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Posted by: Jax at 3:28PM EST on July 24, 2007
Last Friday when I didn't have to work, I went to the new Coke museum. It was really neat and interactive. It's a great thing to do with little kids because there are three different places to view videos. When you walk in, everyone watches a video about the Happiness Factory and what happens inside a Coke machine (how a bottle fills up and then cools off, ect.). There's a room about the history of Coca-Cola, and you get to see Coke being bottled. You can also get pictures taken with the Polar Bear. Upstairs there is a 4D show about the secret of Coke, a theater that plays Coke commercials, and a Pop Art studio with Coca-Cola drawings and a place where you can make your own pop art on the computer. I found the history of Coke interesting and I had fun reminiscing about the commercials, but the movies were a little childish. The 4D movie is funny at parts, but the pre-movie is really silly. If you have kids in your family or ones that are visiting soon, I would check it out with them. They'll stay occupied and you'll find it interesting as well!
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Posted by: sj at 2:56PM EST on July 11, 2007
I have a little panic attack that first week of Summer-- what to do with all the free time? How is this going to work without a formal schedule? Then I turn around and it is the middle of July! Where did the time go? So far, this has been a great summer, with a mixture of camps and trips and laying around-- with a few "I'm Boreds" thrown in for good measure. My nephew starts back to school the first week of August (how awful is that?) but luckily my kids start a few weeks later. I cannot believe that 6 weeks have gone by-- the good news is that I feel we have taken advantage of the break. It's hard to imagine that we are going to be back in school soon, though!
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Posted by: juff at 9:15AM EST on July 3, 2007
Moms – Are you suffering from PTSIO
Syndrome?
This is "Post Traumatic School Is
Out" Syndrome.
- Loss of
balance – due to tripping over piles of leftover
school supplies, end of year projects, extra gym shoes and paint shirts.
- Headaches – due to sudden
loss of any personal time during the day as well as loss of late evening
personal time – they are staying up later than you now that it’s summer!
- Feeling of
chaos – due to house a disaster 24/7 (used to at least be clean a few hours while kids
at school.)
- Earaches
– due to loud begging from children for sleepovers
with friends, as well as pleas for setting up the pool, and/or going to the
pool.
- Dizziness – due to increased
shuttling to and from friends houses, swimming lessons, summer camps, baseball
and other sports.
- Ringing in
ears – due to phone and doorbell constantly ringing with
friends wanting to play.
- Pain in the
neck – due to husband’s annoying: What did you do
today honey? (DUH! The kids are home!)
- Sudden weight gain
and bad hair days – due to Mom’s inability to go to
the gym, get a hair cut/color caused by kids constant presence.
- Feelings of
claustrophobia – due to kids hanging on you, causing
inability to accomplish simple tasks like going to grocery
store.
Length of PTSIO
Syndrome:
Usually about 90 days
(June-August)
Locking yourself in the bathroom for the next 90 days
and/or stocking up on beer, wine and other alcoholic consumables as coping
mechanisms. Other possible remedies include taping therapeutic Oprah episodes
and watching late night. (Lord knows you can’t watch it during the day, - "their
shows" are on!)
While PTSIO Syndrome is not fatal, some mothers have
been driven to the brink of insanity, but thankfully almost all regain their
faculties by early September.
No doubt this will make you smile!!!!!
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