Burrell, I think that's totally fair. I wish you both wonderful parties without any drama and minimal crying.

Poor Aimee!

Yay for a good LibKitty trip!

Um...there was more, but the wine ate my brain. Or maybe it was my million hours in class today. Something at my brain, but I'm giving it sustenance with mac and cheese and corn. Later there will be ice cream. It's lowfat!

Oh dear Cindy, you're taking on far more party than I am. We just invited a bunch of kids from daycare, which always means inviting the sibs too, at least at this age. I resisted the nudge to invite his whole class because he only goes to class MWF and that means there's a bunch of kids in his class that he never actually sees, or sees only one day a week. I only invited the FT and MWF kids, plus a few from the other toddler class. And even that was like 16 kids or something absurd (if you count all the kids in the family). So far we're at 4 Nos and 5 yeses.

That makes perfect sense, Burrell. You're good to have a friends party with little ones like that. We only did family parties (aunts, uncles, cousins) until they were in kindergarten, and then they had to choose between a friends party or a family party. We have the grandparents over for cake on or around their birthday, but no extended stuff.

I don't normally have more than a dozen or so kids, but Chris has been feeling the separation from his old friends from kindergarten, all year. They barely re-mixed the kids when assigning them to first grade classes. Subsequently, he and one other little boy from his kindergarten class are in first grade with eleven other boys who were all together in kindergarten.

I won't do anything this big again, ever.

I pissed DH off by insisting he bathe the kids tonight. I don't know how I keep managing to do that.

He's on vacation, yeah--but I had the kids by myself all weekend at my sisters. He did some work around the house but he also got to sleep in and eat hot meals.

I went to two grocery stores today. I keep thinking we have an equitable division of labor and yet, I'm the one that always feels like a raving bitch.

Backflung, libkitty. You rock!

He's on vacation, yeah--but I had the kids by myself all weekend at my sisters. He did some work around the house but he also got to sleep in and eat hot meals.

Remind him there's no vacation from parenting.

I just spoke to my uncle. He seems to be in a very positive spirit. He's confident that they got all the cancer and he'll make a full recovery. I'm glad that I have my cousin's wedding this summer so I can see all of my father's family. I hardly see them. Of course, I'm also glad I'll have TCG with me so I won't have a meltdown on having to see my father's family.

Just for the record:

Our 66th box is titled "OMGWTF PANDA and tunnel".

Cash ,I'm not sure you can avoid it. I consider our workloads - if you put together both home and outside work loads together - fairly equitable. and every now and then, I have to remind Matt that there are two people that are making the messes , so two people need to clean them . (and yes, I feel like a raving bitch when I bring this up, mostly because I keep my mouth shut too long) However, if we had kids, I can only imagine that it would be much worse.(very seriously, I'm not sure I would have made it) I think you guys are at the major crazy making stage of life. Two little ones that need so much of your time. I'msure if your DH gave himself enough time to think, he'd realize that there is no vacation from kids. Anyway hugs to you and may you guys find a smoother path soon.

Great box label!

Glad to hear your uncle feels good about confidence, sj.

{{Cash}} Finding a balance when you are both basically overworked (just because there is always more to do, there's always more for me to do and I don't have kids to take care of, that has to increase the workload exponentially) has to be hard.

Cashmere, what everyone else said. I mean, when do you get to be on vacation? When do I get to be on vacation?

I pissed DH off by insisting he bathe the kids tonight.

How do you manage to bathe them with your back problems, anyhow?

Our 66th box is titled "OMGWTF PANDA and tunnel".

Heh.

I just spoke to my uncle. He seems to be in a very positive spirit. He's confident that they got all the cancer and he'll make a full recovery.

Mr. Jane always thinks he works more than I do because his hours are longer (not by much though). I remind him, his are concentrated into Sun, Mon and Tues, and then only 6 hours on Friday. His job is tough, sure, but mine has its own challenges, and yet he seems to think that I'm home more often and can do more.

Getting a maid is the best thing we ever did.