Good morning! We survived yesterday's wedding! SIL1 did NOT attend her own sister's wedding. (Dun dun duuuuuun). Besides that, the wedding went off without a hitch, L was wonderful and everyone thought so. Lots of compliments on how well behaved he was! (I thanked everyone, but I don't think it was me... he's a pretty good boy all on his own) We got home around 8 and all 3 of us were asleep by 10pm!
Good morning! We survived yesterday's wedding! SIL1 did NOT attend her own sister's wedding. (Dun dun duuuuuun). Besides that, the wedding went off without a hitch, L was wonderful and everyone thought so. Lots of compliments on how well behaved he was! (I thanked everyone, but I don't think it was me... he's a pretty good boy all on his own) We got home around 8 and all 3 of us were asleep by 10pm!
Morning. it's a rainy morning here. I plan to head to the gym, but man this rain makes it hard. H commented that it's inside so it should make it easier. Yes but I have to get two kids inside the gym quickly... That means carrying both of them.
For once, I need Monday in my life just to move on and be normal.
It's raining here too blah. I'm in the office and just got an email from my manager (who is located in another one of our offices about an hour away) - he wants to have a call and discuss how "my schedule is going now that I've been back a while".
Ok office dicks, who complained? Seriously out of left field bc he's told me on multiple occasions this arrangement (me in office two days a week and from home three days) could stay in place through the end of the year. So what's there to discuss now? Yes, I don't get as much done at home but to be fair to myself I'm a work horse to begin with and that merely puts me on par with coworkers who sit around shooting the shit all day here, I more than make up for it.
Would you guys be upset about your SIL and BIL possibly not coming to your baby's baptism because their kid has t-ball (and pictures) that day?
Well my view is colored since none are local but we didn't have any siblings at C's baptism and it didn't bother me. I think I am kind of weird though, I see it as s special occasion between me and my church and personally felt like I invited the grandparents out of obligation.
That is tough. If it wasn't picture day and they were local yeah I would be disappointed, with it being picture day I sort of get it more but it still seems missable.
ETA I do think it's totally reasonable to be disappointed.
And standing outside in the rain with one while getting the other out aggiebug! Not fun.
Ha I have perfected the unbuckling from the front seat and even getting C out of his seat and into the carrier so I just have to open the door and pick up DD and dash inside. Getting back in the car is worse . Still such a pain!
Would you guys be upset about your SIL and BIL possibly not coming to your baby's baptism because their kid has t-ball (and pictures) that day?
Ummm yes. Really? Can one not go to Tball and the other come, and once Tball is over meet at whatever gathering you might have?
I think that is what they decided to do. BIL made a comment about how he might catch on fire walking into a church (yea, ok with that comment) but then said he'll take nephew to tball and SIL can come to the baptism. It didn't seem like SIL wanted to miss tball though. I don't even know. I love them to death and I've never had an issue with them, but this is bothering me.
Post by jubilantsquirrel on May 22, 2017 8:18:05 GMT -5
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Would you guys be upset about your SIL and BIL possibly not coming to your baby's baptism because their kid has t-ball (and pictures) that day?
This is your H's brother or sister, correct? How does he feel about it? Was it a milestone game (like first or last?). I would be upset I think.
H's sister and her H. I mentioned it to H this morning and he seemed annoyed but just whatever about it. He doesn't show much emotion about these things.
I think it's the last day and also picture day, so I know it's harder to just skip it but we also had to work around this game for mother's day too. It's such a short season so they didn't want to skip games.
There's an admin nomination thread on the politics forum. Right now the plan is nominate admin then later debate and vote for admins then pick where to go knowing who the admins are.
If you're interested in having your voice heard then now is the time.
I don't know if I have it in me to go there again after seeing more fighting this morning. I like pretending that things are normal in our little bubble here.
Would you guys be upset about your SIL and BIL possibly not coming to your baby's baptism because their kid has t-ball (and pictures) that day?
Ummm yes. Really? Can one not go to Tball and the other come, and once Tball is over meet at whatever gathering you might have?
This is what we would do. I mean, I get wanting your kid there to get pictures with his team, etc, but DH and I both missed a game of B's this year.
