I'm almost feeling complete again!
Well, as you all know I have spent the last five years spending only weekends and summer holidays with my entire family. It's taken some adjusting for everyone. We've all gotten into our routines and life goes on.
This week marks the day when my family is COMPLETE again and I am overjoyed! Aimee returned home last week and Miss Jennifer is coming home tomorrow! ONE MORE SLEEP!
I'm sure that this will come with it's own adjustments. My babies are no longer babies. Honestly, I have never been one of those parents that needed to have ultimate control over their children's activities. I've always wanted to know where they are (to know they are safe) what they were doing (to know they were safe or give the being safe lecture prior to departure) and when they were gonna be home (to know when to stop worrying cause I knew they were safe) The girls have always been more than respectful of our relationship and provided me with all the detail (or what was safe to tell me so that I wouldn't worry to much that they weren't safe) that was necessary. I knew about the occasional drinking, I knew about the bush parties and I can honestly say I probably knew more about my kids and their friends because they shared almost everything (sometimes after the fact...refer to Thanksgiving announcements post) with me.
Anyway, now the only reason they have to tell me where they are going, who with etc is out of respect for the fact that they will be living under the family roof and they don't want me to worry!
I love my girls and I'm excited to have them home....the grocery/hot water/hydro bills...not so exciting! LOL...ahhh the joys of parenthood! SO worth every minute and dime!
WELCOME HOME LADIES!!!
TTYL!
This week marks the day when my family is COMPLETE again and I am overjoyed! Aimee returned home last week and Miss Jennifer is coming home tomorrow! ONE MORE SLEEP!
I'm sure that this will come with it's own adjustments. My babies are no longer babies. Honestly, I have never been one of those parents that needed to have ultimate control over their children's activities. I've always wanted to know where they are (to know they are safe) what they were doing (to know they were safe or give the being safe lecture prior to departure) and when they were gonna be home (to know when to stop worrying cause I knew they were safe) The girls have always been more than respectful of our relationship and provided me with all the detail (or what was safe to tell me so that I wouldn't worry to much that they weren't safe) that was necessary. I knew about the occasional drinking, I knew about the bush parties and I can honestly say I probably knew more about my kids and their friends because they shared almost everything (sometimes after the fact...refer to Thanksgiving announcements post) with me.
Anyway, now the only reason they have to tell me where they are going, who with etc is out of respect for the fact that they will be living under the family roof and they don't want me to worry!
I love my girls and I'm excited to have them home....the grocery/hot water/hydro bills...not so exciting! LOL...ahhh the joys of parenthood! SO worth every minute and dime!
WELCOME HOME LADIES!!!
TTYL!
posted by Anonymous at 12:52 pm
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Not a great post for this "email" but thought you would enjoy:
The Price of Children
This is something absolutely positive for a change.
I have repeatedly seen the breakdown of the cost of raising a child, but this is the first time I have seen the rewards listed this way. It's nice.
The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle income family. Talk about sticker shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition. But $160,140 isn't so bad if you break it down. It translates into:
* $8,896.66 a year,
* $741.38 a month, or
* $171.08 a week.
* That's a mere $24.24 a day!
* Just over a dollar an hour.
Still, you might think the best financial advice is don't have children if you want to be "rich." Actually, it is jus t the opposite that is true.
What do you get for your $160,140?
* Naming rights. First, middle, and last!
* Glimpses of God every day.
* Giggles under the covers every night.
* More love than your heart can hold.
* Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.
* Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.
* A hand to hold, usually covered with jelly or chocolate.
* A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites
* Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed.
For $160,140, you never have to grow up. You get to:
* finger-paint,
* carve pumpkins
* play hide-and-seek,
* catch lightning bugs, and
* never stop believing in Santa Claus.
You have an excuse to:
* keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,
* watching Saturday morning cartoons,
* going to Disney movies, and
* wishing on stars.
You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets and collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clay for Mother's Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's Day.
For $160,140, there is no greater bang for your buck. You get to be a hero just for:
* retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,
* taking the training wheels off a bike,
* removing a sp linter,
* filling a wading pool,
* coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs, and coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.
You get a front row seat to history to witness the:
* first step,
* first word,
* first bra,
* first date, and
* first time behind the wheel.
You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family tree, and if you're lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called grandchildren and great grandchildren. You get an education in psychology, nursing, criminal justice, communications, and human sexuality that no college can match.
In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there under God. You have all the power to heal a boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love them without limits. So, one day they will like you, love without counting the cost. That is quite a deal for the price!!!!!!!
Love & enjoy your children & grandchildren
Aww mama, I love being home.
We'll work on budgeting for Jen (haha, just kidding)
It's going to be good, no worries
*kiss*
DD#2
I will be posting the comment from mary pat on my next rant, somehow rings poignant at this time in Nic & My lives'
Dumb Outfielder #2
MP- that is absolutely a great one! Even Thumper is using it and he will soon have three of his own (2 girls currently, 3rd one on the way and hoping for a healthy child, no preference for sex!)
Thumper-I'm positive MP won't mind...she's really nice that way!
Aimee-it WILL be good! I will work hard at being positive!
so does this mean that I get to meet the WHOLE family when I come to visit in a week?
holy crap...I just realized that I leave in a week.
AHHHHHHHH I'm so EXCITED!
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