yeah that was graceful

oh dear.... that was not graceful at all. so my other kids have been with us for their summer visitations for almost 2 weeks now. everything has been great and wonderful, no major hickups no major blowups, just everyday normal things. in my head i have been saying wow, this is easy. wellllll... umm yeah. Both scott and i strongly believe in setting boundries and enforcing them. Sometimes we are succesful and sometimes we are not. But at least we try. scott set a boundry for the little ones to be in bed be 10pm. and went to bed himself at 9.30. so at 10 i say ok little girlies it is time for bed. and it becomes 1hr and 21 minute conversation with our 8 year old. now granted i realize that my expectation of her is different from her moms. she goes to bed with watching tv at home... i kinda get that... but i dont get why. and i was nice i told her she could take her ds with her and play upstairs with it. she kept saying that noone understood her and that she did not like their bedroom. argh..... finally after hour and twenty minutes she stomped upstairs and sat in aliinas little chair. i am glad scott did not walk downstairs at that time because it would have just started another argument that i could not win. arghhhhh

i love my kids but sometimes i pray that i could maybe be more than just a stepmom they can disgard. anyway off to bed.....

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