Playdates

While playdate's are certainly a new concept to me, they seem to be the going thing for my little social butterflies. It seems that I am always hosting or shuttling to and from one of these. Sometimes I actually have fun to while other times they can be quite awkward..I often wish I didn't have to deal with them at all and my children could experience what I did. Here's a little senario:

Doorbell rings....

Mom: "Yes?"

Kid: "Can (insert name) come out an play?"

Mom: "Yeah, hold on...Hey (--) Your friend is here to play."

Mom:(speaking to both kids) "You guys need to stay in our neighborhood, and be careful"

Kids: "Ok"

Mom: "You need to be home when those street lights come on."

Kid: "Yes Ma'am"

There now see isn't that much simplier that calling other Moms on the school directory to meet at the local park for said playdate. Or God forbid hosting a playdate at your house where you feel obligated to provide lunch!!

Ok, I'll admit it. My kids have a more active social life than I did...heck then I do now for that matter! But the reason I go along with the playdate torture is because I am scared to let my kids ride their bikes in my neighborhood. I don't even know my neighbors on my left and right much less down the street....

What happened to the days of drinking from the waterhose and playing so hard that you HAD to go straight to a bath when you get home.....who needed T.V. or Wii??

Anyway I gotta go, my son's playdate is getting a little loud...Later...

Oh Man!

It's nothing like finding out someone else's bad news to make you realize how good your life really is. (Sorry if that sounds self-centered...perhaps I said what others think..dunno) Today I found out someone I know is being beaten by their signifcant other. I am sadned by this, especially since said person watched their Mother go through the exact same thing. It's funny how patterns can be formed without even realizing it. As parents we view parenting as a daily routine, or tasks to be performed. Never really thinking about how we do things, treat our signifcant others shapes and molds our children, who I am reminded daily are watching our every move.

What makes this story even more upsetting is the fact that children are in the home. So unless help is sought and the abuse stops it's quite likely that the cycle will continue. So what makes a person decide to harm someone they claim to love? I have often asked myself this...And even more confusing, what makes the abused continue to stay and be hurt? And where do the children fit into all of this? And as a friend and/or family member what do you do to help? These are just a few of many questions bouncing around in my head.

I'm sending up prayers for all involved and asking God to open the abused persons' eyes. And to make the abuser stop, recognize, and seek help. Amen.

Families need to be together, but at the same time we all need to feel safe and have peace in our own homes.

All day affair

Today we cleaned house. Moving from room to room, straightening, polishing, and dusting. As we cleaned the children ran from room to room playing and watching movies...Sometimes I wonder if they even realize or care what really goes on in the real world. I remember when I was younger and I lived in a bubble too. Was pretty darn sweet too... If I've said it once, I've said it a kazillon times...being a grown up looked alot cooler when my Moms did it! At any rate the house is clean and all is right with the world.

We did get out of the house, and met family for dinner...We went to the Blue Willow Inn, in Social Circle. It has the best southern cusine I have every had, and I was born and raised in the south. It is an hours drive from where we live, but unbelievably worth it... The had some cheese grits that made me wanna slap somebody~ We had a great time and I really enjoyed seeing my in-laws(they are staying with my brother & sister-in-law this visit~which explains aobut 99% of my joy) I know that sounds mean, but I really do enjoy them more in small doses. Funny thing is they know it. They know that's how all the daughter-in-laws feel minus one who is pretty old herself. Ok, well technically she's not old, but she sure does act like she's 65 or older! LMBO!! I love them but I mean really.

At any rate fun was had by all.

The Beginning

Ok, so this is my very first blog post! Yayy for me...Never mind it took me like 30 minutes to come up with a new blog name cause eveything I wanted was already taken. Guess I'm not as original as I thought(Shakes head) But since I got something's I wanna get off my chest....here I am.

Hopefully someone will read this and identify or not.

As I sit listening to my kids play Wii..(they are 5 and 3) I wonder when the other shoe will drop. It's inevitable, things are going cool and somebody has to spoil it by being a pre-schooler...Ahhh guess it's the nature of the beast.

My oldest started kindergarten this week. I am stoked for him and crushed at the same time. My baby is growing up and I'm not ready....Yeah I have two other kids but he's my only boy. Man, this sucks!! The Hubbs tells me to calm down, that I got the kid in college already. I guess I need to slow my roll.

Lil' Man has football practice tonight. I get to go watch. Oh joy....A bunch of 5 year olds running in circles cause they're scared to hit each other..LMBO...

I like this, this is gonna be fun.