And ive literally said i sound like a grumpy old lady but ive literally said the phase in my house, well, if you want to do what so and sos parents do, go live with them. You know . Tiffany haywood i think im the them. Im the other persons parents because we have gotten to the point where we say yes to everything. Our whole foundation was i started working when i was 13. My mother literally the day after my birthday took me to get my working papers. Oh, wow. Tiffany 13 years old. And she had the job lined up already. Wow bao she knew the guy at the store who could give me a job. So like i worked forever, my husband was the same way so when we had kids, we were like, we dont want them to work. We want them to enjoy being a kid. Sure. Tiffany yeah. But now its backfiring just a little bit. Bao i grew up with. Tiffany because i kind of want them to work. Rachel reign it in a little bit. Tiffany theres money behind everything you have. Jen just not enough to get everything. Tiffany exactly. They dont understand that theres a work behind it. Jen and a value to it. Tiffany exactly. So they tend to break things a little more quickly bao i grew up hearing a lot of no in my family because theres so many of us and it was just my mom, single family, single parent raising us kids so i feel like i have to say yes. Like, you know, just to give back a little bit more and provide them a little bit more than what my childhood was but im already realizing with my daughter whos already 17 months, that i give her a lot of things. Shes on the road to being a spoiled kid. Jen and youre starting that now. You really are starting it. Pam the problem is you get sucked in before you know it. When your kids are our kids age, youre gonna be like, oh, no bao theyre gonna have the mercedes at 16. Tiffany i have them on both ends of the spectrum so im trying to save the teens and avoid it with the younger ones. Jen right, and the younger ones are cute. laughter rachel yeah, thats true. Tiffany and they have the eyes. Alex miller theyre questions you know the answer to. Andrew walker when were you born . What is your age . Alex but for cindy walker, theyre becoming harder and harder to answer. She was diagnosed with alzheimers seven years ago after her husband andrew noticed something was wrong during a family game of sorry. Andrew she got to the point that she didnt know where to put the little pegs. Alex cindy is not alone. Alzheimers affects nearly five Million People right now and its only expected to grow. Dr. Scott turner its projected to increase to 20 or 30 million. Alex accepting the diagnosis wasnt an option. Not only has he enrolled his wife in medical studies, but hes also created therapy of his own. Andrew she just got the bonus one. Alex cindy plays wii fit to work on her balance, practices counting money, and even writing her name. Andrew if you do nothing, the outcome is obvious. Alex and even though the disease is costing americans are not prepared for the silver tsunami that is alzheimers. Dr. Turner it falls on the family to provide a caregiver and only when you become poverty stricken do you qualify for medicaid for a nursing home placement. Alex andrew has received virtually no financial help for cindy. But has recently taken on a paid caregiver to ease the stress. Andrew if you try to do it by yourself, it would be a 36hour day. Alex thats the reality for many. In 2014, the Alzheimers Association says families provided nearly 18 billion hours of unpaid care. For now, andrew says his goal is to keep cindy comfortable and not to worry about the extra help he may need down the line. Andrew im thankful for today. Reporting in washington, im alex miller. Pam for caregivers of alzheimers patients, there is a huge sense of relief when they find something that will lift their loved ones spirits. But if it could also help their memory issues, so its good to see everybody here today. I hope youve had a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful week. Gina greenharris one of the things that we know is that when we bring programs into communities of color, its very important that the community actually lead the program, if you will. Were gonna do a vocal warm up. We wanted to bring them into an experience where they could actually enjoy the process and learn from the process and help us understand if this is actually the way to go. We are one we are one leader we are one in the spirit. Arlene skwierawski the first session we had was interesting. A woman, she stood up and said, its about time somebodys doing something for us. That says a lot. Hallelujah gina as the folks sing, we see them light up. From the caregivers saying, my mom is singing at home. My dad is doing new words. Stephanie houston i see selfconfidence in many of them from when we first started. What im hearing from the caregivers with their loved ones, they see how theyre more verbal, they see them singing the songs at home. Other caregivers feel the support. I see rhulene when the thought of the choir was first presented to us, i really kind of hesitated but certainly i am super glad that we were willing to step out and try it and then its become way more than i would have thought. I think its helping her with her memory and that of course makes us feel good. Lonnie it brings back to memory things that occurred in my life a long time ago, and i have a lot of fun with it, with my children. Willie it lifts the spirit, and im so glad that it helps my wife a lot. She can be pretty down when we leave the house but when we get here and start singing and especially if i lead a song, she joins in and helps me without being asked, you know. So its very helpful. James i feel free when i sing. I feel happy. Ella singing and then listening to others sing in the group is uplifting. We cant wait to get here for practice and when we leave, we are feeling good. It keeps us going all during the week. singing sue after youve been here for a while, you actually feel the therapy it helps you with your mind, body, and soul. It really do. Kevin williams