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December 28, 2005, 10:48 pm PST

Yay for ebay

When I first heard about the mom who sold her kids stuff on ebay because they didn't pick them up I thought," Alright!  Now that sounds like a good idea!"  Of course my children are still young and I don't think would even realize if their toys were gone (they are much more outdoor kids) but I think that was a good idea.  Kids need to know that they do have responsibilites and that there isn't going to be someone to pick up after them all the time.  My oldest will be 3 in six days and he knows that he has to pick up his toys and he is pretty good at it, of course there is the occasionall retaliation.  I give her a round of applause because most parents would not think to do that and let there kids walk all over them.  Such a great idea.  I'm just wondering what she did with the money.
 
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December 29, 2005, 8:20 am PST

I'm a stay at home mom too

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Hope you all had very Merry Christmas'!!!!!  Oh my kids got so spoiled!!! lol   Oh well.  Grace keeps sneaking treats off the counter!!!  Oh my!!!!!   she learns well!! lol  I suppose I should re introduce myself.  I am Cathy, 28 yrs old, married with 2 kids.  Grace, who's 2 1/2, and Hunter, who just turned 1 on the10th of December.  I am a SAHM.  Love it, just looking forsome othermoms to chat with. 

  

Hello.  I'm also a stay at home mom with two young children.  I will be 23 years old in February so I am fairly young and new to this whole mom thing. lol  My daughter is 4 months, her name is Willow and my son will be 3 on Jan. 3rd, his name is Elwin.  My kids also got very spoiled.  So much so that I had to go out a buy an actuall toy chest just to put all of there stuff in!lol  I think next year I'm going to tell everyone to limit gift giving to one present each.  I don't want my kids to come to expect lots of gifts all the time. lol  Anyway, I am potty training my son and it seems to be going pretty smoothly, we have had some accidents, but those are expected.  The other night while I was laying in bed I suddenly reallzed that I have all of these people coming to Elwin's birthday party and I have nothing planned! lol  So today I'm going to the store and hopefully I can find some Madagascar plates and forks and etc.  He really likes the movie.  He also likes Charlie and the Chocolate Factory so much that he calls himself Willy Wonka.  He has a very good imagination, which is good and I don't discourage it.  He knows who he really is, especially when he does something he's not supposed to do.lol  Willow is teething and neither us like that very much.  She does like to bite my finger a lot and I am nursing so you can see where that could be an issue. lol  Anyway, if you want to talk I can usually be found on this board.  Have a good day!
 
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December 29, 2005, 4:49 pm PST

not much

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Thanks for the replies.  What's everyone's plans for New Years??  My parents are taking the kids overnight!!  WOOHOO!!  Hunter was up at 6 this morning then again at 7:30 cause theneighbors were making noise.  Crazy people.  Though I'm not sure what woke him up at 6.  I'm of to do IE right now.  I'll check in later. 

 
 







 

My husband works from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. that day and has to be into work at 9 the next morning so I don't think we are really going to do anything except stay at home and maybe order a pizza.  I don't think the kids will be able to stay up and to be honest I don't think I will be able too also. lol  It's a good thing my husband's vacation starts on the first so maybe we will do something then.
 
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December 29, 2005, 4:59 pm PST

oops, I meant 2nd, not 1st

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My husband works from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. that day and has to be into work at 9 the next morning so I don't think we are really going to do anything except stay at home and maybe order a pizza.  I don't think the kids will be able to stay up and to be honest I don't think I will be able too also. lol  It's a good thing my husband's vacation starts on the first so maybe we will do something then.
 
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December 29, 2005, 5:13 pm PST

Too many toys!

