A friend has unveiled this amazing website to me and I want to share it with the two of you who care enough to check up on us.
thepioneerwomancooks.com
She is quite funny and includes pictures with every step of her recipies. She has all sorts of things besides cooking too. Check it out when you need something new for dinner.
Just in case you were wondering Jacob gets home in 4 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a new dilema. This is something I didn't grow up with and I am not sure how to handle. We live right by the playground in our apartment complex and so do a lot of other families with small children. When Rylie and Mason go outside to play, and I stay inside by the window working on something, they always come back minutes later with a friend who now wants to play inside and eat all of our food. The two girls who are the "usuals" are very nice and play well with Rylie, I just can't handle two extra children in my house. I only let them in 1 out of 10 times they ask and don't ever feed them. But then they run to their house and get yogurt or popsicles or anything and Rylie ends up with one too. So I am the mean mom and their mom is nice. I need to be able to let me kids play outside without having the neighborhood banging on my door. What do I do? How do I balance letting Rylie have friends and keeping them at bay?
2 years ago
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By the way... I hope I am one of the two who "checks up on you". I love reading about what your family is doing. I will check out the website. Good luck with your dilema. I have not had this problem, but maybe you could schedule a set playdate with a fun activity like making mini pizzas or something like that at a time when you think you could handle it...
I say you have to just have to buy a few cheap treats and have them around. I always have extras (kids) at my house I just make them stay outside, if my house is clean or something crazy. The good thing about having them at your house is you decide the rules.
tough call... I haven't had to worry about that yet. But Ava does have a friend that she has played with, and comes back with a HUGE attitude - and I know she gets it from her. So I've had to limit their play time together and it's usually only when they're in playgroup setting. UGH, it's hard being a parent!!
And I'm all for you setting up the play dates and them not deciding when they bring a friend home.
I'm so glad Jacob's home now!
I have puzzled over that issue too. I agree that it is your house and you make the rules. You are not an all-you-can-eat buffet, and you can decide who comes over, when and for how long. If kids come over on their own, I make them play outside. If we arrange a play date, then they can play inside. That way, it's on my terms.
I love pioneer woman. If you have an extra 10 hours, you should check out her love story:-)
Congrats on having a boy!
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