cornpop311, got me thinking. I am trying to decide on a venue for Dylan's birthday this summer. We had it at our house last year with the plan that the kids would be outside but it was so hot so they all stayed inside. I want to have it somewhere this year so it will be easier and I was originally thinking at the little gym or the children's museum but I'm not sure they are old enough to really enjoy that. Anyone have any great ideas that I can steal?
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I'm not having a party for R. I hate party planning. It stresses me out and makes me miserable. So we'll just take him somewhere fun as a family and call it a day. No parties for him until he requests one, and even then...I dunno.
yl I'm not a party person either. We started a tradition last year of taking her to a pancake place for breakfast. I'm hoping that will get us through a few years. I swear it's for her and not for me to have a yummy breakfast
And none of our friends have kids so the only kids we'd invite are daycare friends and I'm certainly not put together enough to invite all the daycare families.
+however many to not being a party person. We did a joint party with my brother's kid who also turned 1 last year. We'll probably invite family over for a cookout in July. Whoever comes, great. We won't be going overboard.
Post by kristhegirl on Apr 5, 2017 16:05:59 GMT -5
I would still not do parties but my in-laws would revolt. Their love language is gift-giving and everyone else LOVES parties. Like they are the OG Pinterest moms before Pinterest was a thing.
sarahh, Kara does classes at Little Gym and loves it! If I were doing a party for her this year, I'd probably do it there. I had my 4 year old's 2nd birthday there, and it was great! Super chill and easy.
Would attend, would bring beer and something for the kiddo.
Would there Ben a non-tacky way to say "please don't feel the need to bring anything"? We love pretty far from our friends so consolidating the events feels courteous but I don't want it to be a gift giving event. Or just keep it super casual and embrace the fact that it'll probably happen? Should I send invites? Help me not be tacky pls. It would just be a late afternoon cookout with some lawn games, booze, and cake. Limited kid stuff - just enough to Lee the entertained but nothing special.
I'm terrible with this stuff. I'd pally just call people and invite them casually. Say "we're having a birthday cake for HH" or something but make it clear it's mostly an excuse to show off the new digs and see people.
DH left to go out of town for the second time this week. Chick Fil A and Disney Jr are parenting for me right now, as I enjoy a Spindrift seltzer sharebear05. We're under a tornado watch until 10 tonight. I'm sure nothing will come from it but I hate having bad weather when H is gone. At least my mom comes tomorrow and we get to go shopping in Cincy this weekend!
Post by lovemyirishtwins on Apr 5, 2017 17:15:02 GMT -5
We are at immediate care again because it just dawned on my that v probably has another ear infection. She has had one every month since December. Her tubes fell out in November. We have an ent consult for more tubes but we could not get in until the end of the month.
I love ham as well sharebear05. I found a great crockpot ham recipe that I made not too long ago. Plus, I can buy a ham and make so many things with it throughout the week.
DH left to go out of town for the second time this week. Chick Fil A and Disney Jr are parenting for me right now, as I enjoy a Spindrift seltzer sharebear05. We're under a tornado watch until 10 tonight. I'm sure nothing will come from it but I hate having bad weather when H is gone. At least my mom comes tomorrow and we get to go shopping in Cincy this weekend!
You're coming to cincy? Kid free or with the girls?
So my MIL buys Em a few outfits every few months. They're always casual, every day type things. Until a few weeks before Easter and then suddenly she buys this very fancy dress, obviously meant to be an Easter dress.
She did it last year and this year. My H described this years dress as something she'd wear to JFKs funeral. Both years I already had a dress (neither dresses were my style anyway). This year I really want to return it but my H wont let me.
Sooo does anyone want a navy blue dress with a fancy coat?
My MIL has done this the past 4 years, never asks first, just shows up with them saying, "I couldn't resist!" And now that I have 2 girls they are always matching. I don't mind matching occasionally, but she buys and makes them a lot of dresses and they are ALWAYS matching. This year I am completely ignoring the awful dresses she bought and dressing them in something else, NOT matching. Which reminds me, I need to go shopping asap or we won't have another option!
I want to do a "new house BBQ"/casual birthday. Is that rude/tacky?
