Hai! My father is coming over for dinner tonight! Woot woot! I miss him. Except for a stuck-up uncle, I have no biological family in the area anymore. I decided to make BBQ pork ribs in the crockpot, so that was quite the process this morning. And then we'll have corn on the cob and mashed red potatoes. I cannot wait to walk into my house tonight and smell the BBQ goodness!
M's teacher laughed this morning when I told M to be nice today. She admitted that it's probably just a phase, but she wanted to let me know what kind of shenanigans M is partaking in. This morning she decided to unroll the toilet paper while I brushed my teeth. Shenanigans indeed.
Today is my friday. E is giving us a hard time going down. We went up at 830 and she played around in our bed until 9. I guess from it being bright so much later.
Back to normal life today, whatever that means. At least not travelling or training people or spending time with my boss. Woo. Who knows if he will even be in today?! It's like a game! Will he, won't he? Take your guess!
Hoping to have an easy breezy Thursday. That's all I got for now.
ladymike i never know anymore if my boss will be in. I saw her last Friday and she may have been here 1 day this week. Not sure. Even when she is here I may see her for about 5 seconds in a full day.
So my kid learned how to climb the baby gate. Like up and over. If I could drink, I'd be wasted because this is way too stressful. Why does she have to be smart AND motivated to cause destruction. I would have been happy with silent observer. Someone bring me a sonic shake or a bag of sour patch kids.
ladymike fx you don't have to deal with your boss today
sjep922 have fun getting frozen yogurt with R! That sounds amazing!
TheTuna15 I feel you so hard. R can climb over ours too. She's insane.. She literally front flipped off her plastic play yard thingy the other day.. This kid is going to be the death of me.
If anyone wants to come borrow M, the chill baby, you're more than welcome The most daredevil thing she does is violently rock her toddler chair. And occasionally climb through the cat door. But her diapered butt stops her from getting all the way through.
With gates, she stands at them and acts like a caged King Kong. One day she'll pull so hard that the gate will fall on her. That'll teach her.
Guys I'm feeling really mopey today.. Yesterday we had a super fun day with my moms side of the family at their lake house on the boat. It was a little tough though because my uncle and his wife both have cancer. My uncle just came home from the hospital yesterday and has had extensive surgeries and chemo. Then when we thought he was getting better his wife was diagnosed with cancer and went through chemo. Now she's doing ok and now his cancer came back.. They keep ping ponging. It was nice to spend time with them though while they're both feeling someone okay. Plus my Grampy has dementia so it's tough because he doesn't really remember us. Then when I got back my dad let me know that his brother was just diagnosed with cancer and it's not looking good. He is my favorite uncle. I know that make me sounds like an ass but he is! He's always always been there for me. No matter what, and a lot of the rest of my family isn't like that. I just feel like my family is falling apart.
Sorry to unload like that but I'm having a sad day.
TheTuna15, just spotted him, no nasty coffee.. yet... ha! Our new obsession is STEPS. She beelines for any curb or steps and will go up/down/up/down over and over. Not good for my heart.
coleybug13 big hugs!! Seeing family go through that sort of thing is so so hard. Also, I don't think it's unusually to have a favorite uncle, grandparent etc. so it doesn't make you sound like ass IMO. Vent anytime!
Post by graciest719 on Jun 23, 2016 9:18:07 GMT -5
Ugh. DH and I just took the kids to see Lord Voldemort, aka FIL. Yuck. He is such a terrible person. Ive successfully avoided seeing him since Christmas but my luck ran out today. He's just such an epic dick. I can't stand him. BUT I took one for the team. DH owes me so hard. The
Post by portuguesemama on Jun 23, 2016 9:24:42 GMT -5
Not much going on here today. Home with N who got up screaming at 2 and only went back down after some milk. If he would eat real food, maybe he wouldn't be up MOTN, but he's just starting to stir now at 10 so I know all of his new teeth are kicking his butt. The viewing is tomorrow for Lauren. It's going to be awful I'm definitely not looking forward to it.
Morning ladies! My kids both slept in past 6:15 so I'm calling that my win for the day! malvo- I'm jealous. I always enjoy meals in the crockpot but I rarely use it. Love coming home to dinner being done. Enjoy! @megaugust- Maybe she'll be extra tired tonight and go down easily??!! Crossing fingers for you. ladymike- Hoping he stays far, far away today! sjep922- So glad work went well yesterday. Happy for you. Plus fro yo? Amazing. TheTuna15- That's how my big kid was and still is. 4 trips to the ER by 3 years old. He's constantly on some sort of mission to figure things out and injure or kill himself in the meantime, I swear. It's awful. Keep her busy and stimulated... that helps us for sure. OH! Also can't freaking wait for my Angelou to arrive. So excited. Thank you!! coleybug13- So sorry, friend. Big hugs. But I'm glad you guys could enjoy your day and make some nice memories together. graciest719- FIL sounds just lovely. You're right, DH totally owes you! portuguesemama- Ugh, viewings are always tough. What a sad situation. Sending hugs.
portuguesemama, would you mind posting your professional family pic again? I think you used the color scheme I'm thinking of for our upcoming pics..a blue/green combo?!
I'm in planning mode for our upcoming photo shoot. We'lol do it outside somewhere (prefer w mountains in the background) and I want to have various balls for the boys to play with, chase after. Think like beach balls. I want a white blanket spread out and then eating Popsicles too.. I'll prob throw in some bubbles for good measure too.
Work today. Taking girls to the botanic garden, it's a free day.
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