Rein's such a good kid. He blows my mind sometimes. Today when he got back from school I let him play Metal Gear Solid 2 until Ginny and Sig got home and so long as Ana and Byron could watch. He did so without argument and when they came home he got out the dance mats and let them play Dance Dance Revolution with him until dinner time. I cannot praise him enough for being such a good big brother these days.
Best part of the day is every night at 7 the kids, DH, and I take the three dogs for a walk all over the neighborhood. We walk, talk, have fun with the dogs, and it's just a big bonding experience. We're back between 8 and 9 and the kids love it too. Good exercise and it's really fun for them around Halloween and the Winter Holidays.The neighbors get a good laugh seeing a pack of 7 people and 3 dogs coming down the street every night too!
We purposely got Macs for all of the kids so they'd be less likely to load them up with video games and unwanted porno viruses. There are still a few things we find when we go through them, but nowhere's near enough if we just gave them each a PC and let them have their way. Office and Adobe Suite are out for Mac and that's all they need. Firefox is free, too. They've had them since 2002 (older three) and 2005 (younger two) and still going strong. Best money spent on technology.
All day long, I play, wrestle, build, swing, read, do puzzles and my 4 yo DS adores his daddy more than me and it truly breaks my heart. I just want to know that I am special to him.
My mother and stepdad are having a hard time with their marriage right now. I feel guilty that I cringe when the phone rings because I know she will be so down and want to talk all about it.
My son has the half of next week off of school so I'm going to take my boys to visit Nana and Papa without DH. Truth is, I'm kind of hoping my parents will let us stay...
Wanna see a baby being born? Just go online. In just a few days one woman will be bearing down, and bearing it all for the world to see... What do you think about that??