Kevin's Watch

What a "gas" night. Me and Seasis hooked up with Creator and we all danced YMCA together!!! Wow! Two continents unite! And we all did YMCA in sync...didn't we Creator???? Ah, the joys of modern technology!!

But, well, thank God for friends! Love ya all. Time for me to go to sleep! See you on the flip side my fellow watchies!

Yes we did!!

And the sisters did the macarena!! I am way to uncoordinated for that!! I just watched!!

night little sisters!! hugs to everyone!

Wyldewode wrote:I feel. . . giddy. Mr. Shy-guy actually initiated a conversation with me. It was to ask for some information about an event all of us are going to, but it was information that he obviously knew where to find himself. AND. . . before he said anything, he turned and looked at me with a HUGE grin on his face. I played it fairly cool, but I'm pretty sure that he asked me so he could have an excuse to say something.

I think I get to see him tomorrow afternoon. Wish me luck. . .

Well, it sounds like you didn't need our advice after all. Good luck.

Sleepy now, but had a good day. I've gotten some stuff resolved this week. The girl who stiffed the troop on her cookie money has paid up, yay! We've wrapped up all the college visits; now MagickMaker just has to decide which school she wants to go to. And today, we went power-shopping and found her a prom dress -- for, like, 80% off! Whoo hoo! And then we found shoes to go with -- and they were on sale, too!

Man, I feel for you guys with teeny kids. While MagickMaker and I were eating lunch at the mall food court today, I was watching several couples with little kids at the next table. The first thing I thought of was how cute the kids were. But the next thing I thought of was, "Boy oh boy, do you guys ever have a long way to go...." Sea, you have not *lived* until you've taken your kid to a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese: bad pizza, ball pits crawling with lice, and giant anthromorphic, animatronic rats. And the noise level is unbelievable. Thank the gods I am past those days!

aliantha wrote:Sea, you have not *lived* until you've taken your kid to a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese: bad pizza, ball pits crawling with lice, and giant anthromorphic, animatronic rats. And the noise level is unbelievable. Thank the gods I am past those days!

We don't have Chuck E. Cheese here in Oz...but I'm kinda thinking (given your description) that maybe this is a *good* thing!

and giant anthromorphic, animatronic rats.

I want to go now.

Last night the cat woke me in the middle of the night. It bloody wouldn't stop making noise so I reached for something to throw in it's general direction....i grabbed a book...a Stephen Donaldson book!!...White Gold Wielder to be precise!! I feel ashamed. It did shut the cat up though!

edit: I just checked and it was actually The One Tree.

aliantha wrote:Man, I feel for you guys with teeny kids. While MagickMaker and I were eating lunch at the mall food court today, I was watching several couples with little kids at the next table. The first thing I thought of was how cute the kids were. But the next thing I thought of was, "Boy oh boy, do you guys ever have a long way to go...." Sea, you have not *lived* until you've taken your kid to a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese: bad pizza, ball pits crawling with lice, and giant anthromorphic, animatronic rats. And the noise level is unbelievable. Thank the gods I am past those days!

Having spent a couple of hours at the local Chuck E. Cheese just yesterday for the birthday party for a five year old, I can fully endorse this very accurate description.

Thank God my kids are teenagers. I loved 'em beyond words when they were little, but they are so much more fun now!

Warmark wrote:

and giant anthromorphic, animatronic rats.

I want to go now.

No, you don't. Honest to God, you don't. Duchy is backing me up.

Duchy, I agree with you -- as cute as my kids were when they were little, I *much* prefer them as teenagers. (Or in Batty's case, as a twentysomething.) That said, I've been getting a little misty-eyed over the past couple of days; MagickMaker's 18th birthday is in a couple of weeks, and then I won't have *any* kids in my house anymore -- they'll all be adults. (Well, legally, anyway.) In the car the other day, as my mind was running along these lines, I reached over and patted MagickMaker on the knee and told her I loved her. (Of course, she immediately moved as far away from me as it was possible for her to get without getting out of the car, and demanded, "What was *that* for??" )

Empowered.

