POPpers are back from POP 9/29-10/6 and made GREAT friends!Chat until next trip!! Part 3

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

I am going insane waiting for this lady to pick up some stuff from free cycle! she was the first to respond, so i am giving the stuff to her, but she has blown off the pick up like 3 times now and i am soo annoyed! i toldher if she did not make todays pick up i was moving to the next person and she was all put out, i could tell in her e-mail.

grrr..the stuff is FREE and she is giving me a hard time

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

I want to take Jul to st. louis zoo, chicago planetarium, lincoln park zoo.

She wants to go to AGPlace for her bday in May.
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we're doing AG place in March this yr since we have WDW in May and then we will do the Chicago Children's Musuem on the same day! we love it there!!

 

[julsmom]

ughh bathrooms! can't do them! the tub i can handle, but the bucket stops there!! Dh takes over!

You are exactly like my sister. She used to never do the cleaning or cooking, but now she is starting to get into it. I think it was just b/c she was the youngest, got married early, her DH is older than she is...

I have to do it. If you want it done right, or done at all, do it yourself.

I also do the mowing (riding mower) b/c I cannot wait for DH to decide that he thinks it needs done. Plus, I am at home, so I figure I might as well.

 

[CathrynRose]

Everyone always seems to say "OH my so and so is a perfect student so we dont worry about missing school" ....what about an average student????

Well, to be honest- Joey isnt even average. He *just gets by*.He has, and always has had a LOT of trouble reading, which impears him.

THAT BEING SAID - he catches up fine. Generally that first progress report is - ehhhhh, so-so. But by the report card, he's right back to that "just getting by" grades.

Thing is, for me - it owuldnt matter if we went, or didnt go on vacation. Joey wouldnt do any better.

So, it's a personal decision I make for my family. It's approved time off from school, so they have to let him make up the work. And I like having the memories.

But, like I said - he is now "too cool for Disney" and would rather stay home, so it's no longer a concern.

 

[julsmom]

we're doing AG place in March this yr since we have WDW in May and then we will do the Chicago Children's Musuem on the same day! we love it there!!

If you can help it, don't do AGP on the weekend. It can get really crazy in there. Esp. if you are going to take a stroller in. Does she already have a bitty baby?

Is the museum the one at the pier?

 

[CathrynRose]

Chris everytime i see your avatar and look at your lil one i am amazed at hoe she looks eXACTLY like you!

i want a clone child!! haha! you and CAt both have one!!! me too me too!

Which one of my kids is a clone child???

 

[CathrynRose]

I really did become a completely different person after he died, for the better I think.

I understand this.

I know what you mean.

 

[julsmom]

Jul at AGP in Aug:

On the ferris wheel at the Navy Pier:

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

You are exactly like my sister. She used to never do the cleaning or cooking, but now she is starting to get into it. I think it was just b/c she was the youngest, got married early, her DH is older than she is...

I have to do it. If you want it done right, or done at all, do it yourself.

I also do the mowing (riding mower) b/c I cannot wait for DH to decide that he thinks it needs done. Plus, I am at home, so I figure I might as well.

haha! Yup she sounds like me! i blame it on my parents!!!they never made me lift a finger and DF even calls me PRINCESS and they would always say we feel sorry for whoever you marry! well so do I!! hahaah!!

I NEVER EVER cooked, but you are right, i slowly started to after Autumn was born and now i love it! DH take one or 2 nights a week, but other than thay i do it!

tonite is TACO NIGHT!!

Mowing the lawn
DH is allergic and all i can say is thank goodness we have an associationt aht does that or we would be living in a jungle! when i was younger i asked my dad if i could try (him and my Dsis would take turns mowing) and he laughed and told me to go inside b/c if i tried i would lose an arm! I think he just liked the idea of having a 'princess' and a tom boy! haha!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

If you can help it, don't do AGP on the weekend. It can get really crazy in there. Esp. if you are going to take a stroller in. Does she already have a bitty baby?

Is the museum the one at the pier

yup the one at the pier! Autumn LOVES LOVES LOVES her Bitty Baby! we got it for her when she was 2 months old! hahah! i mail order pretty much everything, but every year we go once to the actual store and DH takes the day off b/c we know about the weekend crowds!!haha!! we hate Chicago on the weekends!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Which one of my kids is a clone child???

hmmm..lemme think??

 

[julsmom]

haha! Yup she sounds like me! i blame it on my parents!!!they never made me lift a finger and DF even calls me PRINCESS and they would always say we feel sorry for whoever you marry! well so do I!! hahaah!!

I NEVER EVER cooked, but you are right, i slowly started to after Autumn was born and now i love it! DH take one or 2 nights a week, but other than thay i do it!

tonite is TACO NIGHT!!

Mowing the lawn
DH is allergic and all i can say is thank goodness we have an associationt aht does that or we would be living in a jungle! when i was younger i asked my dad if i could try (him and my Dsis would take turns mowing) and he laughed and told me to go inside b/c if i tried i would lose an arm! I think he just liked the idea of having a 'princess' and a tom boy! haha!

I am a total princess too really, but I will learn anything. I didn't mow as a kid, but I kind of figure now that, heck, there is no reason that I couldn't do this or that. Just try and stop me!!!

We went canoeing last summer in southern Missouri and DH told me after that he figured that he would have to do it all b/c I would give up after like a minute. But I thought, if I am going to do this, I am going to do it all the way. Kind of like giving birth, you can't just give up and walk away. There's only one way out.

 

[CathrynRose]

CAT:

is it difficult raising Teenage boys?? i'm worried i will be soo clueless!

You learn as you go.

I personally think boys are easier than girls. I never thought it would be that way, but I think it is.

Keep in mind, I was raised only by my Mom - no father around, my mom didnt date and I didnt have brothers or any male figures, and I figured it out!!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

You learn as you go.

I personally think boys are easier than girls. I never thought it would be that way, but I think it is.

Keep in mind, I was raised only by my Mom - no father around, my mom didnt date and I didnt have brothers or any male figures, and I figured it out!!
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i'm terrified of teenaged Autumn! i was a brat to my mom in HS!!

 

[julsmom]

You learn as you go.

I personally think boys are easier than girls. I never thought it would be that way, but I think it is.

Keep in mind, I was raised only by my Mom - no father around, my mom didnt date and I didnt have brothers or any male figures, and I figured it out!!

When Jul was 3 my sis was really kind of scared of her. At 3, they go through the bossiness and all. She just figured it was how Jul was and how girls were, as opposed to a stage. Well, Jul outgrew it of course and now her boy is in that stage. Sorry, anyway, I think now she gets it that kids just go through stages.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

cute pix Jen!
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Anyone doing the Auto Show this yr? DH is taking a day off to do it! we just don't do crazy weekend crowds there!! haha!

 

[julsmom]

 

[mrFDNY]

Hi gang,
Not sure why,but i just can't get up.I feel so tired!! I'm sitting here falling to sleep and i just woke up.Yes,i took a napie poo too(say that 4 times fast) I'm just beat!! I have no choice and have to go get ds from school.

 

[mrFDNY]

Were 21 post away from 10,000!

 

[mrFDNY]

You guys will love this. A "Front seat ride a long" In a FDNY Rig enroute to a call.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LXfo45JFyHQ

Hey,
I thought this was very funny,i think you guys will like it!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN4NzjI0Dyc

Check these out,the first one is a ride along in a FDNY rig full lights and sirens in nyc. The second one is a joke video,i think you guys will like em.