We’ve already finished hunting eggs. My kids ate about a pound of bacon plus bunny-shaped biscuits for breakfast. Now we are just hanging out, playing.
It’s been a crazy weekend. I went to a surprise birthday party Fri where there was a lot of host stress and the person being surprised was not happy about the party pretty much at all for many valid reasons to the point of crying.
Then MIL fainted and broke her ankle/foot more like shattered it and had to have surgery/ plates/screws. So DH is there with his parents and not here for the holiday.
I’m hoping the stress is behind us because we did have good days Fri and Sat. Yesterday we went to the zoo. Today going for a hike.
DD is still in bed and coughing so nothing has happened yet this morning.
Happy Easter! We've been to church. Already made my strawberry cake and mac n cheese, directives from mom for Easter dinner. Waiting to head over to eat. Ds is refusing to hunt the one egg mom insists on hiding for each kid with money. I told him don't do it then. He'll be 16 in a week whether mom acknowledges or not.
He was super excited in church today that this cute 21 year old girl was much shorter than him now. It's the little things....
We went out to brunch at a local country club with my immediate family. It was delicious and not pretentious at all. Might become a new tradition, it was so nice to have no one stressing about hosting.
We came back to my house for a quick egg hunt for the girls and then spent the sunny afternoon playing mini golf. Since we got home the girls have been playing outside and I've been picking up the house.
I know I bitched about MIL taking over the baskets and eggs but.. it was kinda nice not to have to worry about it. All we had to do was hide the eggs and assemble the baskets.
They also kept the baskets REALLY reasonable this year, so I’m not feeling so overwhelmed with stuff.
She was horrified that I didn’t use the plastic grass and that I suggested she take the baskets back to reuse next year, but beyond that, it was great.
Post by sandandsea on Apr 21, 2019 19:04:23 GMT -5
Happy Easter! This morning we went to church and brunch and the mini golf. It was great family time. We came home and dh and DS2 took a nap while I hung out with ds1. Then I got an email from his teacher that last week was difficult for him and she’s worried about 2nd grade next year because he is refusing to do work and stay on tsk during the day and is behind in their reading app. He can do it but is choosing not to and sneaking into other apps to avoid it. We have been having him do the app at home to try to catch up and it’s always a battle. Like big tears, fits of rage, crying himself to sleep, etc. His teacher has little control over her classroom and is retiring this year, but is very kind and good overall but very lenient.
When I do get him to do it at home he whips through chapters quickly and does well. He just doesn’t want to do it. We already let him earn things by completing chapters.
He’s easily distracted and has tons of friends who come up to him and talk to him during class time. His teacher knows this is a problem but isn’t stopping it from happening either. So we have been coaching him at home to say “ we can talk later I need to do my work”. I don’t know what else we can do. He’s smart, but not living up to his potential. I don’t want him to hate school and learning and that’s where this is heading....with reading anyway. He loves math and science and never has a problem with doing that work.
Post by sandandsea on Apr 21, 2019 20:10:38 GMT -5
Oh and ds1 helped set up the egg hunt for him and DS2 and loved helping. I later snuck in their shared gifts from the Easter bunny and they were big hits...Pokémon bath bombs and a beyblades stadium. So we did that first thing this morning and it was great!
Dh is annoyed the teacher sent that email on Easter because it definitely changed the day.
sandandsea, I agree with your hubs on that one. Really? That couldn’t have waited?
DS came into our room a little after 5 this morning. That is very unusual. He’s not my early riser. He also brought 3 toys he sleeps with and 2 blankets, so he was obviously staying. I asked if he had a bad dream. No. Okay. Then this afternoon he asked if I would snuggle him and said he did have a bad dream and he still didn’t want to talk about it. Finally tonight right before his shower, he told me he dreamed that I got flushed down the toilet. I laughed because I couldn’t stop myself. He was very upset with me for laughing, so I snuggled him a lot more and told him I could not possibly fit down the toilet. He’s still pretty upset about the dream, so I’m assuming I may end up with another bedmate tonight.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Apr 22, 2019 4:46:32 GMT -5
mommyatty That reminds me of Mr Rogers song - “you could never go down the drain.” I wonder if it might help?
We had such a crazy weekend in a good way.
Dyed eggs on Friday and spent too much time with my niece and mom figuring out last minute Disney plans for week after next bc my aunt is no longer going on the trip due to my cousin having surgery.
Saturday we had a church Easter egg hunt followed by a birthday party at a karate place; ds got to break a board and he was so proud of himself!
Sunday turned out to be fairly low key with our Easter egg hunt, baskets that were a big hit, and lunch with parents, sister and nephew. We were going to eat with my aunt and cousins but the ones who didn’t have surgery are apparently mad at us, which was surprising to hear since no one has ever said anything. Probably bc they’re mad at stupid things-like I didn’t invite our 2nd cousin to dd’s birthday party for example. K no offense but I didn’t invite anyone who wasn’t in her class bc of cost plus we weren’t invited to hers....people are weird.
We hosted, which meant cleaning the house before hosting and then cleaning up after hosting, and I am tired. It was nice to have everyone over, and to see my little nephews who are almost 2. But still, so very tired.
I managed to pull off Easter lunch while having the garage sale - even when middle DD told me she had to be at church an hour earlier than planned (at our planned lunch time) an hour before we had to leave.
