TGIM

I don't know that I've ever felt this way before but I just have to say . . . .

Thank Goodness its Monday.

I feel like I just came back from vacation at family drama island, I didn't know that Jeff's family was as crazy as . . .well . . .mine.

It was just a weekend of snipping and pouting . . . most if it probably by me. But we had a few take-away lessons.

- The visiting cousins will stay with us next time because we are ridiculously happy to have them and since they have a kid, the mommies can stay up and talk to each other if everyone else goes out.

- Ground rules will have to be set for Alaina and everyone must know about them.
#1 - All treats must be approved by mommy first
#2 - Incoming toys must be approved by mommy, because I have to explain why the visiting toys aren't here to stay
#3 - Please, please NEVER ask her if she wants to do something before running it past mommy. She has a schedule I try to stick to and while I am flexible, it becomes even more important to try to maintain it when we won't have Sunday to recover.
#4 - No chasing/racing while anyone is sleeping. (Although I'd prefer no chasing at all . . . I know I've already lost that war.)

- Food rules
#1 - Have LOTS of coffee on hand and a warm pot on at all times.
#2 - Buy a bottle of red wine because what I call wine is the equivalent of apple juice to the rest of the world.
#3 - Fix meals for me and mine when we are hungry. Waiting for the family to debate what we will do is insane.
#4 - Don't fix anything that contains food not on my diet because I will screw up and eat it.

Are you getting the picture of how things went? We all about expired from hunger before we ever ate, I had to run to HyVee at midnight for coffee the first night, Alaina was very cranky that she wasn't allowed to leave after she was invited on a trip to the farm, the visiting family packed all their stuff and shifted where they were staying because of family pouting matches EVERY NIGHT, and the babies didn't get near enough sleep.

All in all a fun weekend.