In this weeks episode Josh, Jessa, Jinger and Joseph are scheduled to get their wisdom teeth removed. The Duggars have already gone through this experience with Jana and Jill so they know what to expect in terms of diet post-surgery.
Michelle decides to make homemade applesauce. And takes 9 kids grocery shopping with her. For the applesauce to feed the whole family 8lbs of apples are needed. And instead of buying soft food for just the kids getting their teeth pulled enough soft food is bought for the whole family. Did you notice the frozen pizzas? Not a soft food. Maybe that was a pre-surgery food. Whatever. I guess it isn't really relevant it just struck me as odd when the whole shopping trip was supposed to be about the soft foods they needed after.
The girls, Jim Bob and Michelle head to the dentists office. Anna is going to bring Josh and Joseph by later. Jessa is up first. Apparently it took twice as much medicine to put her under as it did for her sisters. While Jessa is back in surgery Anna and the boys show up. Jinger makes a comment about only drinking water. Joseph pipes up and says he had been drinking sweet tea. When the assistants over hear this they pull him aside and aks how long its been since he had the tea. 3 hours. Apparently the only thing you are allowed to have for the 6 hours prior to the surgery is water so Joseph's surgery isn't going to happen today. Then Josh mentions that he to had been drinking sweet tea, so no surgery for him either.
Jim Bob arrives back at the dentists office after doing the pharmacy run and learns of the news. He talks to the dentist to see if there isn't any way the boys can have their surgery that day. Maybe they can pee alot? Come on Jim Bob, seriously.
I wasn't all that surprised that the boys messed up. Lets be real for a minute. It seems the boys would not be able to survive if it wasn't for the girls and this just proved it. The boys had their surgery a week later and this time they knew what they were doing.
Next week we celebrate Grandma's 70th birthday and go to Joplin to help with rescue efforts. See you later for Teen Mom.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Dance Moms: The Competition Begins
I started a more detailed post about this but I just am not feeling like finishing it so I will do a shorter summary instead.
Its the first day of competition season. Everyone (the mom's) is excited, yea for competitions. Abby is greeting everyone at the door as they enter the studio. I think they were trying to trick us into thinking that everyone is happy all the time. But, if you saw the previews you know that is NOT the case.
Now Abby is talking to the girls and there mom's about what they can expect this season. For every competition they do they will learn a new dance. And some of the girls are doing more than one dance. The mom's are now sitting in their interview chairs saying how most teams perfect a routine for 6 months before they bring it to a routine.
Abby introduces the pyramid. Basically who ever is at the top is the front and center dancer and so on down the pyramid. Whoever is at the top can't make any mistakes. Maddie is at the top of the pyramid for this routine, based on how last year went.
Now we are meeting some of the girls and their moms. Maddie's little sister Mackenzie is also a part of this group but she is too young to take part in the first competition. Maddie is 8 and Mackenzie is 6. Maddie hasn't lost in a while, she doesn't know what its like. Their is mom Melissa.
The moms are banished to "jail" as they call it. Basically they have to go to the viewing room above the studio to watch their daughters dance. Throughout the episode we meet the other moms and girls.
Cathy teaches dance herself but wants her 6 year old daughter Vivi-Anne to have an outside teacher so they come to the studio to try out. Vivi makes it. Good for her. I have a feeling that Cathy thinks since she owns her own studio Abby is going to want to hear her thoughts on the dances. I don't think Abby is going to want any help from her.
A mom of one of the girls not in the group being featured blows a gasket. Her daughter was kicked out of class because she wasn't wearing the correct attire. The main problem was that she was wearing socks when they were practicing flips and needed bare feet for traction. The mom is acting like a crazy person to the point that Abby kicks both mom and daughter out of the studio. Mom doesn't like this so Abby decides to call the police. Nia's mom Holly is talking to this other mom to cool her down. By the time the police arrive the mom is already in her mini van. Basically the police tell her if she doesn't like what is going on to enroll her daughter in a different dance company.
The competition this week is in Phoenix. As the girls and moms are unloading their stuff from the van at the hotel Holly goes to help Nia with her bags. Abby won't have it. Basically if the girls brought to much they had to handle it on their own. Along with the clothing they have travel light up make up mirrors.
Before they walk in Abby tells them her rules. No booty shorts and flip flops is the only one I remember. One of the moms complains. Abby is checking everyone in and the girls (or maybe the moms) are talking so Abby turns around and says library voices. Christi mocks her behind her back.
Everybody is getting ready for the first dance now. The hats they are supposed to wear aren't done yet with an hour to go. Cut to all the moms talking about how everything is always last minute. I'm thinking that has something to do with doing new dances every week. New dances means new costumes and new accessories.
Abby notices one of the girls has acrylics on her nails. She doesn't like the white because it will draw attention to her hands and nobody else has them. Mom says well if you want them off give me the money and enough for both her daughters to get them taken off. I don't understand why a 8 or 9 year old needs acrylics anyways.
Christi and the mom of the girls with nails sneak off to the bar to get drinks. Abby finds them and they ask her if she wants a drink. Abby says something along the lines of I don't drink on the job. Back to the dressing room. As a mom is putting a curling iron away her daughter bumps into it. Poor kid.
It is finally time to dance. The group dances. Then we see the award ceremony. They get third place. Everyone considers this a loss. The have to win the trio or the whole weekend was a waste. They can't keep getting third if they expect to do well at nationals. Talk about poor sports. I noticed during the award ceremony that the girls were not in the outfits they danced in. That isn't that big of a deal but the way they edited the show it seemed like after the group dance there was an award ceremony then they had to rush back to the dressing room and change for the trio. While they probably did have to rush back to change I don't believe it was after and awards ceremony.