its a family thing. You know, and they look forward to coming now. Its rain, sleet, or snow. Some of them come aching, but when they come here, seems like the aches and the pains all go away. clapping coming up on moms everyday rebecca a frozen party that wont break the bank. And enjoy valentines day at home. Next. Meet our panelists. Pam tauscher. Writer, producer, and mothererf two. Bao vang. Journalist and mother of two. Rachel garceau. Moms everyday host in boise tiffany haywood. Blogger at the mrs tee and mother of six. Jen lennon. Moms everyday host in Colorado Springs look at me hey. Raymond, look at mommy. Dad maybe the light hurts his eyes. Mom maybe shes just not hungry. Maybe he cant hear us. Look. Maybe were not stimulating him enough. Maybe its a phase. Announcer avoiding eye contact is one early sign of autism. Learn the others today. Hudson, do you love swinging . What happens when we stop . crying you love to swing . How about when we stop . crying okay. I guess were not gonna be able to go home. You want to go over by your sister and go play . crying ill take that as a no. Rebecca all right. Today we are pin testing a frozen party. Not only a frozen party but some ways to do it on the cheap. Save some money. Doesnt look cheap, just is cheap. Mancey exactly, thats the goal. Rebecca all right, Mancey Hartson is here. Shes the mother of three. Also you own a business where crafting and all this kind of stuff is part of your business, youre the expert. For your daughter . Mancey i decided on a theme early. Rebecca so why is that important . Mancey it allows you time to when youre just in the store grabbing dog food really quick, you see something on the shelf thats on clearance, you can snatch that up, put it in the bag. Rebecca part of our party. Mancey yes, put it in a bag, put it in the back of your closet. Rebecca her party was in the end of the summer, but she did a bunch of buying right after christmas because that stuff was on clearance. Mancey i did. Rebecca so the other thing is youre picking a venue early too. How do we save on a venue . Yeah, to save on a venue if youre not able to have it in your home or a familys home, Community Centers and churches a lot of time will offer you their space even if youre not members. Another really good option is a park. Rebecca a parks little shelter house, always a great idea. Mancey yes, yes. Rebecca then before you went out to the store, you went out to house, right . Mancey i did, i went shopping in my house. Specifically in my childrens toy boxes. Rebecca okay. Mancey whatever they love, you know that they have like 1200 items. Rebecca okay, okay. Mancey find what you can use already in your home. You can use it just as a display. It makes things festive. You went to the dollar stores. Mancey i did. I went to all the dollar stores. Im actually already in there. So i kind of peruse. Rebecca all right, so lets talk about some of the dollar store items, you wound up with plates. Mancey yes. Rebecca not just one color but multicolor. You dont have to have just blue for frozen. It really looks fantastic. You found these little doily situations. Mancey yes, yes. And i got those on clearance actually after winter last year, those snowflakes. Rebecca and you ordered the party favors from a dollar type store dollar tree, dollar general. Whatever it is, really take a look there before you go to the main. Mancey its great to look online because your store may not have those items but it doesnt mean that the corporate store doesnt offer it. Theyll also usually ship to their store for free. Which saves you money. Rebecca so you wont even have to pay, a really good tip. All right, another big tip that you did is you repurposed these theyre candlesticks so you used chalk paint or spray paint. You took them from blah to these gorgeous little pedestals in the color that worked for you. Mancey yes. And now heres a really another great tip. A big cakes a lot of money. Mancey its a ton of money. It takes a lot of time to make it. Rebecca and a little cake is not a lot of money. So you did like the your daughter kinsleys big cake is this gorgeous little thing. You got it all decorated. Mancey has her name on it and you can get the pictures that moms love. Rebecca and then kinsleys friends all got. Mancey cupcakes, which we changed up and around and we popped these little suckers in there. Theres rock candy suckers and swirly suckers and these are also things that i just found. I went with a color scheme instead of making everything say frozen. Rebecca what did you do with these guys to decorate . Mancey well, i just had my daughter figure out what her favorite characters were and honest to goodness, i just shoved them in the cake. Rebecca well, and if you watch the movie, i mean, shes gonna marry this guy or this guy so theres that. Oh my gosh. So thats all you did for your little daughters cake, right . Mancey i did. Rebecca okay. Mancey i had several of these, i glued them onto any old wire you can find and, look, you can put it right in there rebecca and all of a sudden you have a much more fancy decorated cake for the kids. Mancey yes. Rebecca so if youve seen it on pinterest and you want to save some money, here are a few tips. We also have all those tips on momseveryday. Com. For moms everyday, im rebecca regnier. Josh elledge how about a perfect homecentered valentines day this year . Now i have some ideas that will work well, whether its just you and your significant loved one, the whole family, or even a great group of friends. I call the first one everyones favorite dinner. This is where you allow each person to pick what theyd really love to have for dinner. Then revel in the interesting clash of flavors when you basically create your own buffet. The next one. Movie marathon. When was the last time you laid around take turns picking the features, make or buy really good popcorn, and have plenty of favorite theater candy. Next option. Camp out. Move furniture out of the way and pop up a tent or make a good Old Fashioned blanket fort. Ban