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Most of the romantic and idyllic wedding scenes we have seen in movies involve cute and lovable children. However, being the cheery, innocent and fun creatures that they are, most often weddings, at least in the movies, involving children turn out to be hilarious and disastrously amusing.

We know that children are fun seekers and would not cease to entertain themselves during boring hours. Children cannot easily calm down and comprehend the fun adults have on weddings. The occasion can be quite boring to them.

When children get bored, they become trouble to adults. They can roam around, throw food at people, fight with other kids or ruin things. These are entertaining to them, but can be nightmares to adults, especially to brides and grooms during weddings.

Should You Invite the Children?

Let’s face the facts. To most brides and grooms, having kids at their weddings is not a great idea.

Just thinking about an unruly child messing up her gown, toppling the cake or upsetting the wedding party sets any bride-to-be in panic mode. It’s too bad that so many parents are insensitive to these concerns. Some moms and dads just can’t appreciate or comprehend how a bride or groom may not want to have their cute and loveable kids at the wedding.

Wedding etiquette books and guides suggest that the best way to discourage parents from bringing children is to make it clear on the invitation. According to these guides, brides and grooms who rather not have children at their wedding can do one of two things: leave the kids’ names off of the invitation, or spread the word that it is an “adult only” occasion.

The second option may seem a little extreme, but it’s better than enduring a child’s misbehavior or tantrums on your special day.

Not every parent understands or appreciates wedding etiquette, so it’s perfectly sensible and acceptable for the bride or groom to be straightforward and inform guests beforehand that the wedding involves an ‘adult reception.’

Frankly telling guests with children that kids will not be welcome in the wedding can also be a practical option. For some, the gesture would not be very polite, but practicality would tell otherwise. Every bride and groom wants formality for their much-awaited moments. Recognize that.

Another method to exclude children in wedding invitations is to mention the number of seats reserved for a particular guest. For example, Mr. and Mrs. Mercer are reserved only two seats at the reception. That means that Mr. and Mrs. Mercer’s five children do not have places in the wedding. They should understand that.

If the guests still act clueless and insist on bringing along their children with them, contact them before the wedding and explain why children should not be attending the wedding. Educate them a bit about wedding etiquette.

Wedding etiquette for the parents

If you receive a wedding invitation that does not clearly state that kids are excluded, and if the couple does not call to emphasize the point, then you may assume that you can bring the children. As a courtesy, check with the couple to make sure it’s OK to bring the kids along.

As a parent, remember your wedding etiquette. If your kids misbehave, deal with any unruly behavior right away. You wouldn’t want some kid’s tantrum spoiling your wedding.

Put yourself in the bride and groom’s position. How would you feel if it was your wedding, and someone else’s kids were causing a scene? Suddenly, they don’t seem as sweet or cute.

Take the initiative and leave your children at home, if you can help it, when you attend the wedding. They could play around the house or watch the television or do their homework. They would likely get bored throughout the wedding ceremony and might ruin everything.

If you absolutely must bring your child, wedding etiquette experts advise you to make the most of the opportunity. In other words, mark the occasion as an opportunity to teach your kids about simple and practical wedding etiquette. You can turn this occasion into a lesson by informing the child that he or she is expected to behave just like the adult guests.

This would be the best teaching occasion to show the kids how to act during weddings, and train them about some table and social manners.

In addition, wedding etiquette tell us to learn from each wedding. For the couple, it teaches how to be good hosts. For guests, it teaches how to be good guests and for parents to be good teachers to their children who are incidentally also attending the wedding.

Gardening in and of itself is an art form. And the art of fine gardening is just that, an art. Fine gardening may mean many things to many people, but to me fine gardening means more than just a garden. It encompasses all that’s good and graceful in gardening and combines them to make one garden that is the epitome of all your dreams.

My enjoyment of fine gardening comes not only from the finished garden but from the endless hours that I spend designing and planning the actual garden, from the moment I first have the germ of an idea, to the moment I place the last sapling, and plant the last flower. All I want, all that I can be, should show through when first a person steps into this land of fine gardening, a place of peace and calm where a person can meditate on the finer things in life.

A water feature - something that produces a soothing sound continuously - is a must for me. A nice lotus or water lily for some color, and maybe even a few fish. Some ferns and leafy plants around the pond, and this oasis is complete.

Under ideal circumstances a big tree sits in the corner of the garden, with a nice dark brown trunk just a little to big to get my arms all the way around. The green leaves and branches spill down to the ground with a satisfyingly controlled chaos. But a few saplings may have to do, with the knowledge they will one day be the trees I want.

Green is the target color, so a luscious lawn surrounds the garden itself.

Lots of varieties of plants, and as many colors, are my favorite so I’d add a meandering pathway through the garden to enjoy them all.

And to finish it all off I’d have a little alcove, unseen from afar, that afforded the curious visitor a wide-angled view of the whole garden, with a sun shade, and a low-lying bench with a few plump cushions strewn carelessly about, and all of it surrounded by a profusion of welcoming flowers.

In the distance I would set about placing a few boulders, pleasing in stature and color to the eye, surrounded perhaps by a few flowers.

In the midst of all this natural splendor I’ll walk through the garden, feeling the satisfaction and peace that comes from a job well done.

Dachshund is popular in countries like Germany, France and United States. Around the 17th century, German foresters were having trouble with badgers, nasty creatures weighing around twenty to forty pound residing underground. The idea of breeding a dog that could fight a badger to death was formulated. That gave way to the birth of Dachshund, a brave and intelligent dog having short legs and long body strong enough to work even down the burrow.

The word Dachshund is composed of two German words Dach and Hund. Dach means badger and Hund means dog. So literally, Dachshund means “badger dog”. This breed is also called wiener dog, hot dog and sausage dog based on their long and narrow build. In Germany, they are also known as Dackel and Teckel.

Modern Dachshund popular today is a mixture of German, French and English hounds and terriers. Formal breeding program was started way back in 17th century. It is said that smooth-haired Teckel was created out of a small pointer type called French Braque and Pinscher. Then during the French Revolution in the late 18th century, France’ upper class went to Germany for escape. Taking with them their pets gave way to the crossing of German Teckel and French Bassets. The offspring of this mix called Dachsbracke if they have long legs and Dachshunds if they have short legs, short ears and pointed muzzle.

Dachshund was first introduced in the United States between the year 1879 and 1885. Basically, Dachshunds are classified into two varieties; the smooth-coated and longhaired varieties. Recently, another variety was added to Dachshund, the wirehaired Dachshund. Dachshund also comes into two sizes; the Miniature which is less than eleven pounds and the Standard that weighs about eighteen to twenty pounds. In Germany however, another size was added, the Kaninchenteckel. Kaninchenteckel is determined through chest measurement taken at the age of fifteen months.

World War I was a disaster for Dachshunds. There was a decrease in the number of this breed because during those years, anything that has something to do with German was being hated. They were oftentimes the victims of those hatred. Good thing they have great skills and irresistible charm, the number was increased and became popular once more.

Though originally developed to hunt badgers, Dachshunds are popular pets too! In the United States, they ranked 6th in the most recent AKC registration statistics, with the standard smooth-haired as the most popular.

These dogs with exceptional skills in hunting badgers was later found out as excellent hunter of fox, rabbit and in tracking wounded deer. Dachshund in packs can also hunt wild boar.