Q: How do 7 adults get away from 7 kids for a whole day in the middle of the holiday season?
And I do mean God. Really. This is a full body-to-the-floor tantrum. Laura has gotten some idea that this is the most appropriate way to react to something as simple as "Laura don't touch". If this was a video, the audio [by Laura] would go something like "No. No. NO. NO!!' - and so on and so forth. My parents are reading this with smug little smiles right now, but I also hope they're praying...
For some reason there is something particularly unique when 4 generations are all the same gender.
Do you remember when you made tents with these chairs? If so, you're not the kid anymore. That was my epiphany anyway... :)
One day he'll wonder why he was at the beach in his undies, and why we were compelled to take photos of it. Cause I'm the parent and I can.
"I want to be just like my Auntie Yayun [Sharon]"
Child friend-ships are so simple some-times. We are friends with their parents, so they are friends with each other. I know it doesn't always work out that easily, but with these kids, they are just friends and it works. This was our first of 2 days in Melbourne in early Dec - thanks Harry's and Mugg's for organising a great time.
The house was lovely, although it didn't matter that it was at the beach - it rained for 3 out of 4 days I was there, and I LOVED being indoors listening to it. One night the power even went out from 8pm till 2 or 3am, which made for a great excuse to read under the covers with a flashlight!! What else... I organized a lot of photos, read a parenting book, watched movies, drank coffee, prayed a lot, ate very little, but a high proportion of chocolate. (I was hardly hungry given that I was doing so little, and it was a huge luxury not to have mealtimes rule the day). I did a lot of Christmas shopping and took my time getting from place to place.
I do love the American