electronics and play board games or card games and read stories. Have typical camping food like hot dogs and smores. Even if you just use the microwave. And of course, dont forget the flashlights for shadow puppets. Next is the home project. Now, this may not seem very romantic but sometimes the best gift you can give is to finish a lingering home project. Get up early and tackle one and then order takeout, curl up on the couch, and bask in the glow of finally getting that project completed. I know my wife would like that one. And finally, what im calling a world away, choose a location youd love to visit and then simulate being there. Fruits and croissants and then tour paris via video. Later, create the vibe of a french cafe with dim lighting, candles, music, and french food. No matter what you do, the important thing is to take the time and make the effort to show your love this valentines day. For savingsangel. Com, im josh elledge. Looking for a quick, healthy dinner idea that the kids will enjoy too . Eat at moms everyday. We have great ideas for picky eaters, feature a recipe of the day, and for moms on a budget, yummy meals you can make for less than 10. Youll find Party Inspiration and how to pack a delicious school lunch. The app is free, just search for moms everyday rachel so when it comes to holidays, there are a lot of holidays that i love but the one i dont love is the one that has to do with love. laughter bao thats great rachel valentines day is just not my favorite. Jen thats sad. Rachel i know. Pam you dont love love . Rachel i dont love love. Bao you dont need a day to declare your love to someone. Rachel thats kind of how i feel. Thats kind of how i feel about it. Jen so why . Why dont you love the love day . Rachel because it sounds really cliche, right, but i feel like you dont need that day to buy your spouse flowers or to go out to dinner. I completely agree. Tiffany it should be spontaneous. Absolutely. Pam i dont like anything about it. I dont i just dont. I dont like making the little valentines, i dont like pasting on the Little Things and putting the sucker through the thing. Tiffany see, im the opposite. I love making the valentine. Pam god bless you, dear. Jen youre that mom yes, at my kids school, im that mom. And im actually a d. I. Dont on a normal basis. But on valentines day, dont come near me because its not gonna come out how its supposed to, but valentines day jen so why valentines . Tiffany i dont know, maybe its the candy. I just really like it. I like making them look special and adding something that wasnt there before but the let down is when i send my kid with these handmade Little Things and they come back with a lollipop. Pam those are mine. Jen thats me. Jen were the pencil. Tiffany yes, yes, or a pencil. Im like, you just took all the fun out of it for me. Pam were sorry. Bao i dont remember the last time i even celebrated valentines day. Jen what do you want from me . Tiffany im the parent who sends the little valentines mailbox for her to collect her stuff and it comes home empty or with a pencil. Jen okay, but you know what, im the parent who when their boys made the valentines box, it was like six years old up in the closet. Rachel still there, yeah. Bao i really dont remember the last time i celebrated a valentines day. The last two years, i was pregnant, nine months pregnant and you dont want to go out. Not at all. Pam your days are coming though. Just wait. Youve got all this to look forward to. Bao im okay. I can tell them i love them today and pam you can. Until they go to school. Bao theres this antivalentines day. Theres singles awareness day on the 14th of february. Jen singles awareness day . Bao have you heard that . Bao theyre like anti, like, who cares. All the single people, what about their day . Jen wait until your kids in high school because valentines day is the one time when the tables turn and the girls are supposed to ask the guys to the dances. Really . Jen and they have Sadie Hawkins dances and they have morp which is prom backwards so then the shoes on the other foot and the girl is supposed to ask the guys so i think thats kind of at least a fun thing that can happen at the high school level. Tiffany at times, because when my son was a teenager, like early teenager, like he bought her a bear and flowers and a cup and a bag and, ma, do you think she needs a bow . Pam youre 12. Tiffany im like, youre setting yourself up for failure, trust me. Jen but he looooved her. Tiffany yeah, not for long. Its midnight, do you know where your mom is . Well, she is my life. And she makes me want to rip my hair out daily. For more, visit momsaftermidnight. Com. Tiffan whether youre cutting out valentines cards or emailing your college student, we hope you find a true valentine treasure this week. Thanks for watching moms everyday. Welcome to world news tonight. Remembering Justice Antonin Scalia and now, the battle to replace hi the conservative titan of americas highest court. Brilliant, sharp, provocative. His sudden death in an election year. Obama vowing to appoint his successor. The republicans saying no way. The new justice could shape the Supreme Court for a generation. Southern brawl. The fiery Republican Debate in south carolina, the next primary state. The rowdiest, loudest, and angriest yet. The World Trade Center came down during your brothers reign. Remember that. Arctic express. The bitter blast of subfreezing cold. The accidents. And the w winter storm on the move. 100 Million People in the way. And, deadly stunt . The zooming car. Then the fiery accident, killing three young women. Did a new social media trend, an app that clocks yourpeed, encourage the young driver to go too fast . Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with the developing news after the sudden death of Supreme CourtJustice Antonin Scalia. He was a powerful conservative voice, dedicated to defending the constitution against what he saw as the nations liberal drift. Now, eight justes, often evenly divided on highlycharged issues