It's the end of the year and our neighbors are slowly starting to leave for their month long vacations which brings home the fact that soon we'll be leaving too ....for good! We haven't really planned a vacation this year since there's just so much going on (a major peeve about international moves--they eat up your entire summer!) We'll try very hard to squeeze in a last minute week somewhere but it isn't going to be easy. I hope we can do it. There's just so much to do.
We have a little inflatable pool on the terrace, actually pretty big, attracting lots of neighbor kids attention. I've invited some kids over on Thursday for a very last hurrah for Little S (must.stop.inviting.kids) and that will be it. It's just so hard to think of cutting him off from his friends but he's at an age where if you leave them alone for five seconds they do some pretty awful things--dirt clods in the window (they were meant for the side of the house mom!--as if THAT were okay) making a medevial pot dinner out of foraged bamboo shoots and things from the kitchen (they used an entire box of powdered chocolate and half a bag of flour--fun cleaning that up) and writing on the newly painted bedroom wall, (they blamed charlotte but there was a very detailed chateau in the picture, yeah right) Normally S is a good kid but in a mixer he's sometimes a demon child and I don't know why. Is it the other kids? Some of these things seem really out of character for him. I guess the addition of another kid brings out some need to be somebody else. People always tell him he's timid and he should talk more so I think that bugs him. Lately though he's been really testing the limits.
So the Kool-Aid mom is tired and yes I actually fell asleep last night fully dressed for at least the third time in a month so this is definitely the last invite. I'm kidded out.
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I recall similar doing similar things as a kid although I drew on things I thought were mine, borrowed the flour from a neighbor, etc. Kids take courage from other kids and that's why they do such crazy things! You're a good mom to invite them over. So happy to see that cool pool, which you set up even though you knew you were going to have to take it down again. Your terrace looks simply beautiful. Hope you get good renters.
yes, your terrace is lovely! when you say you're "gone for good", i hope it doesn't mean forever! and i remember being shocked at how my oldest would act around other boys...like he'd unleashed some inner naughtiness, ick. my favorite was when he and another 5 year old threw and smashed 2 baskets of cherry tomatoes against his bedroom wall, and looking surprised when i flipped out.
Lucy - he's not bad really just being a kid and above all a BOY haha. I had three girls over yesterday and they were all so calm. when the boys would jump in the pool the girls would just scream, "mais arrete-ah!!" classic.
I'm trying to think good thoughts to attract the good renters and I hope that works. we haven't had the best experience with the renting of our other house so I'm trying not to let that taint my feelings about our potential new renters.
Jadie - thanks, no just the three years. I'm going to be happy to get home after that! haha cherry tomoatoes, wow I bet you were mad.
Ah, those were the days. Mine are teenagers now and the trouble sometimes gets worse than the powdered chocolate and flour. Enjoy. But, you're right to draw the line at friends, especially while things are hectic preparing for the big move.
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