I assume when we say t-ball we're talking about young kids. I'd feel differently if it was like the high school state championship or something. But generally speaking, DH and i have agreed that we are not going to let our *young* children's sports/activities run the show. I think kids' sports have gotten out of control, but that's probably a rant for another day
Post by shedreamsincolor on May 22, 2017 8:47:02 GMT -5
+1 to not wanting my kids' sporting events dictate our lives. Unfortunately this seems to be kind of a life philosophy (and not one that my H and I agree on). My BIL and SIL and their two boys miss almost all family events for their kids sporting events. This has been going on since T ball days
+1 to not wanting my kids' sporting events dictate our lives. Unfortunately this seems to be kind of a life philosophy (and not one that my H and I agree on). My BIL and SIL and their two boys miss almost all family events for their kids sporting events. This has been going on since T ball days
shedreamsincolor That sucks. I understand sports are important for some people but they should at least try to make some family events.
waitwhat That would be upsetting. I'm glad she ended up coming.
Rant ahead.. I think a big part of me being upset is that it seems like C doesn't get nearly the same attention that the other two kids get (we kind of talked about this type of thing a few days ago). When H told his mom about the baptism, her first response was R still has tball. Then I sent a more formal invitation to our family group chat and all I got back was a smiley face from MIL, followed by some weird pictures of her neighbor trying to get into a hammock. When I sent the link for C's 6 months pictures, I again got a smiley face from MIL and that was it. But everything from SIL gets an actual response. Maybe I'm being overly sensitive. /endrant
It's rainy here, too. I almost always end up wet getting the kids into the car. It'll happen today when we go out to our playdate...but I can't stay in today. I haven't been alone with them for an hour and I'm already going crazy. aggiebug
goldenlove3 I might be disappointed, but not upset. If one came and the other did t-ball, I'd honestly be ok with it, even if a bit disappointed. I get that a baptism is an important, one time event. But, being on a team and getting team pictures is probably important to them.
Post by shedreamsincolor on May 22, 2017 9:03:41 GMT -5
dashook - me too! My husband and I agree that family events should trump little kids sports but we divide in our opinion regarding once the child is in middle/high school. He was an athlete all the way through college (elite - he was an All American wrestler) and sports were his life growing up. His parents used to drive them 60 minutes one way two or three nights a week for practices. Blows my mind. He agrees that youth sports are overblown but wants our boys to be actively involved in sports from a young age. I am the opposite - don't have an athletic bone in my body. I have a hard time relating.
Post by shedreamsincolor on May 22, 2017 9:06:31 GMT -5
goldenlove3 - my boys are grandchildren 8 and 10 for my parents. Needless to say the novelty for birthday parties, baptisms, etc wore off long ago. I'm one of the youngest in my family so it's just a matter of birth order. I used to get super annoyed because I have gone to my older siblings kiddos events for YEARS before I had my own kids. Now I just kind of try to let it go, realizing this is one of those life things I can't change no matter how much I try. It's frustrating, I hear you!
There's an admin nomination thread on the politics forum. Right now the plan is nominate admin then later debate and vote for admins then pick where to go knowing who the admins are.
If you're interested in having your voice heard then now is the time.
I don't know if I have it in me to go there again after seeing more fighting this morning. I like pretending that things are normal in our little bubble here.
I hear ya. This is just for nominations right now, so if you have anyone in mind that you think would be a good admin then you can just throw a name out there and then be done with it.
I'm also very thankful for our little board here and I'm glad we're still posting here for the time being.
We are already having a difficult morning after a difficult night. I'm not sure what the deal is. I don't see anything that is obviously bothering her. In the last hour, I'd say she cried for at least half of it. She's fed. She has a clean diaper. No fever. Not congested. I just don't get it. After a really hard night with lots of fussing and wakeups, I just can't deal. She's in her swing now after trying to sooth her. I'm hoping this is all teething and it'll end when she pops the tooth. I can feel swelling, but no teeth yet.
It's supposed to rain until the evening so we are going over to CFA for brunch and a play date. I also need to stop by the Target on my way home for a few things. I am also planning to make salted caramel brownie cookies with Lillian today since our usual outside time won't be happening.
I just keep telling myself it's the last real week of school. Then 3 day weekend, 3 half days, one last teacher check out day, and then we go to CO. I can do it. I can make it to summer. And then I have dh home every day until August and my mom will be retired.
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