Halloween Open letters.

[rere]

Dear county/city,

Thank you for changing ToT to yesterday. It was beautiful, warm and kids were out in full force. I did not relish the idea of going out in the possible 3 inches of rain and possible storms tonight. We will stay in tonight, cook some cozy food, have a glass of wine, and continue our scary movie marathon.

Signed, thankful mom

Dear Kids,

Since we have watched 2 scary movies this week and have the original Halloween on tap for tonight, should I just assume you will be sleeping in our room for the rest of the week?

Signed, mom of the year, but we are having fun.

[waverly]

Dear WP,
I have officially mastered the art of getting my roots done at the salon while the kids play on the iPad/ iPhone. I could have asked a babysitter, but I wanted to see if it could be done in a pinch, and it could. I did threaten them with taking away all their candy if they didn't behave. And the whole salon might have heard some of their shows, but DS can't wear earbuds due to his hearing aids, and they were both watching 1 device at one point in time anyway. It wasn't too bad because the loud music and hair dryers drowned out most of it, and I have pretty hair.


Dear DS,

I am continuing to teach you life skills in the event that I do decide to leave you home alone at some point in time. So far you have mastered taking the home phone over to the refrigerator where our numbers are listed and calling both mom and dad's cell phone.

I thought about leaving him home and just taking 1 to the salon, but they did so good and it would have been too long 1.5 hours for his first time. I told him I wanted to do a trial run of 10-15 minutes first.

Dear moms of DS's friends,
I didn't realize setting up playdates would be so hard. So far I have 2 moms that haven't even bothered texting me back. So rude. OK I get the hint. I won't try to make a playdate happen. The kids can just figure it out themselves. I give up on DS. I might still try for DD, but done with DS. I did read an article that it is more time effective to hang out with existing friends, so I guess I will be doing that instead of putting myself out there (unless the other person shows interest).
And these were moms that either suggested a playdate themselves or gave me their phone number. We had talked in person about it; they showed interest.


Dear Dance studios,

Why is the park district only $64 a semester, so $188 a year plus recital (I know tax funded) and the dance studios are like $500-$600 and of course no one has classes later in the evening for her age group.... Argh!


Dear Halloween- you better be awesome!


Dear PT conferences- I better get good reports kids!


Dear DH- I still think your hand is broken. I am trying to channel my energy so you would come to this realization without saying it because I already mentioned it like 4 times. I think he is ignoring it because he doesn't know how he can work in a cast on his dominant hand.

[waverly]

oops dup post

[polecat8]

Dear Mother Nature,
It is so beautiful outside right now. Can you not make it rain from 6 - 8pm this evening so the kids can go ToT? I don't mind clouds and a little drizzle.
Thanks!

Dear DS1 and DS2,
Please wear your costumes tonight. You will look so cute and people will give you candy!
Love Momma

[justcheckingin73]

Dear body,

Why must PMS coincide with Halloween this year? Not funny. 

Signed,
Hoping there’s candy left for tonight!

[twinmomma]

Dear waverly,
I'll admit, I'm a mom who has ghosted on people who want to set up potential playdates. It is completely un-intentional, but with everything else going on right now, making new friends just hasn't been a priority. And it's not like I'm going to send a text like "Hey, would love to do a playdate but we're getting divorced and life is a hot mess right now!" I feel like a jerk, but I'm hoping when life calms down I can reach back out and they won't hate me. Maybe keep it low key with school event meet ups or something in the mean time? That's what I'm trying to do.
Signed,
Twinmomma

[2chatter]

Dear DS’ Arm,
Please heal. His appointment is next Friday and I travel for work next Monday. Surgery is not in the cards for next Monday. Also, can this stop happening the Friday before I travel??

And why aren’t you healing? With DD’s challenges I am kind of freaking out that two doctors have told me this is “very unusual in a six year old” and one went so far as to say “we don’t really see six year olds fail to heal like this”.

Worried Mom

Dear Work,
Please let us go early. I have 13 families coming over and my family are pigs. I know there is a sock in the dining room, a cup in the living room, dust on the playroom desks - you get the idea. Outside of these random things I need to do party prep. UGH.

