Aw, I think she just wanted a fun Christmas-y outing with the kids and got a family photo of her kids while they were at it.
I take CloudBee 's kid with me everywhere to all sorts of outings for all sorts of fun adventures. Maybe your sitter/neighbor just really views them as part of the fam!
I know this is totally the case. She loves my kids and my kids love her. I would never say anything to her because I know she meant well. Just venting here. I can't let people in real life know I am crazy!
Aw, I think she just wanted a fun Christmas-y outing with the kids and got a family photo of her kids while they were at it.
I take CloudBee 's kid with me everywhere to all sorts of outings for all sorts of fun adventures. Maybe your sitter/neighbor just really views them as part of the fam!
I know this is totally the case. She loves my kids and my kids love her. I would never say anything to her because I know she meant well. Just venting here. I can't let people in real life know I am crazy!
Ha, I get it, sometimes you just gotta vent! It's great that she loves your kids so much!!
I get annoyed with everything, so this would bug me. Not enough that I'd do anything about it other that complain to my husband, but I get irritated when nonparents bogart holiday traditions.
L was born 3 weeks before Christmas. Can I tell you how many "baby's first Christmas" outfits I received? At least 4 or 5.
A) They were all ugly. I don't need something that says "First anything" to know it was the first something. The fact that she was still baguette sized and smush-faced near a tree was clue enough.
B) I GET TO BUY THE FIRST [FILL IN THE BLANK] OUTFIT. First day of school, Christmas, Halloween, what have you. Me. Not you, distant relative or family friend who wants to live vicariously through my child via the purchase of some ugly ass cheap crap at Kohls. ME. I'm the boss, applesauce.
C) Most of them didn't fit.
D) I support annoyance in most capacities.
I let my mom buy all the "first" stuff.
Because I'm cheap. And she only wore them once.
True story.
Wait what's wrong with Kohl's?! My mom buys tons of clothes for Ellie there (again, not me, because I'm cheap).
I get annoyed with everything, so this would bug me. Not enough that I'd do anything about it other that complain to my husband, but I get irritated when nonparents bogart holiday traditions.
L was born 3 weeks before Christmas. Can I tell you how many "baby's first Christmas" outfits I received? At least 4 or 5.
A) They were all ugly. I don't need something that says "First anything" to know it was the first something. The fact that she was still baguette sized and smush-faced near a tree was clue enough.
B) I GET TO BUY THE FIRST [FILL IN THE BLANK] OUTFIT. First day of school, Christmas, Halloween, what have you. Me. Not you, distant relative or family friend who wants to live vicariously through my child via the purchase of some ugly ass cheap crap at Kohls. ME. I'm the boss, applesauce.
C) Most of them didn't fit.
D) I support annoyance in most capacities.
I let my mom buy all the "first" stuff.
Because I'm cheap. And she only wore them once.
True story.
Wait what's wrong with Kohl's?! My mom buys tons of clothes for Ellie there (again, not me, because I'm cheap).
Nothing. I just picked it because I hate everything my mom buys there. The store itself has tons of cute stuff.
And I hate anything with instructive words on it. "My first Christmas" is an article of clothing to be worn ONE DAY. I'd rather get something holiday-ish and wear it throughout the month(s).
We received 14 baby's first Christmas ornaments and our kid was born in may. Lol. I donated most of them.
My mother in law tried buying M his first Halloween costume (well, she did) even though we already had one. We just didnt use hers. She got the hint!
Last year she bought a whole bunch of dinosaur themed stuff wanting to have a Dino birthday for my kids 2nd birthday party. She hadnt seen him in a few months (they live down south in the winter). So she comes home all excited to plan the party. I'm annoyed but whatever I roll with it. Except my kid hates Dino's and tells her the week before the party (randomly, he's not a genius lol). Like there was Dino's in a movie and he freaked out, not in a good way.
She's finally learning to at least ask about the big stuff.
I think it is out of line for a babysitter to take someone's children to see Santa without clearing it with the parents first. I would tell her not to do this in the future. I do think parents should get to take their kids, after they've done that if grandparents or an aunt/uncle etc also want to take them, as long as they clear it with the parents first then it's fine but not without talking to the parents first.
We received 14 baby's first Christmas ornaments and our kid was born in may. Lol. I donated most of them.
My mother in law tried buying M his first Halloween costume (well, she did) even though we already had one. We just didnt use hers. She got the hint!
Last year she bought a whole bunch of dinosaur themed stuff wanting to have a Dino birthday for my kids 2nd birthday party. She hadnt seen him in a few months (they live down south in the winter). So she comes home all excited to plan the party. I'm annoyed but whatever I roll with it. Except my kid hates Dino's and tells her the week before the party (randomly, he's not a genius lol). Like there was Dino's in a movie and he freaked out, not in a good way.
She's finally learning to at least ask about the big stuff.
LOL!
We got a ton of baby's first Christmas ornaments too. People are so weird.
I'm kinda LOLing "random Santa" since I'm willing to bet your regular Santa isn't the same person each year
Well, she did say they go to the SAME Santa every year. So I assumed it wasn't random.
But this is kind of bazar to me. (I'm jewish though, so what do I know?)
I'm completely not invested in the OP here, but I'm having one of those terrible horrible no good very bad days, and your use of "bazar" made me laugh out loud, like, literally. So thank you. Is bazar the new panflete?
Post by lyssbobiss, Command, B613 on Dec 22, 2014 15:30:58 GMT -5
If the kids had been dressed in Costco leggings, everything would have been fine.
Seriously, I think it would've been considerate for the sitter to shoot a text or something before going because some families do have the one santa tradition, some families don't even do Santa. So that was a bit presumptuous. I'd be a little annoyed too, but also would've asked to see pics because, blackmail when those kids get older.
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."