We did this when we moved into our new house last summer. It was just a fun cookout with a birthday sheet cake for Henry. It never occurred to me it could be considered rude or tacky. We had a lot of fun!!
ETA - we did a baseball themed evite and wrote "no gifts allowed in the park." I KNOW that is tacky, but we really, really didn't want anything and h's family would have gone all out if we didn't say something. We still ended up being gifted some wine and few toys for H at the end of the day anyway.
Post by kristhegirl on Apr 5, 2017 19:30:20 GMT -5
I just tried to candidly tell my husband how overwhelmed I feel still and how I'm frustrated that after talking about it more than once, I'm still doing ALL the cleaning.
His response was to tell me I snap at him and he feels unappreciated for what he does do.
Post by 360blessings on Apr 5, 2017 19:43:37 GMT -5
Had a fairly productive wfh day followed by Noah's passport appointment. We got there early but there was another family with older kids in front of us so we had to wait a bit. He flirted with everyone in line and told them all "Bye" as he waved. Super cute. Here he is in line right before we got called back for his passport photo:
And...here's the passport photo which was the best we got:
We tried everything...you tube on our phones, the woman taking the photo was making noises and waving an apron, another older gentleman who worked there pulled out his phone and was playing music videos that his grandkids liked and he would not stop crying anytime he got near the stool. Bless the USPS folks, and I hope they accept this photo. DNW up go through that again.
I also did a "sniff test" research study tonight. All I had to do was smell a bunch of dry towels that had been washed with different scented detergent or softener, pick my favorite scent and the worst and then rank them. Then had to do it with wet towels. Easy money and the best part was it was an hour kid and husband free. Afterwards I met them all at Chick-fil-A. Their new frosted strawberry lemonade is amazing and their cheese fries are pretty darn good too.
I just tried to candidly tell my husband how overwhelmed I feel still and how I'm frustrated that after talking about it more than once, I'm still doing ALL the cleaning.
His response was to tell me I snap at him and he feels unappreciated for what he does do.
Oh.
Dh and I had this same fight years ago. Perhaps after ds was born and I was pregnant with dd1. Eventually I got him to see how much I did throughout the day.
I think I made a list of all I did in a month. Pay bills, cleaning, cooking, etc... then I showed him what he did. I asked him to move three areas to his side. He agreed and it started small. Trash, lawn care, and pets became his priority. But now he picks up even more.
Could you try asking or giving him a certain area and say I would appreciate if this was your thing every week? Maybe if you're specific in what you want from him he will be more incline to help?
I grew up in a household where my mom stayed home but my parents shared chores throughout the week and weekend. It was hard to move to a family where I stay home and am expected to do it all so I understand.
Post by lonegalathome on Apr 5, 2017 20:14:09 GMT -5
Oh my. No nanny today- she called off at 130am (emergency) and I booked a pm sitter through the app at 2am and someone saiid yes! O up at 430 so he napped 8-10. I got to work after big kid pick ups and the assistants daughter put a split pea in her ear so she had to go and I assisted instead of catching up. Got home and ds1 had taken the neighbors return address stamp and stamped himself ALL OVER because he wanted tattoos. I had to get everyone to church night as dh is at a meeting and o screamed for 20 min in the nursery so I had to get him and wear him while I wrangled 15 kindergarteners. Home finally and dh just got home. Nanny not coming tomorrow. Oh my.
Hold the phone. Chick-fil-a has cheese fries?! Must investigate that soon. Although I have not had any near as good as at a local place in my hometown.
Sorry about the rough experience 360blessings. If only they could use your shot, he's pretty stinkin' cute!
kristhegirl - DH and I had that argument right after DS1 was born and again after DS2. It's hard. Hopefully y'all come up with something that works better soon!
So we have officially hit the why stage with DS1. I'm feel like I should be counting myself lucky we made it until age 4 though. I might go insane.
Favorite question I have gotten from D so far (following a string of other what/why questions): "Mama, what is why?"
Nice. I run out of explanations pretty quickly. Maybe if I didn't have to explain why a million times a day to teenagers, I could be quicker. This stage lasts for pretty much ever right? Ugh.
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