DammitJanet
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Tony and I decided that we would make a short trip up to Jamie's so we could take the truckload of toys I got for them. As his present to me he agreed to stop a little more than half way to Jamie's and get a motel room for us. I really needed it too because the little truck is so small and very uncomfortable. That also meant we only had to spend about 24 hours actually at Jamie's...lol. Perfect amount of time in my opinion.
We ended up getting home just in time to hit the grocery store and get a ham for Xmas dinner here. Cory had spent most of the time we were gone here at my house with the baby (Billy had to stay home to work) so they were already here.
We had plans to get Monkey between 5 and 6 today. She got here about 6:15 and that just blew Mandy's plans all to heck and back. She had been somewhere else all day and showed up here at 5 expecting to let the girls open the presents here and then take Mouse to her people's houses. Well when Monkey was late getting here she went into witch mode and got mad and said that no one could open anything because she had done some of the wrapping and ...well it didnt make much sense what she was saying to be honest. The reason we got Monkey tonight is because Tony has to go to work tomorrow and he wont be back until next Monday I think. So if the kids didnt open presents tonight, he wouldnt even get to see them! I mean its actually more important that he see it because everything was from us except a few things she got from Toys for Tots. She also got ticked off because I bought Monkey an electric scooter and I didnt get something like that for the mouse. Well mouse just got an electric car for her birthday in Sept.
I did tell Monkey she had to wait a few minutes when she got here to open anything until Papa got home and she did whine a little bit but I figure she has probably been up since dawn and she is tired. Plus its hard to tell a little kid that they cant open up presents when they see them! Mouse had been playing with some of the stuff I bought since she came over on Sunday. They didnt get wrapped and I really didnt care, she isnt old enough to understand Santa and all that.
Well when Monkey whined a little bit about not wanting to wait, I gave both her and Mouse their stockings and told them they could open them. Mandy jumped in and grabbed Mouse when the girls got into a little bit of a spat because the stuff in the stockings were basically the same but Mouse tried to grab one thing out of Monkey's pile and well, kids will be kids there. MINE...lol. I didnt think a thing of it. Mandy grabbed Mouse and told her "you better stop it! Im not gonna let you grow up being a whiny brat like all the other kids around here!" Well lets just say Cory jumped in on that. He yelled at her that she better shut her mouth if she wants to call his daughter a brat!
Mandy never said a word to me the entire time she was here. When Tony showed up he started to get the girls going on opening presents and Mandy was huffing away. She let Mouse open a few then grabbed her and said they had to go. I explained what happened to Tony and he was like "what? did she think I shouldnt get to watch them open stuff WE bought?"
Other than that things went okay. I just have to pray I dont trip over this scooter which is parked right outside my door charging though...lol. I have to admit I bought it praying Monkey could manage to ride it because it goes 15mph and she is supposed to be 13...lol
We ended up getting home just in time to hit the grocery store and get a ham for Xmas dinner here. Cory had spent most of the time we were gone here at my house with the baby (Billy had to stay home to work) so they were already here.
We had plans to get Monkey between 5 and 6 today. She got here about 6:15 and that just blew Mandy's plans all to heck and back. She had been somewhere else all day and showed up here at 5 expecting to let the girls open the presents here and then take Mouse to her people's houses. Well when Monkey was late getting here she went into witch mode and got mad and said that no one could open anything because she had done some of the wrapping and ...well it didnt make much sense what she was saying to be honest. The reason we got Monkey tonight is because Tony has to go to work tomorrow and he wont be back until next Monday I think. So if the kids didnt open presents tonight, he wouldnt even get to see them! I mean its actually more important that he see it because everything was from us except a few things she got from Toys for Tots. She also got ticked off because I bought Monkey an electric scooter and I didnt get something like that for the mouse. Well mouse just got an electric car for her birthday in Sept.
I did tell Monkey she had to wait a few minutes when she got here to open anything until Papa got home and she did whine a little bit but I figure she has probably been up since dawn and she is tired. Plus its hard to tell a little kid that they cant open up presents when they see them! Mouse had been playing with some of the stuff I bought since she came over on Sunday. They didnt get wrapped and I really didnt care, she isnt old enough to understand Santa and all that.
Well when Monkey whined a little bit about not wanting to wait, I gave both her and Mouse their stockings and told them they could open them. Mandy jumped in and grabbed Mouse when the girls got into a little bit of a spat because the stuff in the stockings were basically the same but Mouse tried to grab one thing out of Monkey's pile and well, kids will be kids there. MINE...lol. I didnt think a thing of it. Mandy grabbed Mouse and told her "you better stop it! Im not gonna let you grow up being a whiny brat like all the other kids around here!" Well lets just say Cory jumped in on that. He yelled at her that she better shut her mouth if she wants to call his daughter a brat!
Mandy never said a word to me the entire time she was here. When Tony showed up he started to get the girls going on opening presents and Mandy was huffing away. She let Mouse open a few then grabbed her and said they had to go. I explained what happened to Tony and he was like "what? did she think I shouldnt get to watch them open stuff WE bought?"
Other than that things went okay. I just have to pray I dont trip over this scooter which is parked right outside my door charging though...lol. I have to admit I bought it praying Monkey could manage to ride it because it goes 15mph and she is supposed to be 13...lol