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My Anna will be 3 on the 3rd of Jan as well. but we are having her little party on Thursday the 5th as my hubby has that day off. We are meeting her little friends at the mall and we are are going to play in the little kiddie play area and ride on the 50 cent kiddie rides and then have ice cream together. The theme is Elmo, her most favorite character. I think by the time this year is over, she is going to be tired of Elmo, most of her Christmas items were Elmo based. Her favorite was the singing Elmo witha microphone right along with her Elmo comforter and Elmo pillow. My oldest was a ballerina LOL. She loved her ballerina outfit and her ballerina baby that talks. And of course her bedding stuff which is all Dora. I love my little ones to pieces, they are certainly little blessings from God.....................What was your children's favorite christmas presents. I can just imagine all the little faces that Christmas morning, my oldest was especially surprised. Even though she knew it was Christmas morning, she thought we were going to her mamaw and papaws to open presents which we did but she didn't know she was goingt o have presents under OUR little tree, I got her reaction on tape, it was too cute.
I never thought of having the party at the mall, that's a pretty cool idea.  We have one of those kid play areas also.  My son also likes Elmo, but the Madagascar theme he seemed to like better.  My immediate family (husband and kids) do not celebrate Christmas but we do go over to each other's parents house so we can be with the family and so the kids can open up their presents that gramma and grampa get for them.  We celebrate Yule as we are Pagans (there are actually a lot of us around in my area) and we do give presents it is just on a different day.  I think Willow, my daughter, really likes her teething toys and she seems to like the book about the moon that we got her.  It is actually quite funny because Moon is her middle name.  My son, Elwin, really really really likes his drum set.lol  His daddy plays the drums and of course he thinks that is cool and has to follow along.  He makes up songs to sing along while he's playing on them. lol  He also likes his little alligator piano, yes it's the shape of an alligator, pretty silly, but he likes it.  He is very much into music.  Oh, and he likes his Lincoln Logs also.  All of his other smaller toys are in his toy chest.  This year was a big difference from last year as he actually wanted to play with the toys instead of the boxes they came in! lol
 
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December 29, 2005, 9:55 pm PST

kidstyles

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LOL, I actually wrapped a big box for my oldest when she was a baby, she liked, she crawled in and out of it. I have seen the alligator piano, they are cute. My oldest wants as et of drums, not sure where we would put them but maybe someday, just not yet. But she will be receiving piano lessons probabky around the first grade and she wants a flute which is what I used to play, so that would be cool and something that I believe I could live with. :).
I too want to put my son in some music classes, probably percussion, although my husband said he would teach him, so maybe he should try piano.  I don't know, it will be up to him.  It seems like winter lasts forever when you have a child who loves to be outside. lol  During the summer we are always outside and I can never get him to come in! lol  He is also very interested in fish and so he likes to go to our pond and check out how the fishies are doing.  He says hi to them.  But now that we are inside most of the time he takes advantage of playing with his toys.  I had asked my mother in law if she ever got annoyed when my husband would play his drums in the house and she said,"No, he is actually quite good."  Of course she is the one who sent Elwin the drum set.  I don't mind, I also enjoy it.  Isn't it funny that our kids were born on the same day?  I haven't met anyone else who has the same birthday of the same year.  Seems like they grow up too fast.  I read in one of your earlier posts that your daughter was into Dora, so is Elwin.  He also really likes Bob the Builder and has lots of Bob books and tools.  It's funny because whenever daddy or I go to fix things he gets out his tools and helps. lol  Oh, listen to me, apparently I know more about the life of kids than I do about what is going on in the world! lol  Oh well, I guess that's what happens when you are a stay at home mom.......and  I don't mind a bit! lol 
 
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December 31, 2005, 5:49 pm PST

to give in...?

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Dear Jettav, 

   I have a question for you and all of our readers.  Recently a very good Christian friend of mine asked me this question.  What does submission to your husband look like?  As she has been married alot longer that I have, I wasn't sure what to say.  Any thoughts anyone?  I would sure love to hear them!  Jewels 

Well, the definition of "submission" means to give into one's authority.  So I would have to say that I think to show your husband submission means to give into him.  To not have a say.  But on the other hand maybe it also means to let him have a say and let that be that.  Let him make a decision.  I am interested to hear what submission to her husband looks like.  If indeed " to give in to one's authority" is her definition then I would like to know why her husband is her "authority".  I thought marriage was supposed to be equal.  But I am not of Christain faith so maybe my definition is different from most.  I do, however believe in respecting one another and supporting one another and making decisions together because what people do will affect not only their life, but those of their children and spouses. 
 
