Re: Rob's HH #12: Sisterhood of the Pattinson
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:51 am
Whew...it's vacation week and still busy!! This weekend was Carnaval/mardi gras. We went to the parade here in town because it lines up so close to our house. Bug hated it because the music was so loud it hurt her ears and she kept diving into my side with one ear pressed into my side and my hand over the other ear. They got some candy, which they loved, and we were going to go to the parade where my in-laws live yesterday, but the kids didn't want to go. MM wanted to play Rummy Cube (board game) and Bug and my nephew wanted to ride their bikes to the park and play soccer. So Opa took them biking and such and daddy and Oma played with MM and I read. I'm not a board game person. Then we had dinner and Oma got mad at MM because he wouldn't eat his chicken nuggets. He said they tasted different and she was angry because they were the same kind she ALWAYS buys and he's always eaten them before so she thought he was just being a whiner. Then -I- tasted the chicken nuggets...eeuuww. THey were completely different. Now we know why he didn't like them!
Tomorrow we're going to have to get up EARLY because Bug has to go to the dentist at 8:15 to fill cavities and then I have to take MM to the physical therapist at 1:00pm to test his motor skills, and then I have a meeting in the evening for choir board. Wednesday our grocery store is closing early and they will be closed for 2 weeks while they switch over to a different chain, so they are giving a 50% discount on everything...I'm betting it's going to be BUSY. Then MM has his swimming lesson and hubs gets to swim with him. (I can't go because of the shingles being spreadable in water) and then they are heading to my in-laws for dinner and the kids will stay there for a few days, and I have a dinner with the First Sopranos in choir. Then Friday, hubs took the day off to take me to Zwolle to get my new residency card. Then we're meeting my in-laws and the kiddos for dinner at a restaurant and we'll take the kids home with us. BUSY. At least Thursday and today I'm pretty free. And Monday next week we have parent/teacher conferences. I'm anxious to ask a few questions.
Sean, so glad you got to go home. It must be nice to finally be home in your own environment!
Lynne, yes, I like to know who's coming for the same reason. I need to know how many favor bags to make, how much stuff to get for games, snacks, etc...over here, most people only call if they AREN'T coming, so you assume that if they don't RSVP, they will be there. I always put on the invitations "Please call us at ####### to let us know whether or not you'll be coming." and if I hear nothing, I will generally find the parents at the school when we're dropping off kids or picking them up and I'll ask, but I didn't see this mother to ask her. It was really rude of her not to call. And his best friend came and his mom is on the parent board with me and she had said she was talking to this mother and her son wasn't sure from one day to the next whether he wanted to go or not. Then he was upset the next day when he found out his best friend had been there and he hadn't gone. -I- had not been looking forward to the two of them together because they are WILD together, so I was quite happy that he didn't come, but I wish they had let me know.
That's great that swimming is going so well!!! It's hard when they struggle so much. MM is doing much better now, too. It's such a relief!
With the clean up of the park, do you have dish gloves or something you can wear so you don't have to actually handle the garbage with your hands? Or maybe get one of those sticks with the claw to pick up things you don't want to touch? In my hometown, we used to have a clean up day like that and it was actually fun. All the kids showed up at a central point and were taken by fire truck (we got to ride on top) to parks and open spaces, we were given trash bags, and for every trash bag we filled we got a free swim pass. Then around noon we were brought back to the central point where we were fed hotdogs! It was so fun as a kid!
Sarah, glad you are feeling better, but sorry Jason messed his back up again!! Is he feeling better?
It is a super fun tradition for report card day. Bug picked strawberry yogurt, apple pie, and skittles. MM chose some other candy...very Dutch, giant chocolate covered cream puffs, and some little cakes. Hubs and I ate Chicken.
I am still itchy and kind of sore. There's one spot on my back that feels like I'm lying on a marble when I lie on my right side. It's hard to get comfortable, but the blisters are starting to burst and dry up so hopefully it will be over within the week!
Tomorrow we're going to have to get up EARLY because Bug has to go to the dentist at 8:15 to fill cavities and then I have to take MM to the physical therapist at 1:00pm to test his motor skills, and then I have a meeting in the evening for choir board. Wednesday our grocery store is closing early and they will be closed for 2 weeks while they switch over to a different chain, so they are giving a 50% discount on everything...I'm betting it's going to be BUSY. Then MM has his swimming lesson and hubs gets to swim with him. (I can't go because of the shingles being spreadable in water) and then they are heading to my in-laws for dinner and the kids will stay there for a few days, and I have a dinner with the First Sopranos in choir. Then Friday, hubs took the day off to take me to Zwolle to get my new residency card. Then we're meeting my in-laws and the kiddos for dinner at a restaurant and we'll take the kids home with us. BUSY. At least Thursday and today I'm pretty free. And Monday next week we have parent/teacher conferences. I'm anxious to ask a few questions.
Sean, so glad you got to go home. It must be nice to finally be home in your own environment!
Lynne, yes, I like to know who's coming for the same reason. I need to know how many favor bags to make, how much stuff to get for games, snacks, etc...over here, most people only call if they AREN'T coming, so you assume that if they don't RSVP, they will be there. I always put on the invitations "Please call us at ####### to let us know whether or not you'll be coming." and if I hear nothing, I will generally find the parents at the school when we're dropping off kids or picking them up and I'll ask, but I didn't see this mother to ask her. It was really rude of her not to call. And his best friend came and his mom is on the parent board with me and she had said she was talking to this mother and her son wasn't sure from one day to the next whether he wanted to go or not. Then he was upset the next day when he found out his best friend had been there and he hadn't gone. -I- had not been looking forward to the two of them together because they are WILD together, so I was quite happy that he didn't come, but I wish they had let me know.
That's great that swimming is going so well!!! It's hard when they struggle so much. MM is doing much better now, too. It's such a relief!
With the clean up of the park, do you have dish gloves or something you can wear so you don't have to actually handle the garbage with your hands? Or maybe get one of those sticks with the claw to pick up things you don't want to touch? In my hometown, we used to have a clean up day like that and it was actually fun. All the kids showed up at a central point and were taken by fire truck (we got to ride on top) to parks and open spaces, we were given trash bags, and for every trash bag we filled we got a free swim pass. Then around noon we were brought back to the central point where we were fed hotdogs! It was so fun as a kid!
Sarah, glad you are feeling better, but sorry Jason messed his back up again!! Is he feeling better?
It is a super fun tradition for report card day. Bug picked strawberry yogurt, apple pie, and skittles. MM chose some other candy...very Dutch, giant chocolate covered cream puffs, and some little cakes. Hubs and I ate Chicken.
I am still itchy and kind of sore. There's one spot on my back that feels like I'm lying on a marble when I lie on my right side. It's hard to get comfortable, but the blisters are starting to burst and dry up so hopefully it will be over within the week!