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Home & Living
ParentingBy Zeemaid
30 hours ago
My brother-in-law and his family have come over for spring break week. This is the first visit since we've split up the home and it is certainly going to be different.
For starters we have not been invited to my MIL at all. To be fair they moved into a small patio home and I think the idea of having 11 of us altogether in her small home is overwhelming. Still, it seems somewhat odd to not be allowed to go over and pop by. Which means that they are going to be coming here. That's fine only I can't imagine them spending the whole day over here so the kids can play together and yet I definitely do not want the drop and run technique to be happening.
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Home & LivingParentingBy Zeemaid
3 days ago
We, as parents, want our children to do well at everything they put their hand to. First it's their milestones, then it's school.
So it was with some dismay when I learned that E's teacher wanted to put her in the early reading program, a program to help her with her reading. Yes, it's great that she's getting extra help but anything that separates you from the rest of the class is to be singled out. Not always a good thing. Plus I didn't think she was doing that badly with her reading although I have no idea how her peers are doing. Still, I agreed.
Then she was assessed for her speech. She mixes up her pronouns quite badly and still has some problems with enunciation. Her other school thought she'd eventually get out of it as she has perfect understanding of the correct way to say things. However, this school has now assessed her and told me that it's bad habits and it will never go away unless we work on correcting it. That she is unable or uninterested in learning the names of her teachers and classmates. That she appears to have no interest in playing with others. Well, snap. Here I thought she was doing so well.
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Home & LivingParentingBy Zeemaid
3 days ago
I started this post earlier this morning complaining about our finances and how bad I feel that we can't afford to put our kids into any programs right now etc. etc. But you know what? Everyone is struggling right now. Except the rich people, you I don't like. And you know what else? I really don't hear many of you complaining about it. It is what it is. We'll all make it through.
So instead of whining, I thought I'd mention a few positive things that happened.
Our realtor dropped by the other night with a book about the new area we moved into. One of those books full of photos and descriptions of all the gorgeous places to go and see. Inside the book was a gift certificate to a really nice restaurant in town for $75.00. What a blessing that is. Fancy dinners out are definitely not part of our budget at the moment. We got a card from our mortgage broker yesterday thanking us for our business and enclosing a $20.00 Tim Horton's gift card. Well, that's nice too. K and I will be able to get ourselves a little treat now and then. If you're just buying coffee and a donut, $20.00 actually goes a long way. |
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Home & LivingParentingBy classicruby
8 days ago
Not for anything, but when your mother gets married to some dude she’s known for a whole year when you’re 24 years old, the man she married doesn’t become your step daddy. He becomes your mama’s husband. Even if we grew to love each other to death (currently am NOT seeing that happening but who knows what strange twists fate will bring), I would simply out of respect tell people that he was my stepfather. But seriously? In my heart of hearts he would be my mother’s husband. He just would: I’m grown now, I don’t have any need for step parents, especially not ones introduced into my life during my adulthood. In fact, I barely have any need for “parenting” at all. When you hit your mid twenties, your parents morph from the role of “guardian” to that of “friend” (if you’re lucky…if not, shit gets seriously messed up -but that’s for another day). |
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Home & LivingParentingBy thegreenfamilia
9 days ago
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To celebrate the launch of Green Child’s fabulous new website, www.greenchild.co.uk, they are giving away 1 of their adorable luxury Green Child quilts! |
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Home & LivingParentingBy Zeemaid
10 days ago
I'm not sure why we thought it would be a good idea. I'm not sure why we didn't forsee what was going to happen with our three little darling. Maybe we were being naïve. Maybe we are just clueless You see we got a 4 or 5 month old kitten on Saturday. Sounds simple right? We thought so to. I knew E was excited. We had been promising her that we'd get a cat for a while now and with her a few down days at school, I thought she could use a pick me up. I wasn't prepared for her highs and lows as we went on a search for a cat. Kittens seem to be rare these days.
The first store we went to only had breed cats. A Bengal which was $488 and adorable siameses kitties which were over $800. Ouch. Where the regular house cats? Of course while she understood, she was excessively disappointed and badgered us for the next two days while we searched. We wanted a kitten that would grow being used to our kids. We figured it was a better way to make sure the adjustment went well. We finally found a rescue cat through the Kitty Cat Pals Society. They were great because they knew their cats and were able to help us get a good match. So we get or sweet new kitty home who is now dubbed Jingles short for Jinglebells. We kept it low key for the first day, limiting the kid's contact to allow the kitty to get used to us and our home. |
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