Bad parenting 101

I thought I'd share the bad parenting mistake we made this week. We had gone to the library for story time (good parent) and while I was there I thought I'd check out some movies (ummmm, movies from the library not books. Ok parent - let that one slide.) I saw "Where the Red Fern Grows" and thought to myself, "Oh, I saw that when I was a kid. I'll bet the kids will love it." (Parenting starts to slide...) We get home and Dee says, "I loved that show when I was a kid" and puts it in. Two hours later we have three SOBBING children. I'm talking SOBBING with the hiccup at the end of the cry sob. (Enter bad parents. What were we thinking?! We're a total dog family!) I knew we were in trouble when we get to the part when Little Anne lays down on Ol' Dan's grave and is about to die (sorry if you haven't seen it) and McKenna is sniffling and says, "Oh she's going to have babies!" because she's a total optimist and knew her parents wouldn't let her watch anything where both dogs die and the movie ends. Well they cried for a good hour after the show and for days after Ellie (who is 4) would randomly say, "I didn't like when that dog died" and hiccup/sniffle then hug our dog Pete.

Well, the good news is Carter has made it to the 4 week mark. (Good parent. We'll go back to the basics before the need for a therapist. Eat, sleep, clean diapers)
Here's some pictures!