Sometimes people make me really confused. Is childhood really so far away for them that they can't think that snow+kids=great combination? Or do they just think that their kids, like them, are exercises in restraint and denial? Far too many people just do not understand children or how to deal with them, or even really try to, and that's sad.
I wish I had been there. I love big ginormous piles of snow, and then going back inside and peeling off the layers of outdoor clothes and sitting down with a blanket and a cup of hot cocoa. In Pittsburgh we don't get large amounts of snow like that, although we sometimes did back in Michigan. I love snow, and I'm glad you and Jet had fun. :)
I have 4 kids in 3 schools and run a business from home. I always try and make sure everyone around me knows that so that they won't judge me too harshly when I inevitably fail to be Super Mom. It doesn't matter how organized I am nor how well I plan ahead, there are things that are out of my control. Still I know very well that it is even harder when both parents work outside the home. For example, this year on the 1st snow day I kept my 10yo out of school and we went to the all the buy her boots. She informed me at 9:00 the previous evening that they were too small after assuring me a couple of weeks prior that ALL her winter stuff from last year still fit. If I had had to be at an office by 9:00am she would have gone to school in her running shoes in 6in of snow. That's life. Shit happens.
Kids. Jet does that with the sizes thing, too, but with both parents now in the house, we do things most parents can't. Like go to Target at 9 and get him something. *laughs* We are very different...
4 kids in 3 schools and running a business from home? Sorry, but you really are Super Mom. :)
I know all about the juggling thing. People sometimes say I'm really good at this juggling act, but they're not looking at all the balls on the floor that I dropped that I'm just kicking along with my feet until I have time to stop and pick them up. :)
You know what's even worse when the exact same thing happens all damn winter long. We all know kids lose things. I can totally attest to that. We have a hat and mitten BOX in our closet full of nothing but, in all sizes and thickness.
My boys invariably lose all kinds of things, but a dress in winter? That's like those idiots at Iowa State that refused to wear a hat because it messed up their hair. It would be 70 below wind chill and no freaking hat. I used to wear damn hunting coveralls to class on those days.
I never send my kid to school without snow pants, hat, coat and gloves because you're right, expecting a kid NOT to play in the snow is just ridiculous.
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I wish I had been there. I love big ginormous piles of snow, and then going back inside and peeling off the layers of outdoor clothes and sitting down with a blanket and a cup of hot cocoa. In Pittsburgh we don't get large amounts of snow like that, although we sometimes did back in Michigan. I love snow, and I'm glad you and Jet had fun. :)
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Yah, Michigan... I remember Chicago in the snow.
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I have 4 kids in 3 schools and run a business from home. I always try and make sure everyone around me knows that so that they won't judge me too harshly when I inevitably fail to be Super Mom. It doesn't matter how organized I am nor how well I plan ahead, there are things that are out of my control. Still I know very well that it is even harder when both parents work outside the home. For example, this year on the 1st snow day I kept my 10yo out of school and we went to the all the buy her boots. She informed me at 9:00 the previous evening that they were too small after assuring me a couple of weeks prior that ALL her winter stuff from last year still fit. If I had had to be at an office by 9:00am she would have gone to school in her running shoes in 6in of snow. That's life. Shit happens.
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Kids. Jet does that with the sizes thing, too, but with both parents now in the house, we do things most parents can't. Like go to Target at 9 and get him something. *laughs* We are very different...
So yay on perspectives!
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4 kids in 3 schools and running a business from home? Sorry, but you really are Super Mom. :)
I know all about the juggling thing. People sometimes say I'm really good at this juggling act, but they're not looking at all the balls on the floor that I dropped that I'm just kicking along with my feet until I have time to stop and pick them up. :)
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My boys invariably lose all kinds of things, but a dress in winter? That's like those idiots at Iowa State that refused to wear a hat because it messed up their hair. It would be 70 below wind chill and no freaking hat. I used to wear damn hunting coveralls to class on those days.
I never send my kid to school without snow pants, hat, coat and gloves because you're right, expecting a kid NOT to play in the snow is just ridiculous.
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Yeah... I have to agree. It's interesting what people choose to dress their kids in all winter long...
*hugs* And you guys have a much colder winter than we ever do... goodness. It's 45 today! Hee...
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