Kids of EB

[Ble_PE]

Screw that, kids are big enough to walk...

Yea, but you're like a buck fifty soaking wet, so it didn't take long for them to get too big to carry.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

I still let my daughter ride on my shoulders once in a while, but that only lasts for about 10 minutes. She has a bony *** like her dad, and I have no padding anywhere on me.

 

[YMZ PE]

I still snuggle with my daddy sometimes.

 

[matt267 PE]

I still snuggle with my daddy sometimes. 

Did your dad make it here ok?

 

[ventilator]

just found out a daycare teacher is leaving next week right before minivent2 goes into her class, he has been looking forward to it and we really liked her to.

 

[YMZ PE]

I still snuggle with my daddy sometimes.

Did your dad make it here ok?

He did, thanks for asking!

just found out a daycare teacher is leaving next week right before minivent2 goes into her class, he has been looking forward to it and we really liked her to.

That's such a bummer. That happened to us with Mini YMZ, and was one of the reasons we pulled her out of that school.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

One thing we found very surprising was the turn-over rate of daycare staff. I think out of the 30+ people there when we first put our kids in, only a couple were still there when we left a few years later. I don't think very many of them lasted more than 2 years.

 

[snickerd3]

at our daycare the cook has changed and one lady left to go back to school full time...other than that it has been the same ladies since we started over 4 yrs ago

 

[MetsFan]

I feel bad for my son. He's turning 3 so we booked a place to have his party next Saturday. We sent out evites earlier this week and out of the 12 kids we invited, over half of them have already declined and I think we're only going to have about 4 kids show up. What sucks is we put a deposit down a while back and it's non-refundable but at least we can move the party date up to a year.

 

[MA_PE]

yeah that's tough. Kids parties on weekends in the summer months are tough because a lot of families have plans. You might try for a couple of hours in the late afternoon during the week for the kids. When the kids were young the bday parties were typically family affairs at the house and not so much the kids friends. It was a BBQ and the other kids were cousins. then again both my and my wife's families were pretty local.

He'll have fun regardless...there's cake and presents.

 

[MetsFan]

Yeah, part of it is that we live in a boarding school and since that is the first weekend after the end of the school year, most of them are away like you said. Our families are from NY/NJ and Texas so while his grandparents will be here no other cousins will be able to make it.

That's true. Hopefully we can at least get those other four kids to show up, otherwise we might just transfer it to the back yard and save the deposit for next year.

 

[matt267 PE]

My daughter's bday is at the end of the month and typically only 5 or 6 classmates come. Try not to let it bother you.

 

[ventilator]

I feel bad for my son. He's turning 3 so we booked a place to have his party next Saturday. We sent out evites earlier this week and out of the 12 kids we invited, over half of them have already declined and I think we're only going to have about 4 kids show up. What sucks is we put a deposit down a while back and it's non-refundable but at least we can move the party date up to a year.

At least they were polite enough to decline. The last part we threw had about 4/12 rsvp, then 8/12 showed up. Most of whom brought a sibling which annoyed me since we had to pay per kid. I would have been OK with it if they had simply asked instead of just showing up.

But the bright side is my son was turning 3, only 2 of his friends showed up (my kids birthdays are only 3 wks apart so it was a joint party) but he was plenty happy. Like MA said, he will be happy, there is cake and presents.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Summer birthdays are hard on kids. My oldest will be turning 9 at the end of the month and he is already used to the fact that he will probably never have more than a couple friends at a party until he is much older. The plus side is that instead of paying 10 kids to do something marginally fun, we use the same budget and end up going to much cooler events. This year we are taking him indoor skydiving.

 

[matt267 PE]

^ indoor skydiving? You get some cool dad points for that!

 

[Road Guy]

if it makes yah feel any better, my daughter turns 13 next week, she will be at her grandparents and will have to celebrate with her two brothers and my parents.. All she told me she wanted to do was go see How to Train your Dragon with some of her other new friends (I guess teens like that movie?) she is bummed (to be with her brothers all that time)

We have 2 with summer bdays and it used to suck when they were smaller, very few would show up.. I'm glad mine are over the bday party age.. seems we always got invited to way more than people ever reciprocated back. **** you (You know who you are).. the whole concept just gets old after a while, it should be close freinds and family and not invite the whole class..

were doing like dex, last year took some of my oldest kids friends rafting on the Ocoee, man that was a blast...

 

[MetsFan]

The skydiving and the rafting are awesome ideas! I'll have to keep that in mind. Our next baby is due on July 31st so he/she will have to go through the same with the summer party.

RG, I hear you on the reciprocation. Luckily we don't get invited to too many parties so I can't complain on that front. I'm just mad that we paid a deposit and can't easily get a refund.

 

[envirotex]

Tex Jr. graduated from high school yesterday. Proud moment, but also very teary...I think it will get worse by the end of summer when he leaves to go to school.

 

[NJmike PE]

Congrats Tex

 

[Krakosky]

+ 1. Where is he headed to school. My brother also graduated on Saturday.