My neighbor died sometime this morning. His wife got up, made his breakfast, and went to wake him up and he was gone. He died in the time it took to make eggs and toast. He has been sick for a long time.
I have some errands to run, then I'll make them something and take it over.
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There has been a steady stream of people next door all day.
I'm going to wait to go over.
I'll wait til after the funeral and no one is constantly there to take her something.
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My neighbor died sometime this morning. His wife got up, made his breakfast, and went to wake him up and he was gone. He died in the time it took to make eggs and toast. He has been sick for a long time.
I have some errands to run, then I'll make them something and take it over.
We received our first incident report from preschool last week. My dad picked DS up on Friday and gave the report to me when I picked up DS. Another student hit DS on the head. I asked DS what happened. He was dodgy about it but eventually said that another boy accidentally hit him while they were playing. I felt there was more to it so I asked his teacher what happened when we picked him up yesterday. What really happened? He was busy and a girl wanted to play with him. He didn't want to so he said no and she bopped him on the head. I cracked up laughing! Totally figures DS would find the feisty girl!
SIL emailed DH yesterday that apparently their uncle died Saturday. Uncle moved to the mountains when DH and sis were tweens and they never saw him again. The story is he moved to get away from the family. I have to wonder if the family just didn't want to make the 2 hour drive to see him. They always acted like the 3 hour drive to our house was a cross-country road trip.
We received our first incident report from preschool last week. My dad picked DS up on Friday and gave the report to me when I picked up DS. Another student hit DS on the head. I asked DS what happened. He was dodgy about it but eventually said that another boy accidentally hit him while they were playing. I felt there was more to it so I asked his teacher what happened when we picked him up yesterday. What really happened? He was busy and a girl wanted to play with him. He didn't want to so he said no and she bopped him on the head. I cracked up laughing! Totally figures DS would find the feisty girl!
Too funny! So, DS wasn't in trouble though, right? I mean who knows today with kids not being allowed to say they have a "best friend" for fear it'll make all the other kids in class feel badly about themselves.
SIL emailed DH yesterday that apparently their uncle died Saturday. Uncle moved to the mountains when DH and sis were tweens and they never saw him again. The story is he moved to get away from the family. I have to wonder if the family just didn't want to make the 2 hour drive to see him. They always acted like the 3 hour drive to our house was a cross-country road trip.
Sorry.
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
We received our first incident report from preschool last week. My dad picked DS up on Friday and gave the report to me when I picked up DS. Another student hit DS on the head. I asked DS what happened. He was dodgy about it but eventually said that another boy accidentally hit him while they were playing. I felt there was more to it so I asked his teacher what happened when we picked him up yesterday. What really happened? He was busy and a girl wanted to play with him. He didn't want to so he said no and she bopped him on the head. I cracked up laughing! Totally figures DS would find the feisty girl!
Too funny! So, DS wasn't in trouble though, right? I mean who knows today with kids not being allowed to say they have a "best friend" for fear it'll make all the other kids in class feel badly about themselves.
Nope. He handled everything correctly on his end. I'm surprised he didn't smack the girl right back - which DH and I both told him he did the right thing - inform the teacher and let the teacher handle it.
We enrolled him in a traditional back-to-basics school that is academically-focused. None of the feelings crap that is so prevalent these days. The kids are taught how to be good citizens and how to act properly. I've noticed that a lot of the lessons in these first weeks of preschool are about teaching the kids how to handle interpersonal communications. I've noticed that DS is maturing a bit too. Cognitively, he's ready for kindergarten but he definitely wasn't emotionally or socially ready.
So, the inevitable happened. DD14 is growing up, and DH is still treating her a bit too much like a little girl. He still tells her to go to bed by 9:00, which isn't a bad thing - but it's the same time as her 8 year old little sister. I told him we needed to let her stay up a little later, and he says she'll just be tired and cranky in the morning. He's not wrong - he's just not understanding the need to be treated older just because she's older.
And I feel for her. He tells me to go to bed, too, and I hate it. LOL. Even though he has a point because I lose track of time and would stay up until all hours. He says we're just alike and before you know it, it would be midnight and we'd both be miserable tomorrow.
He has to understand it's HOW he says it that matters.
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I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
So, the inevitable happened. DD14 is growing up, and DH is still treating her a bit too much like a little girl. He still tells her to go to bed by 9:00, which isn't a bad thing - but it's the same time as her 8 year old little sister. I told him we needed to let her stay up a little later, and he says she'll just be tired and cranky in the morning. He's not wrong - he's just not understanding the need to be treated older just because she's older.
And I feel for her. He tells me to go to bed, too, and I hate it. LOL. Even though he has a point because I lose track of time and would stay up until all hours. He says we're just alike and before you know it, it would be midnight and we'd both be miserable tomorrow.
He has to understand it's HOW he says it that matters.
Maybe try this?
She still has to go to her room at 9, but she has to stay quiet, and be in bed by 9:30 or 10.
It worked with all my kids and they would usually be asleep long before it was lights out.
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Take them on a 2 week vacation in a different time zone. I swear, since coming back from vacation, the boys will now sleep in. And they still go to bed around 9. It's a miracle.
So, the inevitable happened. DD14 is growing up, and DH is still treating her a bit too much like a little girl. He still tells her to go to bed by 9:00, which isn't a bad thing - but it's the same time as her 8 year old little sister. I told him we needed to let her stay up a little later, and he says she'll just be tired and cranky in the morning. He's not wrong - he's just not understanding the need to be treated older just because she's older.
And I feel for her. He tells me to go to bed, too, and I hate it. LOL. Even though he has a point because I lose track of time and would stay up until all hours. He says we're just alike and before you know it, it would be midnight and we'd both be miserable tomorrow.
He has to understand it's HOW he says it that matters.
Maybe try this?
She still has to go to her room at 9, but she has to stay quiet, and be in bed by 9:30 or 10.
It worked with all my kids and they would usually be asleep long before it was lights out.
This is the compromise we reached.
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LawyerLady
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
So, the inevitable happened. DD14 is growing up, and DH is still treating her a bit too much like a little girl. He still tells her to go to bed by 9:00, which isn't a bad thing - but it's the same time as her 8 year old little sister. I told him we needed to let her stay up a little later, and he says she'll just be tired and cranky in the morning. He's not wrong - he's just not understanding the need to be treated older just because she's older.
And I feel for her. He tells me to go to bed, too, and I hate it. LOL. Even though he has a point because I lose track of time and would stay up until all hours. He says we're just alike and before you know it, it would be midnight and we'd both be miserable tomorrow.
He has to understand it's HOW he says it that matters.
Maybe try this?
She still has to go to her room at 9, but she has to stay quiet, and be in bed by 9:30 or 10.
It worked with all my kids and they would usually be asleep long before it was lights out.
This is the compromise we reached.
I hope it works for you.
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Too funny! So, DS wasn't in trouble though, right? I mean who knows today with kids not being allowed to say they have a "best friend" for fear it'll make all the other kids in class feel badly about themselves. 