There should be a sign....oh really? by: Eric Wiese

So, the Wiese's went a-shopin' tonight. Apparently that really pissed off a couple of 'ladies' in the shoe department. Now to be fair, our family doesn't "go to the store". We descend locust-like upon it, announced by a cacophony of screaming, yelling, and unimaginably loud talking. Thankfully, tonight the rumpus was contained to the gleeful, and happily tantrum free.

So there I am, running through the shoe isles, after my angelic 2-year old Margarette, enjoying her 15th chorus of the "Wonder Pets" theme song (sung at the top of her lungs) and trying to keep property damage to a minimum, or at least return most of the strewn stock to the shelves. You know, a typical toddler shopping trip. On about the 7th or 8th lap, I was stunned from my happy contemplation of the boundless joy that is my daughter by an over-heard comment from the next isle. Something to the effect of "This place needs a sign saying 'Keep your children quiet or they will be executed".

Now of course, my first impulse upon hearing this hilarious bit of comedy was to peek over and apologize to the scummy looking pair of women on behalf of the universe that they could never trick some passing trucker into filling their dried up wombs with cracker-spawn of their own, thus enabling her to experience the joys of parenthood. Surely, I would say, the burden of such a life would turn any of us into crotchety old witches straight from the pages of Hansel and Gretel, and I understand completely.

Obviously I did not say this or anything else. Not because I have manners, or didn't want to cause a scene. I kept quiet for the simple reason that I have a penis. Males of our species are not aloud to criticize or otherwise have issues with strange women in public lest charges be filed. 'Course, I'da smacked the bitch, but I'm a pacifist.

So I did the next best thing: I told my wife on her. Bitches were lucky they'd left by then or there would have been bloodshed on the Birkenstocks in the old Fred Meyer. Well, not really, cause she's a pacifist too! Why can't we summon our Nonviolent Communication (NVC) ways of thinking when our children are involved?

Bug Fest 2009

At some point I am positive that I will figure out how to manipulate my layout just the way I want it. Until then, I hope this post ends up some where near the photo of us at the Bug Fest.
We had a blast today! Annabelle was a little weary of the wasps, no doubt after seeing her dear daddy and baby sister get attacked by wasps. Other then that we had so much fun playing the games and learning all sorts of new facts about bugs we thought we knew EVERYTHING about!
After a CRazY lunch at a little cafe and a much need "quiet time" at home, we headed out to watch our babysitter preform in her H.S. marching band. My little "Highly Sensitive/ Out of Sync" children had their noise reduction headphones on the whole time, but seemed to enjoy seeing their buddy on the field. We made an entrance as the "Wiese's" always do, and enjoyed a little of the BBQ that was offered afterwords. Man my children are crazy! Running all over the field, falling down the bleachers, throwing rocks on peoples plates of food! All in all it was a great day! We had fun, learned lots of new things ( Annabelle has decided that when she is 8, she is going to be a volunteer park ranger so she can be in the dragonfly enclosure alone)and came home exhausted! YEA Bug Fest!!

1st Bolg.....

Welcome to our blog ...this is our first post! My husband Eric and I will both be posting our thoughts, feelings and general accounts of our lives as the Wiese's! This is my first foray into the "blog" world, and have no idea what I am doing. Eric's had one other bolg, but apparently he hasn't posted anything for years! Years? Really? I am so behind! Any way, I'm gonna give it a go! See what happens and hope for the best.
The main reason we have decided to take on this endeavor is that we have just made a life altering decision to truly Unschool our two youngest children! I have read and read and read everything I can get my little hands on. By far, the most useful information I have found has been through Twitter posts to bolgs! There are some amazing people out there! Who knew? Well, I knew that there had to be other people that felt the same way we did about our children...We have been unschooling our littlest children from birth and had no idea it had a name! That happens to us a lot, so we have learned to trust our instincts when it comes to our kids... except for that time my husband wanted to see if they could fly, but he's an idiot. (my husband wrote this last part, you"ll get used to his sense of humor)...On we go....