Chat-A-Thon Thread

[coyote00]

That is a very sweet puppy, makes me want to reach through the computer and snuggle .

[LuvToUseCoupons]

[Lynn49]

Oh, Sheets...she's toooo adorable!! Give her a tummy snuffle for me, please?! What a little princess!

Just got back from having breakfast with 'the kids' who both took the day off....Tuttu-Frutti...yep...my day's calories in one meal!!! LOL!!

Have a happy day everyone!!!

[angel_2011]

GM!! OMG sheets, she is sooooooooooooooooooooooo cute!! u couldn't have chosen a more perfect name

i'm gonna wait until DS comes home from school and then go to the park around 4:30 - 5. Question time - The neighbour's son (6yr) has come to the park with the kids and me, twice. He actually came knocking at our door to ask if he could come to the park with us - i had no problem with it. However, it has become a routine now - so we started going on Wed and Thurs (he came both days), Then Friday, he came knocking but cuz of the weather, i told him we weren't going. Sat & Sun, he came again but we had errands to do and places to go. Now, I'm sure he's gonna come knocking again today. Now, I don't mind taking him, but I'm afraid of being responsible for him - what if he injured himself while playing - (if it was my son, i wouldn't care if it was a small scrape) - but since its someone else's child, I'm just paranoid of the extra responsibility. He is in DS's class, so I don't really know how to handle the situation - I don't want to tell him we're not going, and then he sees us leaving our house later to go to the park....... what do i do?

[bargain_hunter_lola]

Do you know the parent? I'd touch base with them. Seems a little odd for a 6 year old to be roaming the neighborhood unsupervised...

I'd feel the same as you, so if it were me I would make a point to talk to their parent - say that he often wants to come to the park with you, which you don't mind but stress that you have your two kids to watch so you're not able to be "hands on". Maybe ask how independent he is? I would think that it would give the parent a heads up that while you don't mind looking out for him, your not his caregiver.

HTH

[bargain_hunter_lola]

Just got back from my errands. Still no splash pants (I'm giving up), I did find new snow suits for next year at the Columbia outlet. $89.90 (outlet price) down to $49.99 and then 30% off AND another 10% off for giving my email addy.

$66 for 2 new Columbia snow suits! I'm so happy! This year they cost $50 each, the year before $70. I'm getting better every year. lol

[itsjustmebub]

OMG THAT PUPPY!!!!!!!!!!!
how incredibly cute!!

[angel_2011]

Do you know the parent? I'd touch base with them. Seems a little odd for a 6 year old to be roaming the neighborhood unsupervised...

I'd feel the same as you, so if it were me I would make a point to talk to their parent - say that he often wants to come to the park with you, which you don't mind but stress that you have your two kids to watch so you're not able to be "hands on". Maybe ask how independent he is? I would think that it would give the parent a heads up that while you don't mind looking out for him, your not his caregiver.

HTH

His mother lets him have too much freedom (mostly shes inside) while him and his bro are out - she never comes over to ask me if her child can go with us. In the 6 years we have lived here, the first time i spoke to her was on Wednesday - the first day her kid wanted to come with us, and while i was walking to the park with my 2, i passed by their house and told her that her son wanted to come with us, and she said ok... but she never said, "is it okay for him to come?", "you don't mind taking him, do u?".

I don't mind taking him once in awhile - but not everyday for the whole summer, lol. Okay lola, how exactly do i word that im not his caregiver? lol... i cant just blurt it out, can i? gosh, im not good at these kind of conversations.. im more of a doormouse / well sort of, lol

[bargain_hunter_lola]

His mother lets him have too much freedom (mostly shes inside) while him and his bro are out - she never comes over to ask me if her child can go with us. In the 6 years we have lived here, the first time i spoke to her was on Wednesday - the first day her kid wanted to come with us, and while i was walking to the park with my 2, i passed by their house and told her that her son wanted to come with us, and she said ok... but she never said, "is it okay for him to come?", "you don't mind taking him, do u?".

I don't mind taking him once in awhile - but not everyday for the whole summer, lol. Okay lola, how exactly do i word that im not his caregiver? lol... i cant just blurt it out, can i? gosh, im not good at these kind of conversations.. im more of a doormouse / well sort of, lol

I'm usually fairly blunt but I do try to be diplomatic. lol.

I'd just lay it out and say something like: "I totally dont mind him tagging along occasionally, he's great company. I do worry that with my two little ones that I wont be able to be very hands on. This little guy (my DS is almost 2) takes a lot of my attention. So, I just wanted to check and make sure he's fairly independant since I can't be responsible for him and my two".

Then depending on what the response was (ie, if she said "he's fine" etc) I'd just reiterate key things like: occasionally come with us and that you cannot be responsible.

I'd think most parents would get the hint. If after a week or two it doesn't seem to have sunk in, I'd revisit it. Like, "the other day he did XXX and it made me nervous for him. It's not my place to XXX so I thought you should know".

Hopefully that makes sense... lol

[bargain_hunter_lola]

or you could make it into a joke if you feel more comfortable like: "My mom max capacity is 2 and I'm all full up so he needs to be an independant agent".

I have a friend who seems to take things better with jokes. Kind of weird but it works for her. lol

[angel_2011]

lol, i was sitting here practicing what u said.. just trying to see how it sounds when i say it out aloud... we'll see what today brings and i might give it a shot, lol thanks lola

[FallenPixels]

Pugalicious Puppy!!!!! She looks like an alien but you can't help but love her LOL... her name is peanut

ETA: Sorry for the ginormous pic, I copies and pasted from FB, I don't know how to make it smaller!

OMG cute!

[Natalka]

sheets - she's ADORABLE! What a cute little Peanut!

[Granger]

Sheets very cute puppy.

Personally, I would say to the young boy you can come if you have a parent to watch you.

My heart would break wanting him to come. But it's not my responsibility. I believe in boundaries. This boy needs them because it sounds like he's parenting himself.

It's not the one time. Because it's not going to stay one time. It's going to turn into every day like you said.

Just my two cents.

[Lynn49]

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