Ellie has a few toys that go upstairs before friends come over so they don't have to be shared.

I did this type of thing with both my kids. Also reminded them that when other kids are over that they are the guests. Teaching sharing is not easy. I know I haven't learned to do it well, though I have cut back on the temper tantrums.

I have a few toys that I hide before friends come over too.

{{Fay}} Laura and Ginger said some true stuff up there.

{{{Fay}}} We all screw stuff like that up, love. You are a very good adult, truly.

"I'd stop her if I could...oh, dear, now she's got the matches. Well, what can you do with them at this age, eh? Ha ha. More brie?"

I bet Jilli's parents said this at some point.

t waves

Mornin', all! It's Friday! Whee! Oh, and I got a sexy new dress for my school's holiday party tonight, so I'm excited to wear that. And tomorrow night is ND & my XXXmas party. Yay things to look forward to!

t pointedly does not look at pile of 58 final literary analyses

I have a few toys that I hide before friends come over too.

Do they get into your beer bong or what?

Timelies.

Parts of my town are in a uproar today, earlier this week the winning coach of a private Christian school was fired. Not only is he a winning high school football coach, but he played college ball here and was very popular and very successful. The paper did a Then and Now thing about his family (he was married and had a young daughter when he played football here and now she goes to the same school and plays volleyball) not too long ago.

There are letters to the editors and protests planned and people trying to figure out why he was fired just a couple weeks before Christmas and during a very successful season. The Pastor of the church/head of the school has only given the reason "it's God's Will". This is not going down well with anyone and the school is refusing (so far) to go into details. Like -- was he cheating?allowing students to cheat? breaking any kind of rule?

The coach claims he has no idea why he was fired.

Parents are threatening to pull their kids out of the school, students are protesting at the school, it's all very weird.

He didn't have to share that toy because it helped him cope.

I do something similar with my Sunday School kids...more because it's what one of them needs, and the other two (or sometimes three) just go with it.

I'm so bummed. I'm not going to be able to make it to OH this weekend. I so wanted to be there, but weather and health are making it impossible. I'm trying to think of this as God's way of keeping me out of some horrible car accident or something, but it's still very disappointing.

Oh, dear, askye. That sounds a bit too much like what's going on at our church right now. Oh, dear.

Do they get into your beer bong or what?

Hee. Don't I wish. I think I should go into a big old age crazy phase when the boys go off and become a stoner.

Wow askye, that is odd. There is clearly more to the story here.

It's all very odd and from reading the various comments to articles on the paper's website it's going to get very ugy.

I was upstairs picking out clothes for the kids and brushing my teeth and I heard a ruckus in the playroom. I ran downstairs to find the kids had pulled the ancient, tube television (17 years old, 19-inch screen) off the stand and onto the ground. It pulled the cable input plug completely out of the back of the television. Thankfully, neither of the kids were injured (the tv's pretty heavy) and the housing or the screen didn't crack or break but I'm doubtful of it ever working again.

No way we're making our gym appointment today.

We were planning on replacing that set in the near future--and that future just got nearer, considering we got Owen a video game system for the playroom and that was our only extra television.

vw, I'm sorry you won't be making it. The weather is holding here and I hope it doesn't cause any further cancellations. I need to get away from my uber-destructive toddlers.