Hi Yvette,
Well the (L) should have been a love heart Emoticons - when you do that in MSN it brings up a heart - but not on this. Must change that!.
My stepson stays with us 6 days a fortnight. But usually we have him more as his mum likes to have a few drinks often and is always on the prowl for a new man - so we end up with him cos her nights out are more important. He is a sweet boy but really does not have any respect for me or anyone else in the house. He is an only child on the other side and always gets his way with his mum and cannot handle the fact that we dont allow that here. He has raised his hand to his mum and I am really scared that one day he will try that here and it worries me on how I will react to that. Lets just hope [-o< that it never happens.
Emily is very sensitive to peoples feelings and you are right when you say that she puts other peoples feeling first. But there is nothing I can do about it - unless she says that she does not want to do it anymore.
Yeah it is great that our kids are about the same age - its good to compare notes.
Better keep working - got a deadline for tomorrow and the kids are asking whats for tea 8-[