One Secret to a Working Mom Success: Make Family Events More Enjoyable With Friends

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Better Together: Why Inviting Another Family Makes Activities More Fun #FamilyFun Sometimes family activities can feel like another item on the to-do list. However, doing those activities with another family makes them more fun! Whether it’s a trip to an amusement park , a visit to the local pool , or trip to a pumpkin patch , including another family can multiply the fun in amazing ways. One of my favorite moms to collaborate with is my friend, Ayana Ledford who's pictured above with her daughter Sahar. We have done all of the things listed as seemingly random examples above and here is how including her and her daughter (and sometimes her son too) has made the events more fun. On the date above, Ayana almost left the venue because parking was a nightmare. That said, she hung in there and we would up having a great time!
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Seduction and the Monkey World...

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Apparently, researchers can get funding for the darndest things. I just read an article entitled, "Monkeys, Too, Will Pay for Sex" on the Discovery News. This "money for sex" theory is premised on the notion that the grooming that male monkeys dote upon female monkeys is the equivalent of currency.

From what is shared in the article the researchers fall short of arguing that there is some sort of prostitution going in the monkey world. Rather, they equate the the grooming in the monkey world to how men pay for dates in the human world. Apparently there are quite a few similarities.

Like with humans, some monkeys are considered hotter than others. If you're the hottie female monkey you are in high demand. Apparently, you can hold out for the highest bidder, or the most dutiful and skilled groomer. However, if you're not as attractive, you are devalued and you should take whatever grooming you can get.

Since they can't talk and don't have access to Sephora, apprently monkeys are motivated entirely by physical attraction. There's no talking to someone and finding out what they're really about. There's no "she may not be much to look at, but she's got a really good heart and makes a mean macaroni and cheese". Rather, who the men choose to invest their time grooming is determined by who gets them hot.

Don't think that subtlety is lost on the monkeys. Apparently, they're winking and smiling and smacking their lips too. Just like humans, monkeys must work to get their groove on. Who knew?!

Even though the monkey sex stuff was funny, what was more funny was the researcher who compared the dowry that he paid for his wife to the grooming done by the male monkeys. Apparently he received no material gifts in return. However, he admits that "I did get to marry my wife." I am assuming that is code for "I got sex just like the monkeys!"

You can access the Discovery News article at: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/12/19/monkey-pay-sex-print.html
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