nails for today!!!

Well, today I found this matte top coat while at WalMart. I went ahead and picked it up cause I've really been wanting to get used to the matte look. It just doesn't look right to me??? And, my nails were looking really really horrible 😒
I have been having the worse trouble getting my nails to grow out. They start growing then one day I look down and they are all broke!! I really want the stiletto nails!! By George..... One day I will get there!

See?? They are getting there!! And taking shape 👌
I have this beautiful dark purple that almost looks black. (I'll list the colors and brands later.)
I did my toes first.

I didn't use the matte on my toes. But I decided to add a sea green set of dots and a light gray set of dots to the big toes.
I really like the way my nails turned out.

I did the matte from the base of my nail up about 3/4 of the way up. Then I added the green and gray does. I love how they turned out!
My daughter also wanted me to do her toes....

What's your current manicure 💅?
Muahs

are we raising a gen of helpless kids?

So, I read an article yesterday on Huffington post that really got me thinking and made me even step back and reanalyze my parenting a little......

But why have parents shifted from teaching self-reliance to becoming hovering helicopter parents who want to protect their children at all costs?

"I think it began in the fall of 1982, when seven people died after taking extra-strength Tylenol laced with poison after it left the factory," he says. Halloween was just around the corner, and parents began checking every item in the loot bags. Homemade brownies and cookies (usually the most coveted items) hit the garbage; unwrapped candy followed close behind.

That led to an obsession with their children's safety in every aspect of their lives. Instead of letting them go outside to play, parents filled their kid's spare time with organized activities, did their homework for them, resolved their conflicts at school with both friends and teachers, and handed out trophies for just showing up.

"These well-intentioned messages of 'you're special' have come back to haunt us," Elmore says. "We are consumed with protecting them instead of preparing them for the future. We haven't let them fall, fail and fear. The problem is that if they don't take risks early on like climbing the monkey bars and possibly falling off, they are fearful of every new endeavor at age 29."

Psychologists and psychiatrists are seeing more and more young people having a quarter-life crisis and more cases of clinical depression. The reason? Young people tell them it's because they haven't yet made their first million or found the perfect mate.

Teachers, coaches and executives complain that Gen Y kids have short attention spans and rely on external, instead of internal motivation. The goal of Growing Leaders is to reverse the trend and help young people become more creative and self-motivated so they can rely on themselves and don't need external motivation.

What??? Wow, never in a million years. So, here is what I've concluded, it's time to go back to the good ole days! I never was inside, I remember as a little girl.... My parents MADE me stay outside!! Until dark!! Lol but, you know what? I had an imagination....i learned to be independent....i learned problem solving skills because my parents would always tell us to"figure it out"
Kids now days, idk, but....i know my son, sometimes, if he wasn't on his game it was "im soooo bored"
I honestly just told my son the other day I remember playing in the driveway with a bunch of hot wheels. We drew roads in the dirt and made different buildings out of rocks.
So, lets forget the norm.... Let your children be children. Don't be afraid to let them get dirty...
That dirt your child just ate, it's not gonna kill em
That scraped knee, it don't need stitches
Let your kid be a kid and be there if they need lifting up. Prepare them for the future.... Don't protect em from it.

Yea, he is playing with sticks! Lol

Just running!!

I do believe that smile says it all 😍
Muahs (read full article here)
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/1249706

smarty pants

No, really.... He is!! My son, who is 11 for a few more weeks, is so smart!! I am so beyond proud of him!

He did very well all through elementary school and I'm not gonna lie...i was nervous about him going to middle school this year!! You know, when they are lil.... You can be on top of everything they do! The teacher would communicate with you on a daily basis. But, not in middle school! It's all up to him now. But, I have to say.... He has surprised me so far this year.
He hasn't never been the athletic type like his older brother. He is a gamer and a book worm. But, this year he has really taken on alot. I was worried, but, he has exceled like always!! He has all AP classes.
He wanted to take band ✔

Yes... He chose the tuba lol
He mastered his locker ✔

He got in with the football team.....(water boy until spring cause 6th grade can't play)✔

He has blossomed into this social butterfly ✔

Homecoming 2014
And he is on the academic team!! Their first match they won 2 outta 3 matches and his last match they won all the matches!!

And with all this going on.... He still managed all As and two Bs on his report card!! Yeah, I'm a proud momma!
What have your lil ones done that make you proud??
Muahs

dude, 2nd time......

Trying to post my Halloween blog!! Ugh, I have a windows phone, so, if anyone can suggest an app to use with my blogging that don't screw up, comment.... Let me know please....

Anyyyhooooooo....... Ok. For Halloween, I found the makeup I wanted to do...... It's really bad A..

Pretty cool huh?? Yea, I've had this look in my head for a couple of weeks now.... So, I got up early to head out for contacts. I went to the store where I have bought em before and they don't sell em any more 😒 I swear I went to at least five different places until I finally was told no one sells em anymore!!!! What!!?? This look will NOT work without the black contacts!! So, guess what.....yup, my anxiety shot through the roof. I really just wanted to cry. I had no clue what to do.... So, I headed to WalMart. Found a cool wig I liked and just went with it. Thanks to all the adults who like to open all the costumes, leggings, accessories, ECT to look at em and just throw things down BTW!!! I found a few things kinda in the same color scheme and since it had been open.... Got em for 50% off!! What!!? I LOVE a deal!! This is the first idea I did

It was pretty cool, but... It didn't look right unless I held my chin up.... That was a no bueno..... So, after scrubbing my neck forever, I came up with this

What!?? Much better......i needed to bring the bottom of the mouth further down my chest! I actually LOVED it, and, to me it looked better then my first idea!!

Mother and son...... Pretty cool, huh? Insane clown family!
Then we took these kids trick or treating

They had so much fun.... They even beat each other up with their candy bags!

We had a blast with our family and friends! Came home early cause I knew it would take forever to get my makeup off!!

And, as you can tell by looking at my crazy eyebrows, it didn't all come off 😒 how was y'all's Halloween 👻?? Tell me about your kiddos costumes, big kiddos too!!
Muahs👄

happy Halloween y'all

Happy Halloween 😁 I hope yall have had a good time tonight and got lots and lots of candy!! I am super beat.... So, tomorrow I'll tell you all about it AND share lots of pics with y'all!! But first....... Here is my Halloween costume!! Don't ask what I am cause, I never, ever know!! I usually throw stuff together and poof*

I know, it's a crazy effect lol, but, I'll post the original tomorrow! Good night 😉 happy Halloween!
Muahs👄