I decided to start a new category called Mama's Bits {and if you can think of a better name incorporating my main 'Mama' theme just send it along as I am totally open to it} that would show bits of pop culture that I either liked, didn't like or just plain didn't get.
I thought it would be fun for my girls to look back and over the weeks, months and years as this blog evolves, be able to see who was popular in terms of actresses and musicians and what kind of trouble they got into or smartly managed to stay out of.
And those exact actresses or musicians would be either the good girls or the very, very bad girls that I teach MY girls about.
Reading Perez Hilton, Just Jared or Bricks and Stones isn't just for me and my satisfaction of some idiotic guilty pleasure of mine {no, not at all}. Rather I read these gossip sites to stay relevant for my girls as just maybe their futures might depend on it.
Mother's are always sacrificing for their children.
I do try to stay in touch with what is current because I don't want to be one of those Moms that is so entirely out of touch that my child doesn't think I can relate and chooses to talk to someone else about private things instead of talking to me.
So the first person I chose to mention here is Kristen Stewart of the Twilight craziness. What I love about Kristen is that people always seem to be chasing HER and not the other way around. I have read gossip sites that say this guy or that guy tried to get near her, but she just stayed off in the corner of the club with her friends.
I LOVE THAT ABOUT HER.
And what ever magic it is that she possesses that she is not at all impressed with these boys falling over themselves to get near her, I want to impart that magic onto my girls.
Drew and I tell the girls all the time to be themselves, be independent and people will be drawn to you. Don't follow other kids or feel like you have to do things you wouldn't normally do to fit in. Be sure of who you are and that is intoxicating in itself. We don't use the work intoxicating of course, but essentially that is what it is.
People who march to the beat of their own drum are people that other people want to get close to. Those independent people have a self confidence that others want for themselves and I think Kristen Stewart has it in spades.
Not only is she talented but she seems to be unimpressed by Hollywood and that is not an easy thing to be at her young age. There are hoards of other young girls that are constantly in the limelight doing extremely stupid things {think Lindsay Lohan} and Kristen {at least so far...don't let me down girl after I just hyped you up here} doesn't do.
Kristen also holds a special place in Drew's heart because he sees alot of Belle in her. Her quirkiness and her slightly off-beat nature not to mention her looks remind us of our little quirky off-beat natured girl and we couldn't love her more.
