!) Also, there is a point where the main bad guy grabs a shotgun and starts shooting at the old man and little kid! ACK! So, as much as I love Disney/Pixar I wasn't super impressed when my son was hiding his face and crying because of the mean man and dogs!



In sum: a very uplifting movie: I certainly enjoyed it, but not sure if my son did so much!! In fact, as we left he said, "Mom, can we watch a NOT scary movie next time?" hmmmm...I guess this officially takes me out of the running for the "Mother of the year award"!

Primary Presentation

Best Sacrament meeting of the whole year in my opinion!

Today was my little Nathan's (age 4 1/2) primary presentation. We live in a newer area with a TON of young families, so we have nearly 200 kids in the primary! Crazy! Our primary president is a genius. She asked the kids to complete the saying: "The thing I love most about the temple is...." and that's their part in the program. So, Nathan is really shy, but he stood up at the microphone and proudly announced, "The thing I love most about the temple is that it gets our family together again." Tear! :)

A picture of me and Nate


So, why is this post about media? Well, the kids sang a song I hadn't heard, called "The Family is of God". It was BEAUTIFUL! I totally cried, and I don't really cry that easily. But, it really was just gorgeous. I was trying to remember the words, but couldn't, so I googled it, and of course found it in like 3 seconds. Hooray for the Internet! And for beautiful music. And mostly for sweet, innocent children singing their little hearts out about how much they love their family. Here is a link to the Friend website where you can download the song: http://www.lds.org/pa/display/0,17884,8218-1,00.html.

Student Blog Addresses

Hey guys! Here are the names of all the blogs that have been created for the class. Happy reading!

Sarah Andseron: whatsinmedianyway.blogspot.com
Sara Olsen: sarasmediablog.blogspot.com
Allison Merrill: almmedia.blogspot.com
Caitlin Adamz: themediasponge.blogspot.com
Alicia Roddin: aliciaraemfhd.blogspot.com
Kelsey Hansen: cowypotter.blogspot.com
Krista Emrich: kristaandthemedia.blogspot.com
Kassandra Larson: kassandrea.blogspot.com
Christian Hong: disneyfanchristianjames.blogspot.com
Kimberlee McCubbins: kimbermedia.blogspot.com
Aimee Katschke: aimee-media.blogspot.com
Sarah Gilberston: mymediaexposure.blogspot.com
Ashley Stewart: ashleystewartmediablog.blogspot.com
Rebecca Mathews: sfl395r.blogspot.com
Yumi Bankhead: yblamarr.blogspot.com
Lisa Hiatt: themediaviewedbylisa.blogspot.com
Christina Nixdorf: cnixdorfmadness.blogspot.com
Sarah Western: sarahwestern.blogspot.com
Jeff Crane: jeffcranesays.blogspot.com
Jeff Bentley: mediadoesnteffectme.blogspot.com
Kaitlin McAlister: kaitlinmcalister.blogspot.com
Meagan Bunnell: meagansmediamusings.blogspot.com
Cicily Oblad: cicilytheoblad.blogspot.com
Adam Rogers: adam-elflaite.blogspot.com
Becca Summers: summersbloggirl.blogspot.com
Sarah Haslam: reactionstomedia.blogspot.com
Colette Dalton: colettesmedia.blogspot.com
Danielle LeFerre: whatthenellisthis.blogspot.com
Sally Boyle: sazuzer.blogspot.com
Tonya Whipple: mediafan09.blogspot.com
Kim Whatcott: turnitaround@blogspot.com

Numb3rs

So, my mom recently told me to start watching this show. At first I was kinda anti it, simply because it had a number in the title. And that just annoyed me. But, my mom gave me the DVDs of season 1 and I just started watching. So far so good. Essentially, this show is about a math professor who uses math to help his FBI brother solve crimes. The math geek in me is loving it. Plus I think the main guy was in the movie, 10 things I hate about you (though I could be wrong). I made my husband watch for 10 minutes, and his comment was "this is by far the stupidest show in the entire universe. Let me write an algorithm for this...yep...0.0% chance of anyone else ever liking it." But it makes me think...which is always a good thing for a television show! I feel like it's a little less "mindless" that way!

Welcome!

To the Media, Family, and Human Development blog! Here you can find a list of all other blogs in the class (will be up shortly), and will find my random ramblings about the media I experience! Feel free to drop a comment when you visit. Enjoy!