Went to church, the Easter festival there, and made it back to get set up for our party, which went perfectly!
Our Friday night double date ended up spawning plans to do an overnight trip to see REO Speedwagon in June. I booked the beach for two nights over Memorial Day weekend for DD’s belated one on one birthday trip. I have my annual sorority weekend away in the same six week timeframe. I cannot wait for summer!!!!
Easter was great - but also so busy. egg hunt in the morning, then breakfast, mass was 10am, then another egg hunt. then home for a quick lunch, put the littles down for a nap, then to an awesome Easter brunch at the local brewery at 3pm. then home again, kids played outside for a couple of hours. I'm so tired and so ready to have my house back (we've had in-laws visiting since 4/13).
sandandsea I’m on YH’s side. She could have sent it Friday. Or Saturday. Or Monday. Or many other days. Instead, she chose Easter? What? Why?
I’m guessing she just had time and got to it today and wanted us to know before Monday not thinking about it being Easter.
Someone should teach her about delayed delivery of emails. Send whenever you want, have them delivered when it's appropriate. It's my favorite thing, especially since my favorite time to catch up on work stuff is from 1-4pm on Friday afternoons, but I don't want people reading/ignoring them, so I have them deliver Monday morning.
Weekend was a clusterfuck that resulted in me crying a lot. Friday I woke up to DD being demanding and having crying fits over going to school. I dropped her off in tears to go see the chiropractor which was over needed and I go back this afternoon. Spent almost 2 hours at the chiropractor then went to the bank and then decided to pick up Frosty from Wendys and surprise DD for lunch at 11:30. Then went and bought Easter supplies and for a nice walk before picking DD up from school. I got her flowers and she handed out a flower to random teachers after school saying Happy Friday. Then we took the dog to the vet and then went to Costco. So much for a relaxing day off. Saturday the neighbors woke me up before 7 (big diesel trucks and warming them for 30+ minutes). Then DH was lets get up and go and I was like no I just want to sleep. Lots of me crying, lots of DD crying because I was crying, and lots of DH demanding on knowing why we were crying so he could fix it. I really think my adjustments didn't hold plus being overtired just lead to me to being an emotional wreck. Ended up cleaning the living room most of the day with DH watching me as his way of helping. I kept giving him things to deal with and he just piled them up in the other room which wasn't helpful at all. Sunday we did an egg hunt. I broke half the eggs while boiling them so said screw the dying and just put them inside big plastic eggs. DD's response was "see what happens when the bunny forgets to ask me for help". Oops! Then we drove over to the coast to walk on the beach but the storm stalled so it was gray, foggy, and windy so not an enjoyable walk. Then DH couldn't' get why DD and I was ready to go back home after an hour of walking and wanted to go up to the Outlets or hit he local shops. I was like no I don't want to shop!
This morning I get to go to a software seminar as we are tax software shopping, oh fun!
sandandsea I’m on YH’s side. She could have sent it Friday. Or Saturday. Or Monday. Or many other days. Instead, she chose Easter? What? Why?
I’m guessing she just had time and got to it today and wanted us to know before Monday not thinking about it being Easter.
This reminds me of when I received a progress report at 4:30 pm or some mess on the Friday before spring break that stated DS could not finish work, wasn't progressing, couldn't read, and it was recommended that he repeat Pre K instead of advancing to Kindergarten.
I was raging mad at them, and I didn't get over it for a long time.
When they gave me the same recommendation for DD they made sure to do it in a face to face meeting with lots of build up ahead of time, though. As they should.
sandandsea, DD2's teacher did something similar - sent a note over the weekend, CCing the principal, stating that she was acting out in class and behaving in a way that was "jeopardizing her peer relationships." I cried so hard - we were in such a mess with DD1's behavior that I could not handle another thing. Truly. And there was no way to have an immediate conversation about it. So I got to stew all weekend. I'm sorry that it happened to you over Easter.
Our day was busy. We went to Mass at 745, and all of the people that I have grown to truly dislike in this town were there. We really need to find a new church, but I really dislike the pastor of the other parish in town. We then went to my parents' around noon, bringing all the appetizers and desserts. My BIL grilled, and when the rain stopped, we played KanJam and the kids walked to the beach that's about 1/2 mile away. They were excited to see the harbor seals and had a ball with their cousins.
They're off again today after being on break all last week, and we're had just about enough with the together time. DD1 is supposed to have softball tonight, but it's likely going to be rained out.
Post by sandandsea on Apr 22, 2019 12:25:32 GMT -5
Update - we had a serious discussion with ds last night about doing his work, school is really important, etc. I replied to his teacher with a “happy Easter we talked to him” email. Then, this morning I just got an email from his teacher that he’s been amazing all morning and on task and doing his work without asking.
I think we are raising dr jekkel/mr Hyde. He’s more than capable and less than interested. Hopefully he keeps it up.
Post by supertrooper1 on Apr 22, 2019 12:32:41 GMT -5
I had a good weekend, but STBXH is trying to ruin it. I had my third date with a really nice guy on Saturday and then went to my parents' house for Easter dinner on Sunday. I got a lot of purging done around the house too. STBHX has been upset that I'm dating and is trying to claim that it is affecting DS. I have not told DS that I'm dating. We meet with a divorce mediator tomorrow, so I'm hoping it at least is a civil meeting.