Good afternoon... got home about 20 mins ago... we waited in the queue for 2 hours:eek:
but finally they are done and look pretty good. DH came over from work and helped me out for the second hour... one of his colleagues did the same... was about 20 families ahead of us.

I've calmed down about the parenting style thing. LOL It wasn't really that the kids were running amok... just that the parents themselves were acting like children... LIFTING their toddler up to where we had put things out of reach... like we had child-proofed it but not 'parent-proofed' it ...grrrr. It's also a particular way of speaking to children that seems so prevalent these days: women who use these little soft baby voices and delicately whisper "whoopsy, stop that darling" ARRRGGGGH makes me want to pull my hair out. When a child needs rules reinforced you speak like you mean it ... not like "please darling if it's not too inconvenient for you...". Know what I mean? I don't mean yell and scream, just speak with authority for chrissake!

uh oh... blaster poo... back in a tic....