What in the the world.....

Happened to modesty?

Did society *which is a group of people made up of parental units*  go on mental and moral vacation? At what point did parents lose control or in some cases cede control to others as to what is acceptable in clothing options?

Our family just spent time at a local Six Flags Hurricane Harbor water park. While there I saw every imaginable combination of body styles and bathing suits or lack thereof.   There are sometimes when just because they make a bathing suit in your size does not mean that you should be wearing that style of suit.  Its one thing if your 18 and have the body of a model and want to show that you can wear dental floss for a swim suit,  but just because they have swimsuits of similar style in a size 6X does not mean it is appropriate for a young child to be running around in a skimpy string bikini!!!  I am sorry but this is something that REALLY REALLY bothers me..  That and seeing young girls maybe 10-12 years old running around in same suits and falling out of them!!!  HELLO!!  These kids do not have the mental maturity to know that their suit is shifting about and that they need to be conscious of what is and isn't being covered.  They just know that they want to run from point A to point B and jump around in the water with their best friend.   I think there are a lot of parents out there who have mentally checked out when it comes to appropriate attire for young girls.

For the most part i grew up with the rule *thank you mom (Susan Smart) for passing that along*  " if you can wiggle, jiggle, shimmy, shake, bend over, squat, or sit without anything important coming close to falling out or showing then you can leave the house."   Now that still leaves a lot of room to show, expose, oh heck lets just say it, embarrass yourself, and when your 18 + and make that choice fine.  But i am sorry to say that parents need to stand up and make it known that NOT EVERYONE - (and i have talked to a few and know I am not alone in this idea)  wants to wear shorts that make your butt cheeks fall out the bottom or jeans that show your butt crack!  Nor is it appropriate for our young girls to wear them or for our young impressionable young men *those of you with teen boys know what mean* to be exposed to it!

I mean seriously what happened to taking your new 7th grade daughter shopping for school clothes and finding a pair of jeans with more than  4" between waist band and crotch????  not to mention the inseam lengths of shorts!

My daughter LOVES LOVES LOVES to wear dresses and skirts, but again why do the clothes that are available to purchase in stores  have to be so short they cant bend over without showing just about everything. And we all know 12 year old girls do not realize where that draft just came from when they bend over.   Whether they are too short or in some cases cut with cleavage to the belly button they are NOT appropriate..  So since my daughter loves to dress in a feminine way I started making many of her skirts and dresses.  I have the ability and time to do so, but not everyone does.

What is it going to take to get the fashion industry to realize these things?  I mean how many parents are there out in the world who feel the same way I do but  buy what they find in the stores regardless only because they don't have any other options?

I had much more to say on this but will save it for another topic at a later time.....

Getting back on track.

So here i am 1 month after vacation and just now starting to get things moving again.  We are officially on the 8 day countdown to school starting. I am sad to say that yes I am counting the days until I no longer have to fight with these kids every hour of the day to either get along, stop fighting, running in the house, teasing each other, laying on the dog, talking about video games (that sadly i have no interest in), and to do the chores I asked them to do the right way like i asked them to do three times ago.

Don't get me wrong. I love my children dearly. However there are times when I can not wait for them to be back in school.  While in school they have time away from each other, time where they can have their own space and not constantly be trying to butt heads like little rams over Legos, or whose turn it is to let the dog out, who did or didn't do the dishes correctly, or even whose fault it is that we re washed the same load of laundry twice!!

<Sigh>  Taking a deep breath without feeling the need to hide in the closet is something I am looking forward to.   This has been a very busy summer, which isnt a bad thing since it kept us on the go.  But at the same time the feeling of GO GO GO GO GO felt never ending.

We have made 3 trips to Six Flags in St. Louis *with at least 1 more trip planned*

Riding Coasters 

Learning how to Fork Fight  *doesnt work as well as Spork Fighting*  

 So far 2 of 3 concerts at Six Flags.

Casting Crowns in the pouring rain

Building 439

 

Matthew West

 

 Had grandma come visit in June.

 We went on a trip to Ohio where the kids got to meet Grandpa Larry

Then on to PA where we spend some nice time with Family. 

Pappy and the kids at Breakfast

Rebecca with cousins Tessa and Brylee

Thomas and Nanny Hazel

Chris and Nanny

Becca and Nanny

Lots of Exciting things have been happening this summer.

Rebecca and Thomas were baptized by their father Rev. Robert W. Hudson Jr. 

Summer is not quite over.   

We still have another trip to Six Flags planned for the water park.  

A concert with Tenth Avenue North. 

There is even the possibility of a camping trip before too long although that might wait till it cools down a bit. 

Not mentioned above, the three kids also spent a week away at Church camp on 3 separate trips. 

Now you see why I say we had a busy summer?