Okay, it's my turn to vent about in-laws a bit....
So, my DH is having a "procedure" next Thursday morning (really really really early). We have to be there at 6am. School starts here on Monday, so my DD7 will have to get on the bus. DH had called his parents (who live in our town) right after scheduling this appointment (about 3 weeks ago) to see if they could spend the night in our house the night before and take care of our girls during the morning. His dad said, no problem.
Well, he calls his parents tonight and his dad informed him that they are headed up north to their old house (which they haven't sold yet) on Tuesday. So, it seems that the agreement to watch our kids during DH's surgery didn't mean anything to them!
Now, I know that my mom will drive down 1 1/2 hours to watch my girls that morning without complaining, but it bugs me that they agreed to do it, until they found something more fun to do. They did the same thing when my DH tried to surprise me with a trip to Hawaii a few years ago. They were all set to watch the girls for half the time and then got a family wedding invitation and decided that was more important than our kids. So, once again, my mom had to step in and help us out.
And my MIL wonders why I trust my mom more than her????