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January 1, 2006, 8:48 am PST

Sports

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Oh my Gracie LOVES Dora!!!!  and princesses!!!  She has informed me she wants to take hockey AND ballet!!  lol   She's going to play soccer this spring 

 
 







 

I think that it is good whenever a child shows interest in an activity.  Especially if that is different from the "traditional" role of male or female.  If Gracie really wants to be in hockey I hope you encourage her because we all know that girls can do the same things as boys!  Sometimes even better.hahaha  Anyway, my son, Elwin, will be in soccer this spring also as he seems to show a real interest in it.  I was in soccer when I was younger and it will be fun to go to the games again and meet other parents and maybe he will even make a few more friends.  Hope you had a good night without the kids (you said your mom was taking them for the night) and maybe you got some sleep.  That's what I usually do when my mom babysits.  Have a great new year!
 
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January 1, 2006, 8:11 pm PST

I agree

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My girls love music, they are both in the bell choir at church, my oldest is very good. My youngest did her first performance for the Christmas program, she did really well for the first song but decided that she didn't want to do the second song, she gently laid her bell down and called out for mommy, stood there for a few seconds looking around and spotted the exit and she tip toed out, it was too funny and cute of course. Can't believe she is gonna be THREE on Tuesday. :) My oldest is going to be in dance this Spring and possibly tee ball this summer, haven't checked out the ball yet and depends on the cost of everything (and of course the starting age) and the time of course, I believe in balancing things out as I believe activities are imporant as well as family and God time and even times to relax. We also get involved in the library reading programs as well as the art and craft days that they have there and of course the activities of the church. certainly never a dull moment, that's for sure.
I know, don't they get excited when a birthday is coming up?  I ask my son how old he will be and he says, "Three!" And then he jumps around and says, "My birthday is coming up and then we sing 'Happy Birthday cake to me!'"  It's quite funny.  I think he is most looking forward to blowing out the candles.  I think what your daughter did at the Christmas program is cute too.  They are very clever at that age.  I think my son wants to go for soccer because he loves to be outside.  We like to go for walks out in the woods and we like to go camping.  He gets very excited when he knows we are going camping because he likes to explore.  I remember this one time while out on a trip we stayed where there was a waterfall and very tall Cedar trees and for almost the entire time we were there he was fascinated with this one particular tree.  He would talk to it and hug it and would bring me and daddy to it so we could say hi.  It was very cute.  I also think in regards to sports and activities a child also learns so much from being outside and exploring all that is around them.  So many people take nature for granted and destroy it and I try to teach him as well as my daughter (even though she is still very young) that nature is sacred and should be respected and kept clean.  And I agree too, there is never a dull moment! lol
 
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January 2, 2006, 10:08 am PST

Getting Along With Your In-Laws

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Hey All, 

 I have a MIL who wants my daughter to call her Mom. She'll ask her ( she's almost a year old) where's Mom and she's not talking about me she's talking about herself. When ever she picks up my child she says come see mom. My husband didn't see the issue with this until he saw how much it bothered me and our doctor told him how confused our daughter may become. Anyway we talked to his Mother and she's still doing it.. In fact it seems to be worse now more than ever. So what should be my next step? Should I write her a letter? I want to be clam and rational with her about this but it's as if she doesn't care about our point of view. I feel like when she does this she semi views my child as her's... If anyone can help please let me know. 

Thanks, 

Stephanie  

Maybe she does view your daughter as her own.  Does she have any daughters of her own?  Maybe this why she is doing that.  I think grandmothers like to have a special bond between them and their granddaughters.  I do however, think that it is wrong for her to be calling herself the "mom".  She has had her children and now she needs to be the "grandma".  She needs to be the fun one and the one that will listen to anything that your daughter tells her and not be too judgmental.  So I think if you explain it to her like this, maybe she will understand.  Tell her that you do not want to confuse your child as to which person is mommy because she is simply not the mommy,  but indeed the grandma.  It could be perhaps she calls herself mom because she thinks your daughter will have an easier time saying "mom" compared to "grandma" or maybe she just doesn't like the word "grandma" because it makes her sound old.  In that case, come up with another name just for  her ( keep it appropriate =)  ) like nanna, or something.  Hope this helps, oh, and maybe have your husband help come up with the name, this way she may like it that her own son helped in some way.  Good luck! 
 
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