Mel - I was wondering myself about that pesky parcel! She would have told me if she had it yet, so I guess later this week she'll get it. The farm should be fun in the heat - that place is just sitting in an area with no hills to shade the sun! Sounds like a nice day out, though. The forecast is for 33 degrees with a northerly, so very dry. Bath - agreeing with Mel about Verity and her room. We made our own beds and tidied our own rooms and that was that. If we did it particularly well, we'd get 'stars' and depending on how many were accrued would determine the quality of the prize (once we both scored Cabbage Patch dolls! But we had to wait for ages to get those). It was just a given, as my mum last made our beds before I can even remember!
Had a nice lunch with GF today, was a good catch up. She's in another brigade and is preggers.
I think I'll go to the pool tomorrow. DP will be out of the area, so if I stick around then I may be of some sort of use at the fire station, if needed.
Rory, I'm going to look for you DH's post now...
Bath I agree Kailen makes his bed and Lockies and Wyatt's beds as well and he's only 6, Lockie also helps with cleaning the yard and room, was with Wyatt, so it's not unreasonable to expect Verity to help out with the up keep of her room. Also with the parents of those kids, my X friend the one that I had problems with spoke to her kids the same way and it annoyed the crap out of me, like last year at xmas with the tree she just let her 2 yr old take things off the tree and near on push it over, was not happy Jan as I was teaching Wyatt not to touch and she let her do what ever she wanted to do. Sorry my rant over now, but I agree you have to let the children know that you are serious when you say NO or don't touch and not to interupt (which my boys still do sometimes, but hey who's perfect ).
Rory I think your DH put it really well, well done to him.
Well Wyatt is not going to bad, he doesn't mind sitting on the toilet, he's just not done anything yet, but ah well, he had a little accident wee wise but as soon as he started he stopped just as quick and told me so he's got the idea that he should do it on the floor, just need to get him to do it in the loo. Should be to long before he gets it.
Oh, crap, Amanda So, it really is all over with your friend? I do remember having that discussion. Good boy, Kailen on being a little domestic god!
Hey, I also hope you and DH can ride out this little 'weather pattern' - Christmas is not a good time to be having these things lurking in the background. Simone, how's it going? As much as it's good towel-drying weather, I hope you didn't have to do it yourself!
IK the only thing that goes on between the other lady and I is pleasantries (sp) at school other wise we don't see or speak to each other. As for DH and I, we will get over it Ijust need him totalk more openly about his feelings, as he thinks that I'm the one making him unhappy and I'm unhappy cos he's a bit over bearing with the kids some times which makes me the baddie for saying that they are just kids and let them be for a while if they're not hurting each other then let them be loud. Oh it'll work itself out hopefully.
Simone as the others have said get H to help out with the towels and kids, but a broken wrist out does been sick sorry.
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So, it really is all over with your friend? I do remember having that discussion. Good boy, Kailen on being a little domestic god!
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