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SS8 being a drama queen about our elf on the shelf

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Submitted by Jlbfinch on Thu, 12/01/2016 - 9:09am

We've had the dang thing for three years now, all the kids usually have fun and get excited waiting to see where it will be next, but this year SS8 has decided he's terrified of it and even last night went bed crying "I'm scared, I'm scared" that the elf would come in his room and get him.

Irritated at my DH

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Submitted by Jlbfinch on Tue, 10/04/2016 - 9:24am

I have to put on my BM hat for this one bc it has nothing to do with my step kids. Last night or early this morning my DD7's scooter got stolen either off of our front porch or out of our front yard. As a parent I feel bad for my DD bc she loves her scooter and rides it daily. It sucks to have your property stolen and it sucks to know that someone was creeping around your home in the middle of the night looking for something to take. My DD is very tall so it wasn't a cheap little kid scooter, it was a $75 one meant for teens and adults.

O/T Would this annoy you? Neighbor vent.

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Submitted by Jlbfinch on Thu, 08/04/2016 - 8:47am

I am trying to figure out if I'm justified in feeling super annoyed by this. My DD7 is friends with a neighbor kid who is on the Autism spectrum. It doesn't make me think any differently of this little girl compared to other neighbor kids but it does make it hard to understand what she wants sometimes and sending her home can be difficult bc she will sometimes refuse to leave. There have been a handful of occasions where her mom has had to come over and physically remove her, which involves a lot of kicking and screaming, bc none of my "okay it's time to go home" prompting has worked.

O/T: Changing a tire

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Submitted by Jlbfinch on Fri, 07/01/2016 - 2:09pm

Who here can change their own tire if need be? I'm currently on vacation by myself with all four kids (bio and step) and yesterday we went to a lake way out in the middle of no where. I went to grab something out of the car and saw that one of my tires had went completely flat. Luckily we were at a camp ground and not on the side of the road somewhere but it still sucked. I have roadside assistance but it was still a looooong wait for someone to get out there. Lakes aren't nearly as fun when you find yourself stranded at one, lol.

BM doesn't want the kids in her house when she's not home

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Submitted by Jlbfinch on Tue, 06/28/2016 - 11:39am

My step sons' came over this morning (SS14stb15 and SS7stb8). We are getting ready to go out of town tomorrow so I was outside cleaning out the car. Even early in the morning the heat is off the charts where I live so I was super hot and sweaty. I came in to get some paper towels and saw my older SS reaching for a new bottle of water. Yesterday I saw that he has at least 10 if not more empty water bottles in a pile right beside his bed so I said (albeit it was probably more of a snap) "no, you have tons of bottles in your room I know you've only used once.

Ridiculous

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Submitted by Jlbfinch on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 4:34pm

Tomorrow is Father's Day and while we normally celebrate it this year my husband is in the middle of a major project at work. He's going to work a 12 hour shift tomorrow and is too tired for anything after work these days so we're postponing Father's Day till after his project is finished. I told my bios I would take them to see Finding Dori tomorrow afternoon and I was planning on it being super cheap bc I have a movie gift card that will cover our admission (but use up the whole gift card).

Ugh BM being a trouble maker

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Submitted by Jlbfinch on Tue, 05/24/2016 - 10:29am

When BM moved out of the family home (which is now our family home) she took everything she wanted but left plenty behind too. When I moved in two years ago I started replacing stuff and redecorating here and there. I hated the color of the kitchen but left it alone for a year bc my older step son acted like he was going to have a meltdown if I changed too much at once so it's been a gradual process.

DH and teen SS battling it out

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Submitted by Jlbfinch on Wed, 05/18/2016 - 5:49pm

Monday afternoon DH was coming home from work and caught my older SS and his friends knocking over people's trashcans (luckily they were all empty since the garbage truck had come earlier in the day) in our neighborhood. He chewed all the boys out but especially read the riot act to SS and marched him home. I was in the house and saw SS come in all glumly with DH hot on his heels. DH started handing SS some cleaning supplies and told him to get to work then tacked on a few more chores to whatever he originally him to do.

My Mother's Day weekend

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Submitted by Jlbfinch on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 5:16pm

There were definitely some good parts and not-so-good parts. Saturday morning there was a community fishing event that I originally planned to take the kids (my two daughters and my step son) to. When my MIL found out about the event she told me that my FIL and grandfather-in-law were taking my nephew to it and she asked DH if he and SS could go too and they could have some family male bonding. I hadn't said anything yet about me planning to take all the kids so I let the idea drop so they could have their "guy" time with no girls around.

My Mother's Day weekend

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Submitted by Jlbfinch on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 5:16pm

There were definitely some good parts and not-so-good parts. Saturday morning there was a community fishing event that I originally planned to take the kids (my two daughters and my step son) to. When my MIL found out about the event she told me that my FIL and grandfather-in-law were taking my nephew to it and she asked DH if he and SS could go too and they could have some family male bonding. I hadn't said anything yet about me planning to take all the kids so I let the idea drop so they could have their "guy" time with no girls around.

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