There are some things in my life that I am sick of. To be honest, there are some *people* in my life I am sick of.

So I'm going to say what I need to say to those who need to hear it and if they don't like it then too bad!

aliantha wrote:

Warmark wrote:

and giant anthromorphic, animatronic rats.

I want to go now.

No, you don't. Honest to God, you don't. Duchy is backing me up.

Duchy, I agree with you -- as cute as my kids were when they were little, I *much* prefer them as teenagers.

what?!?!? are they from THIS planet? my 4 kids are my life and i am sure they will grow into adults i will be very proud of, but the two that are teenagers now complain more, lie more, talk back more, and do less around the house to help than they did when they were half their present ages. as far as i see it, teenagers are in a state of temporary insanity. i understand that is the nature of the beast, so to speak, but parenting teenagers is much more work with much less reward, in terms of reciprocal response from them, than dealing with 4, 6, or 8 yr olds.

Seareach wrote:Empowered.

There are some things in my life that I am sick of. To be honest, there are some *people* in my life I am sick of.

So I'm going to say what I need to say to those who need to hear it and if they don't like it then too bad!

when i see a post like Lucimay's above i experience severe emoticon envy.

Peven wrote:when i see a post like Lucimay's above i experience severe emoticon envy.

Peven wrote:what?!?!? are they from THIS planet? my 4 kids are my life and i am sure they will grow into adults i will be very proud of, but the two that are teenagers now complain more, lie more, talk back more, and do less around the house to help than they did when they were half their present ages. as far as i see it, teenagers are in a state of temporary insanity. i understand that is the nature of the beast, so to speak, but parenting teenagers is much more work with much less reward, in terms of reciprocal response from them, than dealing with 4, 6, or 8 yr olds.

Maybe it's because my kids are nearly out of their teens, so that their work of sucking out my brain is virtually complete.

The early teen years (from 11 -- yes, that's right, 11! -- to about 14) sucked eggs. My kids acted exactly as you describe. But once they got to be about 15 or 16, they started to act like human beings. Okay, they still do stupid sh*t -- but heck, so do I, and I'm pushing 50.

Developmentally, I've read, the teen years are a lot like toddlerhood at a more advanced level -- there's a lot of boundary testing, and a lot of that pulling away/running back behavior. So Pevan, just think of your teenagers as toddlers with, y'know, boobs and facial hair.

aliantha wrote: So Pevan, just think of your teenagers as toddlers with, y'know, boobs and facial hair.

aliantha wrote:

Peven wrote:what?!?!? are they from THIS planet? my 4 kids are my life and i am sure they will grow into adults i will be very proud of, but the two that are teenagers now complain more, lie more, talk back more, and do less around the house to help than they did when they were half their present ages. as far as i see it, teenagers are in a state of temporary insanity. i understand that is the nature of the beast, so to speak, but parenting teenagers is much more work with much less reward, in terms of reciprocal response from them, than dealing with 4, 6, or 8 yr olds.

Maybe it's because my kids are nearly out of their teens, so that their work of sucking out my brain is virtually complete.

The early teen years (from 11 -- yes, that's right, 11! -- to about 14) sucked eggs. My kids acted exactly as you describe. But once they got to be about 15 or 16, they started to act like human beings. Okay, they still do stupid sh*t -- but heck, so do I, and I'm pushing 50.

Developmentally, I've read, the teen years are a lot like toddlerhood at a more advanced level -- there's a lot of boundary testing, and a lot of that pulling away/running back behavior. So Pevan, just think of your teenagers as toddlers with, y'know, boobs and facial hair.

you know, that is a good way to put it. they DO act like overgrown 3 year olds, now that you mention it.

Balon wrote:

aliantha wrote: So Pevan, just think of your teenagers as toddlers with, y'know, boobs and facial hair.

Thanks! (Present company excepted, of course. )

aliantha wrote:

Balon wrote:

aliantha wrote: So Pevan, just think of your teenagers as toddlers with, y'know, boobs and facial hair.

Thanks! (Present company excepted, of course. )

Yeah right! That about sums it up for me!

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