I'm trying to remain calm. Jack's birthday is coming up quickly and he's having a party for his school friends on Saturday which is keeping his brain busy with plans. There will be cornhole, knee hockey, and a painting craft. There will be junk food and cake, and then everyone will go home after two hours. To be honest, his behavior is pretty good, considering how much he's looking forward to it.
He's still talking about mama and her tablet, because mama lets him spend lots of time on his tablet playing games and watching TV. I did talk to her about it, and hopefully she cuts back on his screen time so he's equally mad at us. I also looked up five year olds obbessions with games, and it's not uncommon, so he's normal. He is a funny guy though. Every morning before we leave the house for daycare or school, he paces around the kitchen island, all the while talking to me about every thing. He has so many thoughts inside his brain and they all have to come out. I just realized he's like me that way. I do so much better if I can talk about things out loud, get those thoughts out of my head. He talks more than any boy I've met:) He'll either drive some woman crazy, or she'll love it.
The US continues to circle the drain, economically, with it's insane policies and politicians. It's stressful to watch because Canadians worry about getting dragged along with them. We have an election coming up 3.5 weeks, and I guess that will help to decide which way we're heading. For me, I'm voting Liberal because I believe humans should be helping each other and working together. I don't believe in every man/woman for themselves.
In other news, I gave our renter at my husband's old house, notice to vacate. We want to sell the house and really don't like being landlords. She doesn't pay much, $900/month for a three bedroom house with utilities included. She wasn't happy. She's a single mom of three kids and works hard. But on the upside, she got hold of her dad, who literally lives about a five minute drive away from her (who knew), whom she hasn't talked to in twenty years, and he wants to help her. They are looking at ways to get financing to buy the house. We don't want to do anymore work on that house and it will be sold as is, for probably less than market value. If they can buy the house, no realtors and everybody wins. I have my fingers crossed for her and for us.
My condo will also be repaired, shortly? Again, who knows, but the realtor said we can sell it as is, as long as the new buyer knows it will be repaired. Fingers crossed.
Now for some funny, because there really isn't anything funny going on.
Fingers crossed for us all.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed.
DeleteYou may have read this somewhere already about the mother who was listening to her young kid talking about important stuff while she, the mum, put on her make-up in the morning and the kid had so much to tell that the mother washed her face and started all over again.
ReplyDeleteToo funny. Yes, if I were to put on makeup while Jack was talking, I fear I would end up looking like trump:)
DeleteI hope Jack has an awesome birthday on Saturday! And that you survive his party, LOL, all those excited kids hopped up on sugar for 2 hours! And I hope your renter can get the financing together to buy the property, that would be a win-win for everyone!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure he'll have a wonderful birthday.
DeleteRealising your assets, it seems.
ReplyDeleteJack may go very quiet in his young teen years.
With some justification, some drivers get very upset when other drivers do as the meme describes, but it just isn't worth reacting.
I hate being a landlord, it's not my jam.
DeleteThat party sounds like sensory overload for me. I hope he has the best time and remembers it forever. Here's hoping the renter can arrange financing and stay, the house sounds really good for her situation.
ReplyDeleteI imagine it will be a sensory overloard for me as well. The kids are going to play in the basement and hubby will supervise:)
DeleteAugust, too, is a must-get-it-out talker. And oh, the things he needs to talk about! Right now it's a lot of math. Somehow, talking about math does not win friends and influence people.
ReplyDeleteSigh.
Two hours is just about perfect for a child's birthday party. At least that's what I think. I mean, one hour would be better but I doubt you could get away with that.
Good luck on the real estate situation.
One hour would be enough for me, but not for the kids:)
DeleteI've never met a kid who talks as much as he does, about everything from black holes, to god, to electricity, to electronics, to how hard his life is because he doesn't have ANY FUN!
Birthdays are fun but stressful for kids. My oldest grandson has had melt downs at his and told his mother again that he doesn't want anyone to sing Happy Birthday to him. (last year was the same) I love that Jack is so talkative and open; that's excellent! Youngest Grandson is probably watching too much TV/screen at his dad's/other grandparents but my daughter doesn't have any control over that. It's frustrating! Hope the party goes well!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Jack will end up crying as some point during the party and he will feel embarrassed, poor guy.
DeleteThe best birthday party I ever hosted was spontaneous. tI happened to be lovely weather (31 May) so I told Jordan to cycle off and invite any of his mates over and I'd get pizza! Other than that I always preferred to have them outside my house somewhere. Let someone else do the cleaning up!
ReplyDeleteOutside of our house, when the weather is still cold, means a lot of expense and the kids don't need it. I'll survive.
DeleteI too will be voting Liberal. What is happening in the States by the right is just crazy. I used to do a huge birthday swimming party for our girls as their birthdays were close. They invited the 2 whole classes at school so no one was left out. [we had a very large pool} after the kids swam and screamed for an hour, yes the neighbours were warned, we gave them pizza, ice cream and cake then sent them home. The kids all loved it. Gigi in Toronto
ReplyDeleteWe have no pool and the backyard still has a lot of snow in it, so the basement it is, and only seven kids, more than enough.
DeleteHow nice to be selling off that property. I wouldn't like to be a landlady, either. Fingers crossed for the single mother.
ReplyDeleteI hope she and her dad are able to work out the financing and I'm glad he's back in her life. Our renter and her sister were both Romanian "orphans" adopted back in the day. Their parents were still alive, but unable to care for them due to Nicolae Ceaușescu and his policies.
DeleteI think it's natural for young kids to be very talkative. He'll probably grow out of it when he hits his pre-teen years! (Of course you know better than me, since I've never been a parent!)
ReplyDeleteI still can't believe the political goings-on in the USA. It's a shitshow for sure.
I guess time will tell if Jack's talking slows down:)
DeleteAren't you thankful you and Dave aren't living in the States right now?
What an amazing tree shot! I do hope that today you were able to emulate that tree and just ommm through the party. We have an election coming up here too, and the choice is the current government, who are riding on the wave of not being the opposition, and parties that sound like they are trump wannabes. eeeeek
ReplyDeleteThe tree photo was taken on Vancouver Island a few years ago. The trees there are amazing.
DeleteThe party went well:)