Stealing my guy

he's really into Legos...little Legos are his newest passion...the pieces are really tiny

Oh dear the in-laws are coming today to fetch Little S so that he can spend a few days with them in Normandy. I totally forgot that it was today and was thinking it was Wednesday, oops. I have to make them lunch and of course clean and with us all being sick the house is a wreck and I certainly don't feel like making lunch. I'm also feeling a little out of sorts about it all but I've been trying to not worry. I guess I do coddle him too much but he is only four years old and they live three hours away. If something goes wrong and he gets ill or something it just feels like I'm really far away. I'm really possessive of my kids!

I 'm packing his little suitcase being mindful of mother in law. She has the forgetfulness thing and I know that at least a few things will get lost while he's there, especially because Little S will be with his cousins a lot, so I'm putting his name on everything. Each time she watches Little S things get lost,...socks, shoes, toys. She always denies it and says "oh maybe you just thought you gave it to me" which really bugs me. I wish she would just say "I'm sorry you're right...I'm forgetful." If she admitted it I wouldn't mind as much. I can't get too mad because she does take good care of him otherwise and she's often helping us out, but it's gotten to the point where I am writing his name on everything when he goes with them. There's no question of him taking favorite toys or books to their house because I can't trust her to keep an eye on them. Once when she visited us she asked if she could drop him off for his gym class in town and she lost his new Gap jean coat. She came back with a completely different jean coat for an eight year old that was covered in flowers and glitter! I said "sorry that's not his" and she got all snarky about it and said "sorry but that's the one he had on!" The next week I took the coat over to the girl's gym class and a little girl ran up and said "you have my jean coat!" Like I said we will label everything and I'll give her a list. Hopefully that will help serve as proof that I did give her these things or help flip the switch in her memory bank.

So for the rest of the week it will be just me and my girl. I think we might try going to Paris for the day on Thursday or Friday so I can buy a pair of jeans. I seem to have lost some weight lately (no idea how much) and I only have two pairs of pants to wear and both are falling down. It will also be nice to get out!! and see a big city and some life. I think living in the country is nice and don't get me wrong I prefer it but I need some city time every once in a while.