Can’t wait to make these

[mommyatty]

Dear Weather:

Can you please be okay just long enough to let me get home for ToTing? Please?

Signed:
Afraid I’m Stuck in Omaha

Dear Omaha:

You are a prettty cool little town.

Signed,
Business Visitor Who Is a Little Surprised

[supertrooper1]

Dear weather,
Add me to the list of people that hopes it stops raining for ToT tonight.
Signed,
I dont have my PNW webbed feet yet

Dear DH,
I'm not the problem in the mornings when I'm home. You need to chill and get yourself ready. I took care of DS.
Signed,
Frustrated W.

[waverly]

twinmomma , I most likely won't reach out to them again. But if I see them in person I have no problem saying hi.

I get people aren't looking for new friends, but since he is 8 and the parents have seen me around for 3 years, I thought they might be OK with dropping the kids off. Plus one of the moms deliberately asked for a family get together as opposed to just a school hang out. I think they just say what they think is polite at the time even if I don't ask. So they are sending the wrong message inadvertently. I consistently get this wrong, and even when I post what they say here and people weigh in- it is usually wrong. So that I why I am like OK I guess have no clue (and us collectively on what they are trying to say). Like one of the moms brought pladates up to me and mentioned it to me 3 times.  I never said anything except in response to her. 

I think I am just going to accept that most people only do playdates with like 2 other families/ kids and that is it. So that is why I am not going to bother with it anymore. He has his neighbor friends, so we are just going to go with that unless he gets invited somewhere.

ETA- one of the moms just texted me back saying her life has been rough this week.  I think she was like oh I might see her at trick or treating better text.  

[covergirl82]

Dear DD,

It made me sad yesterday when you said your best friend told you that "you ruin everything," especially just after you had missed a day of school due to having a low grade fever Sunday evening. I hope you take to heart our talk last night about how friends are supposed to be kind and say nice things, and that you bring so many people joy, especially me. You made a very sad time (when my grandma and grandpa passed away 12 days apart, I was about 3 months PG with DD) happier and helped me with my grief. I hope you have more confidence when it comes to making friends and not letting others be mean to you (and you need to make sure to treat others as you want to be treated), because you are a wonderful girl.

Love,
Mommy

[186momx]

Dear rain
Could you magically stop between 4-9pm today? I don't have my PNW webbed feet yet either.
Me
PS It was a gorgeous evening yesterday

Dear School and DD
I'm getting sick and tired of DD's attitude of it doesn't matter how I do, I don't want to do it, we don't have to study. This is the problem with the young workforce. You instill this in school at the age of 7. Stuff doesn't magically become known you have to work for it. No spelling test, no spelling review done at home because tests and nightly review doesn't make kids learn got that straight from the teacher's mouth. Tests judge if a kid is getting it or not and practicing at home makes it sink in and for you to learn it. So DD failed her math quiz. Her reason is she doesn't need to learn it as it isn't real math anyways. It was about arrays which we haven't done at home for homework at all. I had her do school stuff last night to instill study habits after being at school all day instead of being outside as I feel like good study habits and working hard is a needed life lesson especially in today's society.
Me who will be shopping schools in February before open enrollment because this is more than teacher level philosophy

[k3am]

Dear Foot,

I'm getting the cast taken off early today. I'm terrified to see what's underneath. And what it smells like underneath. And excited to not have the cast on anymore.

Signed,
Not sure why my skin hurts so much under there

[campermom]

Dear H’s male coworkers who don’t have kids:

You guys are assholes. Thanks for giving dipshit excuses for rolling out early or on time while my H had to stay 2 hours late to fix a problem. Like, you need to see a house tonight? Or better yet no excuse at all...you just think he should stay instead of you. It’s halloween.

Don’t worry, I got it. I’ll get off work at 4, pick up 3 small kids, have dinner ready, small people dressed and host it all but 5:30. In fact I’ve already pooper scooped the yard and have 15 minutes to spare.

Because I’m the best at mommin. You guys are still assholes.

Signed,
Marathon training, full time workin, momminest mom there is. You’ve just boosted my confidence and H will still owe me one.

PS asshole number one-yeah you can have a copy my training plan for your race in January. I’d like to see the look on your face when you see how far behind you are, though. Keep up, jerk.

