Weekend of fun and catch-up, plus a rant about marketing

It was a busy weekend again, but not overwhelming.  Other than deciding to avoid Target and Costco on Saturdays, the weekend was filled with a lot of different activities.  Both girls got individual crafting time with Daddy, which they LOVED.  I took the girls to an open gym at their gymnastics studio (Samantha was awesome to watch on the beam!), and then ice-skating by candlelight at my favorite local park.  It wasn't too cold and to me, it was magical.  It was the first time we had all gone skating outside together and we got a workout!  I was happy to oblige for hot cocoas on the way home.

On another note: as the mother of 2 daughters and a woman myself, I am incredibly frustrated with all the commercials featuring women acting like nymphomaniacs and simulating orgasms.  All the variations of sex are maddening because there is so much more to women and men!  Maybe I'm using the wrong shampoo, but I'd like to see a marketing department create a new strategy to get my money.  I'm raising daughters and I'm teaching them to know their bodies.  Unfortunately I also have to teach them that they need to protect themselves from anyone who doesn't see past their bodies.  I repeatedly tell them commercials are lies.  We have conversations about the scantily clad women we see and I ask them to look beyond the picture and wonder about the person in various ads we see.