You mean like that romantic idea of a french picnic in the midst of a field laying on a blanket with a bottle of wine and cheese and baguette in a wicker basket? None of that for Mr Mayné thank you very much.
- water water and more water (because the picnics my family usually do include slave-driven hikes - my dh is the slave driver)
- trail mix (see above)
- chips - cant have a picninc without chips
- cookies or brownies cut into small squares - much needed energy for our picnics
- sandwiches for everyone - what an ordeal! has to be sliced sausage or paté with lettuce and tomato on a baguette for DH, cured ham and butter on baguette for alex, regular ham and mayo on baguette for remi, and lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, salt, pepper and ham on soft american type sandwich bread for me.
- fruit or "drinkable" compote
- fruit juice boxes for kids
- carrot sticks
- water bowl for doggies
- dog food for doggies
And with all that in our backpacks, you can really feel sorry for me and my poor kids as dh drags us out on our "picnic", that's about a 3 hour walk away from the house then back again ;P
Wonderful memories i wouldnt change for anything once mine and remi's hypoglycemic meanie tendancies are in check ;)
Lest you think i dont enjoy those hikes, here are a few pics from a couple of our hikes
a hiking/camping trip in the pyrenees
an improptu hike near marseille
she is one tough cookie, slightly crazy and a little off whack in her mothering style, over-bearing and hysterical, bordering on psychopathic but she really loves her kids and her husband and tries to hold it all together. Like me, she has trouble navigating between kids so utterly different from one another and distinguishing what's her business from what's not. Also, like me, her kids are totally embarrassed by her. I think she even copied her crazed mom look from spying on me.
She's hilarious and she makes moms like me look good ;). 'nuff said. No, i will add my fave ever scene, she was making something from scratch in the kitchen (a rare event) with a nasty cigarette haningn out her mouth and droppig ashes all over the place including inthe bowl she was mixing. 
Poor Marge. Like Lois, and like me, she is pulled in a bazillion directons with her crazy brood and husband. Though she seems to have better parenting skills than i do! egads! 
Just 'cause i loved the show but she seemed kind of absent as a mom. I dont think she worked did she? But it was always Alice who seemed to be there for the kids. 
who had a mom's role toward the girls in her boarding shool. KInd, wise, loving, sympathetic and caring. Knew when to speak and when to listen, when to let the girls figure it out and when to step in. 
what a smart aleck! too funny. but she wont get any awards for best mom. there was a horrible sibling rivalry thing going on that she never seemed to notice or adress or maybe she even perpetuated it? She had same thing going on with her own sister. My kids dont get along well at all and i thik it's the bain of my existance. There's nothing more important to me than for those two to love and support one another. and i try so hard to foster that to no avail. But bad mom or not, she's hilarious.
