The Phenom | Time for Driving Lessons

I would really rather prefer The Phenom learn to drive the lane instead of driving my car.  The time has come however for him to take driving classes and frankly....my nerves can not take it!  I remember when I

was learning to drive and how patient my mother was, I don't have that same patience.  It's not that I don't think he can do it I just envision all the times I have had to say, "Kyle did you take out the trash?"  or when he's called to say..."Mom I forgot my deodorant, can you drop it off at school?"  Why would I want such a forgetful child to be on the road maneuvering in traffic?   Am I being over dramatic?  I have that tendency but really this is scaring me.

My first step, I guess, is online driving school.  I have a feeling those 20 hours are going to go fast and he'll be ready to move on to the actual driving classes and practicing in my car.  Oy!  I'm looking for suggestions Momagers.  How have you dealt with your teen learning to drive?  I mean this is really frazzling me and I'm not easily frazzled.  Help a Mom out!

Schoooool's out fo summa!

How many of you are singing that tune along with your kids?  But wait, now the real dilemma.  What to do with them over the next three months. 

Whether you are a single, married, working or stay at home mom this always pops up after you are doing cartwheels the final week of school.  As the kids get older they start to find more and more to do but then you have to manage it all.  This year I told the kids I really want them to work on passion projects.  What do I mean by that?  Well if there is something they have been dreaming about doing I want them to do it this summer.  For The Phenom it was basketball, basketball and more basketball.  Sooooo yeah, he's going to basketball camp at one of his top four colleges he wants to attend.  But I also am forcing him, well making it obvious that he needs to take this opportunity to get prepped for the SAT.  Great SAT scores = Great Recruits is my motto so every week he has a word he has to master in addition to take about 5 test questions a week.  So on top of Bball Summer League, Bball Club League and traveling to MSU for camp he has limited time for video games and girls.  LOL.  Oh he also has summer school for the next few weeks.

Then there is The Mogul.  She's been a little out of commission with activities, I guess keeping that GPA at 3.8 was a pretty busy task.  She is glad for summer vacation and also planning to get busy with some passions.  One of those is sewing class.  Yep she is in full fashion stylista mode and picking out patterns and fabrics.  Her next project is working on curriculum with her teacher for a really special project, yep this girl is really passionate about education!  I'm happy about that too.

So Momagers I wish you well over the summer months, every day is going to bring some challenges
but get active.  Have the kids list out three passions and pinpoint them to one if not two.  Make this a summer of passion for you and them.

Whatchu Doin Wednesday | Brackets and Babies

Sorry Sparty!

Now that's a pretty interesting subtitle huh?  So let's start with the brackets!  What kind of Momager would I be if I didn't have a bracket for the Big Dance?  I love March Madness.  These kids play for heart not for pay and it makes the games that much more exciting.  This is actually the first time I've ever done a bracket and I'll have to say it was lots of fun.  The Phenom and I are battling it out on CBS Sports Bracket Challenge and I hope you can join us.  All you have to do is click on the link for CBS Sports I typed in and then look for Curvy Momager Predicts and sign up.  Here's a picture of my bracket and YEP you guessed it I'm picking DUKE to take it all-the-way!  I said that in my best Dick Vitale voice by the way. 


Okay let's get to the babies.  We had such wonderful sponsors for our Girls Night out last week and one of them gave us a really cute gift pack to give away BUT things got a little bit busy and we never gave it away.  So SCORE for my readers right!  Baby Bump Bundle offers products for Moms to be bundled together for each trimester...what a great gift to give a women that's about to have a life changing experience.  They even have packages for newborn necessities and keepsakes plus bundles for nursing moms. 
This gift pack includes a set of baby safe jewelry, travel size lotion and nail polish. 

Here are the rules for the GIVEAWAY.  All you have to do to be entered is leave a comment in the comment section below.  Tell me who your favorite college hoop team is, how your day went, what post of mine you love the most.  Anything just comment and I will use random.org to pick a winner!  Get those comments in and yes you can comment more than once if you want to just comment!  Oh yeah you have to do it before Monday, March 24th at 9:00 PM PST because the winner will be announced on Tuesday March 25th.  Oh yeah you have to do it before Friday, March 28th at 9 PM EST because the winner will be announced on Saturday, March 29th.  LIKE HOW I EXTENDED IT? Of course I got you on shipping and handling too, don't mention it!  Now get on here and comment PEOPLE!  I'm not desperate or anything, tee hee hee.


With Style,




The Curvy Momager