During the trio Chloe's headpiece falls in front of her face. She keeps right on dancing and doesn't miss a beat. After the dance Abby flips out on Christi because she was off at the bar and not making sure her daughters headpiece was properly secured. With the way this show was edited who knows if this was truly the case or not. While Abby and Christi are getting into it the trio of Maddie, Chloe, and Paige get first place and that is basically the end of the show.
One thing I noticed during the dressing room scenes is that it appeared the girls were wearing a third outfit to dance in. But we only saw the practicing two routines and only dance two routines. More bad editing. If you want us to believe they only danced two dances then don't show them in a third outfit.
Based on the length of this post it is a good thing I didn't finish the other post because it was more detailed and would have been way too long.
Its the first day of competition season. Everyone (the mom's) is excited, yea for competitions. Abby is greeting everyone at the door as they enter the studio. I think they were trying to trick us into thinking that everyone is happy all the time. But, if you saw the previews you know that is NOT the case.
Now Abby is talking to the girls and there mom's about what they can expect this season. For every competition they do they will learn a new dance. And some of the girls are doing more than one dance. The mom's are now sitting in their interview chairs saying how most teams perfect a routine for 6 months before they bring it to a routine.
Abby introduces the pyramid. Basically who ever is at the top is the front and center dancer and so on down the pyramid. Whoever is at the top can't make any mistakes. Maddie is at the top of the pyramid for this routine, based on how last year went.
Now we are meeting some of the girls and their moms. Maddie's little sister Mackenzie is also a part of this group but she is too young to take part in the first competition. Maddie is 8 and Mackenzie is 6. Maddie hasn't lost in a while, she doesn't know what its like. Their is mom Melissa.
The moms are banished to "jail" as they call it. Basically they have to go to the viewing room above the studio to watch their daughters dance. Throughout the episode we meet the other moms and girls.
Cathy teaches dance herself but wants her 6 year old daughter Vivi-Anne to have an outside teacher so they come to the studio to try out. Vivi makes it. Good for her. I have a feeling that Cathy thinks since she owns her own studio Abby is going to want to hear her thoughts on the dances. I don't think Abby is going to want any help from her.
A mom of one of the girls not in the group being featured blows a gasket. Her daughter was kicked out of class because she wasn't wearing the correct attire. The main problem was that she was wearing socks when they were practicing flips and needed bare feet for traction. The mom is acting like a crazy person to the point that Abby kicks both mom and daughter out of the studio. Mom doesn't like this so Abby decides to call the police. Nia's mom Holly is talking to this other mom to cool her down. By the time the police arrive the mom is already in her mini van. Basically the police tell her if she doesn't like what is going on to enroll her daughter in a different dance company.
The competition this week is in Phoenix. As the girls and moms are unloading their stuff from the van at the hotel Holly goes to help Nia with her bags. Abby won't have it. Basically if the girls brought to much they had to handle it on their own. Along with the clothing they have travel light up make up mirrors.
Before they walk in Abby tells them her rules. No booty shorts and flip flops is the only one I remember. One of the moms complains. Abby is checking everyone in and the girls (or maybe the moms) are talking so Abby turns around and says library voices. Christi mocks her behind her back.
Everybody is getting ready for the first dance now. The hats they are supposed to wear aren't done yet with an hour to go. Cut to all the moms talking about how everything is always last minute. I'm thinking that has something to do with doing new dances every week. New dances means new costumes and new accessories.
Abby notices one of the girls has acrylics on her nails. She doesn't like the white because it will draw attention to her hands and nobody else has them. Mom says well if you want them off give me the money and enough for both her daughters to get them taken off. I don't understand why a 8 or 9 year old needs acrylics anyways.
Christi and the mom of the girls with nails sneak off to the bar to get drinks. Abby finds them and they ask her if she wants a drink. Abby says something along the lines of I don't drink on the job. Back to the dressing room. As a mom is putting a curling iron away her daughter bumps into it. Poor kid.
It is finally time to dance. The group dances. Then we see the award ceremony. They get third place. Everyone considers this a loss. The have to win the trio or the whole weekend was a waste. They can't keep getting third if they expect to do well at nationals. Talk about poor sports. I noticed during the award ceremony that the girls were not in the outfits they danced in. That isn't that big of a deal but the way they edited the show it seemed like after the group dance there was an award ceremony then they had to rush back to the dressing room and change for the trio. While they probably did have to rush back to change I don't believe it was after and awards ceremony.
During the trio Chloe's headpiece falls in front of her face. She keeps right on dancing and doesn't miss a beat. After the dance Abby flips out on Christi because she was off at the bar and not making sure her daughters headpiece was properly secured. With the way this show was edited who knows if this was truly the case or not. While Abby and Christi are getting into it the trio of Maddie, Chloe, and Paige get first place and that is basically the end of the show.
One thing I noticed during the dressing room scenes is that it appeared the girls were wearing a third outfit to dance in. But we only saw the practicing two routines and only dance two routines. More bad editing. If you want us to believe they only danced two dances then don't show them in a third outfit.
Based on the length of this post it is a good thing I didn't finish the other post because it was more detailed and would have been way too long.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Welcome!!!
I have a confession to make. I am kind of obsessed with reality TV. I just love it so much, I have to watch it. Since I watch so much reality TV I thought it would be fun to blog about my thoughts on all the shows I watch. The shows that are airing right now that I watch are:
- 19 Kids and Counting
- Teen Mom
- Dance Moms
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