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Monday, September 15, 2008
1. On Saturday the kids and I went to Chick-fil-a. When we got done eating, we went to the play area per usual. While we were playing, The Most Annoying Child Of All Time came in, without an adult (pet peeve). Ya'll, I've been around a lot of kids in my day and I feel quite comfortable giving him this title. I'll spare you all the details but he was the most ill behaved, bratty, whiny kid I have ever seen in my life (and this is after 15 years of babysitting, countless practicums, student teaching and teaching)(also: Dear Friends who I hang out with on a regular basis: Thank for not having a child like this or we would have to stop being friends. Love, Me). The kid hit and pushed my kid as well as other kids in there. He knocked my baby over. He was loud. He was being extremely bossy to my son. And of course his grandparents were just sitting in the restaurant eating. So what do you do in that situation? Leave? Tell the kid to get a life? Try to wait him out? We did the later. He finally left (after kicking his grandma) and the play area was nice and calm.
2. While we were at Chick-fil-a, after The Most Annoying Child Of All Time left, Cason played with two little boys. I talked to their mom for a long time. She was really nice. Her boys were very close together in age. Cason is right between their ages. The boys all had the best time playing together. And they were sweet and energetic. So here's my question: Would it have been weird for me to ask the other mom if we could get the boys together again for them to play? I'm thinking yes, but I don't know. I'm secretly hoping to run into them again. No I'm not, because then it would be all weird and like, "Hey do you remember us from that time at Chick-fil-a?" I guess the moment has passed.
3. The other day, I was stuffing a diaper into the diaper genie. A smell came out that should not be smelled by humans ever again. I almost passed out, after I got done gagging. This is not a debatable topic, I just felt like sharing.
4. I am cooking three things in my crockpot this week. I only have two crockpot liners left. I'm making these chicken nuggets for Cason (he'll eat anything in 'nugget' form), I'm making chicken tacos and the best Hawaiian chicken known to mankind (chicken much?). So I'm thinking I'll use my two liners for the tacos and the Hawaiian chicken. Thoughts?
13 comments:
1st I would like to say that there was probably a reason that The Most Annoying Child Ever's parent/gparents weren't with him--because he's annoying, that's why :) And I would make the chicken tacos/hawaiian chicken and if you do post the recipe b/c they sound delightful!
I don't think it would have been weird to ask her to get the boys together again. Maybe next time that situation arises, you could feel her out by saying "My son is having a great time with your kids! I'm always looking for kids around his age in this area...do you come here often? Want to meet up next Tuesday?"
I know, it sounds like a pickup line. But let's be honest...finding COOL, FUN moms with kids the same age is a process...maybe more important than dating. You should approach it as such. Who knows, she might have been really grateful and excited, too!
Here's a thought...could you send Colin to the store on his way home from work to get a new box of crockpot liners?
Ditto Jessica's response. I do have to add the disclaimer of do as I suggest not as I do, because I have been in a situation like that and just let it go.
Crockpot liners are THE. BEST. invention next to the baby diaper. I also need the hawaiian chicken recipe. It's crockpot season.
I would have waited it out too but the whole time I would have wanted to send him out to his grandparents.
I hope you run into that mom and her sons again. You should have totally tried to hook up with her. If someone would have asked me I would have been all over it.
As for the crockpot liners I'd say use them on the messiest recipes. I've never used them but maybe I'll check them out.
ohhh! Hawaiian chicken recipe please....
Please post all three of your recipes...I am always looking for new crockpot recipes that are good. I have never been asked out by another mom...But - in my situation there are NO baby girls here. Just baby boys, and a lot of them. So, if I find another baby girl, I will be begging for playdates!
1. Contact the manager and have him/her confront annoying child and elder generation guardians
2. You should have totally set up a park play date - public area, kids play, moms get to know each other. Megan has a really good friend who, as Megan says, "I picked up in the Deli at HEB".
3. EWWWW!
4. They make liners for crock pots? Who knew?
I think you should've set up a playdate, I met a another mom once while walking in our neighborhood, she asked for my number, didn't call cause she wrote it down wrong, then asked for it again and still never called, but it wasn't strange for me. Then just yesterday I'm running pushing the stroller and different mom who had a baby 11 weeks ago, stopped me to talk, it was weird, but I was a little annoyed because I was on my 3rd lap of 4, and I wasn't really in the mood to be stopped, also I would like all three recipes as well, lastly the comment about contacting the manager would be good, if some kid was knocking my kids over, I'd probably confront the guardian, and if it was my kid that was doing it, I'd want to know.
I second the comment of having Colin go get crock pit liners! Duh!
And, you're going to have to send me that hawaiian chicken recipe - I am still trying to figure out how to use this thing call crockpot...
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Since we have moved a lot, if I felt too weird to ask random cool moms at playgrounds if our kids could play together again, my kids would not have any friends. And if she thought you were weird for that, she probably wouldn't be a good friend anyway.
And I would love to see your crock pot recipes... you know, in all your spare time. They sound yummy!
One day when I took the boys there, another little boy decided to drop trou and poop on the slide. Seriously. It made the fact that my 3 year old is still in Pull-Ups seem not so bad. Rather than bother the manager we just decided it nap time. As for play dates it could be worse. Being the only male does mean that I generally get my own table at the playground, but it also means that any mention to a stranger of getting together another time is strictly out-of-bounds.
Crock Pot Liners? They did't mention those on America's Test Kitchen!
1. Don't feel too bad about any choice. Jonah saw this child on Thursday at the mall playground. He shoved my baby down and grandma and grandpa ignored it. However, he now probably has my child's chicken pox.
Ha.
2. You know, she was probably thinking the same thing.
3. ick.
4. I'm just burning with jealousy because your kid eats.
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