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I just read the latest with your favorite family members, MC! I can't believe they STILL have not gotten the message! I am with you all the way on letting your "freak flag fly" so to speak when they come to visit this time. I love that your 13-year old will be watching what he wants rather than what is appropriate for the little ones (caveat before someone implies that I have no common sense: we all, me included, understand that this is not a good idea in general, and go out of our way to protect littlies, but when the parents of the little ones are basically not respectful to your needs, then everything changes). Other ideas: 1) perhaps there will be a day or two when you are too sick to get out of bed, except to make sure your kids get what they need, unless they are at pre-arranged play dates, lol; 2) Is there a time when you'll need to take care of a LOUD chore right near their bedroom late at night or early in the morning? Rearranging pots and pans could be effective; 3) can you mention that they are staying in the bedrooms where your next door neighbor sometimes climbs up to peep in? 4) Don't you feel a need to try to cook that special exotic something that you've always wanted to try - pigs brains, grilled habaneros, or dirt soup - when you have little else in the way of food in the house (accept for the cool picnic foods you've stored in your room ahead of time so that right after the "meal" when you're "sick" you and the kids can go have a picnic in your room)? Oh, this is getting to be too much fun! I'm sure we can all come up with a whole lot more!