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Gender: female Date of Birth: March 29, 1979 Member Since: September 26, 2007 Last Signed In: October 23, 2008 Blog Views: 1230 Send To A Friend Sign Guestbook Add as a Friend
Never thought it would be this hard
Here we go again 4 a.m. Welcome back to reality!! Please tell me does it ever get better? She is going to pass up her mom soon Are you kidding me??? Green is great!!! It's good to know that your kids are at least honest It's Only Preschool....Should it bother me?? September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 
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A peaceful meal at a resteraunt?? Is that possible?
For those of us who have small children, we all know that eating out someplace and a relaxing and peaceful meal don't go hand in hand. So this morning I had to run an errand bright and early and being that I didn't get home last night until 2 am and I had to take the kids with me anyhow, I dragged myself out half asleep and decided to take my kids to my older daughters favorite place to eat. IHOP.... As we were sitting at the booth, I was thinking to myself wow anytime now we will have some crying or spilling of something or complaining or food being flung on the floor etc. But to my surprise we had none of that. Both kids sat there and ate their own meals, no fighting or arguing over who had what or what one of them wanted that the other one had....for the 1st time, I got to sit back, relax, and watch my 2 very well behaved children eat their breakfast like big kids. I have to say it was a very enjoyable and relaxing moment, although I am almost sure it was a fluke. 5 comments from 5 users
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posted by
AmyBow
on Jan 13, 2008 at 06:43 PM
they are getting to be sooo grown up. can you even believe J will be FOUR in a couple of weeks?
posted by
creatress
on Jan 14, 2008 at 09:07 AM
Congrats! Sounds like a nice meal out. Yay!
posted by
ToscaSac
on Jan 14, 2008 at 09:30 PM
Glad you got to experience it. As a single mom I have had to take my daughter everywhere with me for the most part but this has usually gone very, very well for us so I am always saddened to hear the horror stories. And the good news is for others who are still waiting with young children "this too shall pass".
posted by
ktja
on Jan 15, 2008 at 09:46 PM
Congrats on enjoying a meal at a restaurant. We stopped going out to eat when my son was about 18 months old. It was too stressful and not enjoyable. Now he's almost 4 so we've been able to enjoy a meal out every once in awhile. But we'll be going through it all over again at some point because my daugher is 6 months old. One of these days...
posted by
anonymous
on Jan 21, 2008 at 07:11 PM
Well, That was a blessing for you. You definately deserve a peaceful night out. With or without kids. I have four and I have just learn that no matter what we do, kids will be kids, they will be loud, they will fight, they will run down isles scaring mom to death, they will throw food. But the only thing you can do as a MOM is to just enjoy them at that moment instead of stressing and thinking of what others think. I even join in on their fun when we go out to eat. This I found always make it much easier. Yes, you will have to shhh them 4 to 5 times. LOL but we just enjoy them and have fun, there is no need to stop life because your child is loud or they throw food. Pretty soon they will grow up and you will wish you had them home. They grow so fast. I have an 18 year old starting college, a 15 year old wanting his permit, my only girl - 8yrs old going on 20, and my 7 year old who has ADHD or some attention problem in school. These are things every MOM has to deal with. Your not alone. I miss my 18 year old. I wish I could rock him like a baby, now he has to rock me when I ask. I will be honest, I use to get upset, hell, tell them to stop! !! give threats, I couldn't enjoy going out I was constantly stressed out, always worried what others think. Now, I don't care. I learned with the oldest two boy's. Now with my younges my husband and I enjoy going out, we have fun and yes we are loud but we have fun! It's only 1 hour for dinner and who cares what others think, your children will remember this forever.
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