Recap: 7/9 Beach Babies

This time around they have a date night and Jenn trains for a marathon.

The ep starts with the kids getting speech therapy. Seems they jabber with each other but not 'real' words. Bottle time. More problems getting the kids to sleep. It looks like this episode was made before Blake's big bed came around. More out of order editing....

Grams brings over a bouncy house from Little Tykes-- a freebie I am sure.

Then Jenn blabs about training......and about how the kids were misbehaving. So they broke out the food. (Way to compensate). they showed the grocery store-- Bashaus... more free food. She took two kids to the store and when they started screaming, she gave them food. (Way to compensate again.)

Jenn brought out the O word-- yes, "food without chemicals" then ORGANIC. "Sure it costs a little more but it's worth it." Oh dear, another diva in the making.

Jenn works, Jenn reads. Bryan's aunt Barb comes to help. Jenn goes running. More family came over. The kids ate.

Bryan and Jenn went out for the night. Jenn ragged on Bryan for eating dessert. He wanted to feed her a little and she wouldn't let him. Then she threw salt all over the dessert so Bry wouldn't eat it. What a bitch! She said she's into destroying what tempts you. Scary words.

Bryan works out the next days. He has more weight loss.

They go to CA for the marathon. They go on a ride with the kids in a pedicab. Bryan said that he was afraid the kid would jump out, go under the bar to the pier and jump in the water. He said he would have to go after the kid but he didn't want to because the water was cold. My teenager just said, "You shouldn't be worried about the water being cold!!!"

Jenn doesn't wear her wedding ring because her fingers are too skinny. She said she was shopping for a new one. (Already spending the kid's money!)

Finally, Jenn runs. It is supposed to take 2-2hours 10 min. She's one of the first through. Whoopie.

Recap: 7/2 Christmas Chaos

Yes-- I am behind-- or maybe I am just procrastinating. This show is just boring.

Today they are shilling Christmas and riding the Polar Express.

I think Jenn's voice just gets on my nerves. Have I ever mentioned that?

So they went through a recap of what the kid's personalities are like. Do we really need this? They've been a series for what, a month? Let the kids personalities shine! Don't spoon feed us!

First off, the kids are crabby so they get a nap. Jenn recaps that she has to go to work and she's tired. Let's move on from the theme, shall we? Brybry wants to take a nap and bitches about cleaning. But hey! They clean and their family cleans-- not a NANNY.

Then the kdis are up playing..... and Bry makes his son cry... because he is rough with them. Jenn just doesn't understand him (Sounds like JON!!!)

Jenn goes into reinforcing gender stereotypes by saying boys are rough and girls are gentle. You can't have a rough girl or gentle boy?

Blake doesn't stay in his crib and chaos ensues. (Get the kid to stay in or take away the toys!)
Blake creates a disturbance for the other kids. They should all be in regular beds by now.

The family comes over to "wrangle" the kids and they all go to find a tree- except for the sick child. (See, you don't have to take your kids shopping when they are sick, Katie Gosselin!)

And here we go with the freebies and product endorsement. They go to a military based tree store (yes really) and the staged photos begin. The get a pic of everyone together.....

They set up the tree in the house and decorate it. Jenn gets all OCD-Kate on getting the tree straight. Whatever. The more Brybry talks, the more I think he is a suppressed gay man.

Then they cut the kid's hair. Or at least one of them. Then they try to decorate. Jenn wasn't hot on the idea of duct taping the lights to the tree. Gee. What a brilliant idea, Bry.

So they go baptize the kids and Bry has the Hitler haircut in the confessional talk. Then they do the family Christmas card. Bryan swears he hates getting his picture taken but his attention whore's actions speak otherwise.

Jenn's scratchy voice is annoying.

Next ep----

The Today Show visited the family. Still Bryan says he doesn't like this stuff. (Why do you have a show?) They get their kids up and admit it is horrible to get the kids up so early. But they do it anyway (who are they to say no?)

Afterwards, they go shopping in Vegas--- with the kids. Bryan got a really nasty hair cut and he goes to school where U of Phoenix gets a heaping helping of product placement.

They go shopping at, yes Gymboree! Jenn says they got "great deals". I am SURE they got a price break of FREE.

At one point there were only four kids present. Then Jenn went for clothes at... you guessed it! The Loft! (For those of you who don't know...... Kate Gosselin shops both those places.)

In the same breath of shopping for so many clothes, they say the garage project on hold because of money. Gee, I really do think the clothes are free. Then they talk about how quickly it could all be done-- I believe they are shilling for a free garage makeover.

They move the disturber, Blake into a big boy bed. Bryan reinforces gender stereotypes by saying women can't handle power tools. He IS a tool.

They roadtrip to see Santa in Williams, AZ. (Free trip). They pawned nighttime duty off on the grandparents. Bry was slick and told Grams, "If the bed's a'rockin' don't come a'knockin'. WTF?

They play out in the snow. Then they go tubing....then they go on the Polar Express to see Santa....