one day with the granny equals

total emotional meltdown :roll:

Angela didn't come home until 9pm when I went up and dragged her home...She got here and was immediantly sent to bed by Dave...Dave then went out in search of food...poor man he's never fed..

So Angela comes creeping back over to me and says she doesn't know what to do....So I tell her to go to bed....She leaves and comes back...I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! :( The puppy wet my covers....Which is odd seeing how she has a board infront of her door and the puppy is a miniture chihuahua but ok...I tell her to get a blanket from the clothes basket I'd just pulled from the dryer...She leaves and comes back I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! :cry: THAT COVER IS WET! ALL THE COVERS ARE WET! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! stomps her foot and burst into tears :shock:

My first reaction was " oh I'll tell you what to do " :twisted: but then I realized her eyes were closed :lol:

So I got her back to bed with clean , dry , covers and she got all snuggly and I turned to say goodnight and she was OUT!

:lol: Oh geee, I just can't WAIT to see how she's feeling today after a full 24hrs with her granny :D

Oh Lis, I will keep you in my prayers today. Hope things go better. It is so hard when you have 2 totally different set of rules at different places. It puts the kids in turmoil. Just say a big prayer and let God take it into His hands.

[7thHeaven]

:shock: Wow Lis, sounds like you had quite a night. I agree, having two sets of rules is hard for a child. I would sit down and talk with Granny and if they won't agree with your rules, it's simple...she doesn't go over until they agree to follow YOUR rules, she's YOUR child, not theirs.

Hope things get better for you, I'll keep you in my prayers.

[stephwhiz]

I hope things went better today with Angela. It is hard with two different sets of rules. I have the same problem when DS visits my MIL. She even had the nerve one day to say that she didn't put sunscreen on him because he said she didn't have to. He burns very easily and if I had not went over there when I did he would have ended up in the hospital. I told her to put it on him if he says to or not and then I chewed him out. Goodness..Nanas, they can be so niave sometimes.

Stephanie :D

There were SOME times! :x But for the most part we had a good day..I kept her so busy she couldn't think straight..She helps out with the sweeping and raking (lots of pinestraw) and I buy her books :D

[7thHeaven]

Glad to hear things are better today! :wink:

Yesterday was officially "throw a fit and embarass mom day"...Store one she begged and pleaded for a light up pen.....didn't get it ofcourse....Store two she begged and pleaded for just about everything she saw....ofcourse it was Walmart....At one point her handmade bracelet broke and beads went everywhere...She was screaming and crying and I was gathering beads...Then some lady offered her $2 because she thougth I was making my child eat candy off of the floor :roll: We explained it was a bracelet and the woman looked confused as to why the child would through such a fit over it...I explained to her that she had made it...So she asked if she made in Bible school.....Angela told her no she'd made it in homeschool but its like Bible school.....The lady didn't seem to care much for the response and smiled a gentle old lady smile and walked on...probably to talk about us behind our backs.....We get alot of that around here :roll:

Anyway Angela is an emotional girl..If something means the world to her and breaks well that was like her world falling apart....So I need to get some elastic string so she can repair her bracelet....People don't understand her emotional outbursts....I've just gotten used to them...I get alot of looks and stares like perhaps I was beating her black and blue,,but really, her bracelet just snapped and beads bounced all over...Thats my story and I'm stick'n to it :wink: She used to scream out as a baby and people thought she was having a seizure :oops:

She's 7...I figure if I'm 27 and still can't control my emotions and hubby's 32 and still can't control his, she's gonna be alright...We'll just be one big emotionally happy family :D

Anyway, as that long stay with granny gets further into our pasts, I'm sure they'll be less emotional breakdowns around here....well for Angela and I at least...Daddy bless his heart was raised by granny...He doesn't have a chance :lol:

[Queenofmycastle]

Brett is the only grandchild on both sides so our internal joke is that Brett has to be reprogrammed after a day or more with grandparents. He is with MIL right now and will be home later tonight. He has been gone since Friday and since I directed a wedding this weekend it was a godsend. However, reprogramming will begin tonight!

I feel for ya!
Alicia

[7thHeaven]

Lis, how is Angela doing? Hope things are getting better!