Kate, You Make Me Blush

First of all, I would like to begin by asking the question, "Does anyone mention to Kate that she looks like crap while being interviewed?" Last week it was her hair, this week it was the blush. If, there are "good" moments of Kate with her family, Jen Stocks is not capturing them or she is purposely trying to portray Kate in a bad light. I personally believe what we see on the show is the best they can come up with, which brings me to the episode I've nicknamed "The Show Must Go On".
The show begins with the cast, oops I meant the family shopping at a Sporting Goods store so that they can purchase brand new equipment for a backyard campout. The purchase included:
2 six man tents
10 sleeping bags
10 lanterns
4 air mattresses
8 mini dustpans (Kate's favorite purchase)
10 marshmallow forks
24 batteries
1 box glow necklaces/sticks
3 Huge Koosh balls, marshmallows, graham crackers and chocolate bars
Firepit? Did they own this already? Firewood

Adding everything up had to come close to three thousand dollars. What bothers me the most about this episode and frankly most of the episodes is how they flaunt their spending in front of their public especially since both of them are unemployed.
Our economy is suffering, people are being laid off, home sales are down, the unemployment rate is up, foreclosures are rampant and college tuitions are astronomical. The average American family consists of two working parents and 2.5 kids and they could never afford such an extravagance backyard campout as featured in last nights episode. "It's a cheap family outing" says Jon, way to rub it in our faces. Sure it is, Jon everything is cheap to you because your kids earn everything for you and your lovely blushing bride (pun intended). Even if a family could afford to purchase all the gear just to camp in the backyard, what family is dumb enough to do so? You phone a family member, a friend, a neighbor to borrow tents and you make the marshmallow sticks. I guess family and friends are a scarce commodity in the Gosselin household, you do what you always do. Exploit your children! This leads me to the V-tech ads. I'm not going to bother mentioning much about this part, in my opinion it proves that the Gosselin children are nothing but a marketing machine and just adds more fuel to the proverbial fire. Speaking of rubbing things in our faces, how many kids are now going to have to have that silly V-tech game system? I wonder if there was no show, no freebies and Kate and Jon worked like the rest of us, would they go out and actually purchase (with their money) this thing? Kate, have you ever thought of reading to your children? It actually helps preschoolers learn how to recognize letters and numbers. But, it might be too much to ask of Princess Kate who can't be bother with raising her children.
Back to "The Show Must Go On". Due to inclement weather Jon has set up the tents in the garage. Since both these parents don't work and the kids are not in school, why does this campout have to take place on that night? Oh yeah, production schedules... The kids let Jon know that they want to camp outside and not in the garage so Jon checks the weather and decides the rain is far away and moves the cast, crew and set out to the backyard. Jon decides to roast marshmallows with the kids over the fire pit while Kate is not around. He gives all the kids these incredibly long and sharp metal sticks and allows them to roast, burn and eat to their little hearts content. I thought it was a good idea but personally, I would never allow my children at that age to use those weapons to roast marshmallows. So, where the hell is Kate through all of this? She only shows her face to micro manage, blame and attack her husband and children. I think TLC's way of "damage control" is to keep Kate out of the camera as much as possible. Kate is only present when it is time to stuff her face with a smore and go to bed. But, she makes sure she is in a comfortable tent with only a few of the kids. When the twins ask her if they can come in to sleep with her, she yells "no, you're ok". Sorry folks, I have to say it, what a bitch! The Gosselins sleep through the night with the sound of rain hitting their tents, Jon gets up to cover the twins tent with plastic, again what the hell does Kate do? ever? But, of course the next morning she is the first one out of the tent and she runs into the house yelling, "they make houses because people should sleep in houses". Way to ruin the fun as usual. I'm sure she wanted to be the first one in to hit the craft service table to make sure her face was stuffed before attending to her family. Jon tells us that he doesn't see the family camping together, maybe just Cara and one of the boys. So, it's a good thing you went out and spent all that money on the equipment! I'm sure they'll fetch a pretty penny for it at a garage sale. Way to rub it in our faces again Jon, speaking of rubbing into faces.....Kate rub your blush in!!!!
And, what was up with the "exciting news". Oh my gosh, if it is that they are going to Hawaii, I am going to scream!!! Another way to rub into our faces what us poor working suckers that don't exploit our children can't afford. Or, rumor has it they are adopting a baby or maybe she's pregnant (I doubt it). Speculation is that a baby will make the show last longer. How would that make the show last longer? How boring to watch Kate at home with a baby and it's nanny. I vote for the surprise being they're going to Hawaii and renewing their farce of a marriage. YUK!!