[k3am]

Cast free! Wooot!

No flesh eating bacteria like I was convinced must have been under there either. Apparently I’m a drama queen. 💁🏻‍♀️

[divanerd]

Dear Office,
Glad I could make it out after 11hours..WTF! Just trying to ensure everyone got paid.
Signed
WTH Working Momma

[twinmomma]

Dear MIL,
When you asked a month ago if I wanted you to host a party for the kids after trick or treating, I told you no. It was a school night and these are first graders who walked the neighborhood until 8 PM. That is already past bedtime for a bunch of these kids. None of us working parents wants to deal with that BS afterwards. We want to go home! So WHY ON EARTH did you tell my children after school that you'd do a campfire with s'mores for all their friends and put lights on the swing set so they could play later?! W.T.F. You made me look like a complete jerk and put all the parents in such an awkward position when we got back to your house to get in the cars and head home and you tried to kick off this round two of celebrating. I had already told you no! DO NOT set me up to fail as a parent because you want to look like the cool grandma. They see you every single day after school. You win, you don't have to prove you're awesome.
Signed,
Pissed off DIL

Dear STBXH,
If we are together at an event with our kids, you could try to parent. Or stand up to your mom. Or do anything other than hang out and be the "cool dad" who dressed up for trick or treating while I wrangle the shit show that is two first graders who are cracked out on candy and friends.
Signed,
STBXW

Dear working parents,
Good thing I have a year to recover...
Signed,
Exhausted

[mommyatty]

Dear Saints Who Teach My Kids:

My kids stayed up later than they ever have in their whole lives. They went to bed at 10:15. I am so sorry if they are jerks today. Especially my 4 year old DS. I probably should keep him home, but I don’t want to set that precedent.

Signed:
Mom Who Took Today Off But Has a Bazillion Things to Do

Dear Indian Mom Who Hosted Halloween:

Omg, I love you. But holy Toledo. I think I drank half a bottle of scotch. That was such a good party. I’m sorry I missed half of it due to delays in my flight from Omaha.

Can’t wait until next week when we come back for Diwali.

Hugs,
Mom Friend

[186momx]

Thank You Weather Gods
The rain stopped about 3pm yesterday and just started back up this morning. We had lots of puddles to dodge but no soaked kids!
Happy Mom

twinmomma,
Good job for sticking to your guns! You told her no, you told your kids no all in advance.
Good Job
Not a mean momma

[2chatter]

Dear Spiced White Sangria,
You are a magic elixir - I figure I ended up having 4 shots of rum + 3 glasses of wine + 2 additional glasses of wine and I got up at 6am no issues and feel great. Who knew the secret to drinking more than a bottle of wine was to add liquor??

Happy and productive the day after Halloween

Dear Kids,
I had so much fun and love your friends and their parents - this was our fifth annual party and it just gets more fun every year. I’m so sad oldest had other plans - and am already planning a big culdesac adult pass out candy party modification for when you guys outgrow us in 6-7 years.

Relieved the rain stopped at 6:30 and stayed away!

[librarychica]

Dear mommyatty,

Amen. H said the kids were on the hot mess express this morning. I’m pitying teachers today.

[mustardseed2007]

Dear Friends from Old School Who Trick or Treated with us this year,

I love you guys, you are so adorable! I hope we stay in touch after we no longer have a kid at the old school.

Signed,
Mom who misses the old school because of the people

Dear Mom of DS' BFF from Old School,

A birthday party at 4:30pm on a Thursday the DAY AFTER HALLOWEEN?? Really?? What are you smoking? We're going. But only because my DS adores and misses your DS.

Signed,
Mom who thinks you hate other moms

Dear hair lady,

I love you so much. I need you so badly. But with a belt test and soccer games and gymnastics and a birthday party...I don't know if I'm ever going to see you again.

Signed,
Gandalf the Gray

[k3am]

Dear prospect,

Quick being an asshole. If you tell me you've reviewd a turn of documents, have questions on a few specific points, and set up a call, send me your redline/comments when you set up the call. Don't wait til 20 minutes before our call. I know its a negotiating tactic, and I don't like it.

Signed,
The lady who just cancelled our call to have adequate time to review your points.