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{parenting is} full of rules

3.1.12

I don’t care if February 29th only comes once every 4 years. Today was miserable.

Rain.

All.

Day.

Rain that required me to drive up the street to rescue my two oldest kids (and my eldest’s best friend) from drowning on their walk home from school.

We stopped at Evan’s buddy’s house first. Out he hopped and started up to his door.

And, I waited to make sure he got in safely (even though his mom and I had just spoken and both his mom and dad’s cars were parked out front…didn’t matter) and see his mom wave at the front door…as we mom’s do.

As we were waiting, Evan gave me the, “Come on, why don’t you just go?”

“Honey, I have to wait to watch him get in. That’s what you are supposed to do.”

To which he replied…

“Do you have a mom’s handbook or something because you have a lot of rules.”

I don’t happen to have that one on my bookshelf. But, if anyone of you has a copy, would you let me borrow it? Or send me a link to it so I can order it myself. I think I’d do a lot better here if I actually had the handbook.

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Posted by Kelly the Overthinker
Filed Under: why can't they just stay little forever

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  1. Monica says

    3.1.12 at 3:22 am

    Sounds like a book in the making. ;-) I’d buy it. Heck, if I had more parenting experience I’d write it. Why? Because you’re right. There are a lot of unwritten rules that moms just know. And BTW, I’m sure you’re doing a great job!

  2. Stephanie says

    3.1.12 at 4:01 am

    I just laughed outloud. :) Sorry your Leap Day was so crummy, but Evan’s comment was too funny. (To someone who wasn’t there and wasn’t the target of it.)

  3. BumbersBumblings says

    3.1.12 at 11:20 am

    Lol! That’s a funny kid!! We had the same sort of day down here. Hoping for a dry Thursday.

  4. The Gang's Momma! says

    3.1.12 at 12:00 pm

    LOL – It must be out of print… I’ve been looking for it for well over 17 years now and nada. :) I’ll bet it’s worth a fortune, that one or two rare copy out there somewhere….

  5. Julie says

    3.1.12 at 1:26 pm

    Yesterday was rotten! And why do I have so much running around to do on rotten days???
    You are a great mom, that’s why you had to wait and make sure his friend got in. You’d hope for the same thing if it was your kid getting dropped off!

  6. Valerie and Jeff says

    3.1.12 at 1:41 pm

    HAHAHAHAHA! That would be a best-seller … but I’m sure we moms would be so busy that it would be on our “to-do” list and reading table for quite some time. It would be so handy though, wouldn’t it?! It rained all day here too. UG!
    valerie

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