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[Southernbelle]

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- that's ellea right?? (i think that is her name)

Yep, my little Ella. I handed her a dust pan and she cleaned up the dog food, she's a good kid.

 

[call ducks]

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- that's ellea right?? (i think that is her name)

Yep, my little Ella. I handed her a dust pan and she cleaned up the dog food, she's a good kid.

such a very good kid

 

[Southernbelle]

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I think Ella does.

She's always playing in the dog food container. I don't usually complain when she dumps some out on the hardwood floors, I just sweep it in the general direction of the dog dish and they eventually clean it up.

 

[maple]

geez, that's something my 4 year old has done.

you got a cutey there belle.


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[Buff Hooligans]

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Karen, that is such better parenting than throwing a fit. I think good parenting is choosing your battles, right?

 

[maple]

just poppin in...now off to get my teeth cleaned.... and must I taunt you buff about the classic good looks of my dentist???

He's Italian.

...and I guess he's feeling my jaw but he gives me ear massages.... mmmm.... I think it's a Taurus things we got going on with our ears.... it's a sweet spot.

 

[Southernbelle]

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Karen, that is such better parenting than throwing a fit. I think good parenting is choosing your battles, right?

I'm a pretty laid back parent. My friends thought I was crazy for letting my kids pick out their own clothes and dress themselves in preschool (they did come up with some pretty bizarre get-ups) and making them fix their own drinks and snacks (the older kids are allowed to use the stove and *gasp* sharp knives). Now those same friends are insanely jealous of how independant my kids are.

I try not to stress about stuff that doesn't matter. When the kids are grown and gone, I'm getting nice carpet, new furniture and nice decorations to hang on the walls. In the meantime...they live here too, so there's a nice round stain on the carpet where Ella upended a shampoo bottle, or the purple marker on my ottoman from Matthew and Jackie spilled glitter glue on her dresser. I could go on...like the burn on the dining room table when Ella accidently caught it on fire, ketchup on the ceiling and kool-aid stains on the dining room curtains...

They're only little once

ETA: The battles I usually fight involve their safety and their future. Seatbelts must be worn, stay with me in public, be polite, don't give personal information to strangers, brush your teeth, take showers, be nice to other people and animals, do your homework and I better not see any bad grades or discipline problems from school.

My oldest was out of underwear and wore bathing suit bottoms to school in lieu of underwear.

I hope she doesn't tell anyone.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

Belle, I was such a shy kid that my mom used to dress me in bizarre colorful clothes just to get the teachers to notice me. She told me that when I was a teen. That's when she started to tell me, worriedly, when I was dressing to go somewhere, "now dress nice honey". Yeah, like that's what I was used to!

 

[Buff Hooligans]

I'm on a office job bummer right now, plus PMS. Ready to cry. Co-worker who I thought was friend (sort of) has showed her colors. And as always in all my 28 years of being an office person, I'm reminded that I'm the lowest of the low.

Life stinks. It always does.

 

[saddina]

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Raid the desk chocolate?