Comments on: Olive branch extended http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:44:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Erin O' http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1621 Erin O' Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:46:47 +0000 http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/index.php/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1621 When I was a wee lass in "No" Haven, the custom was to stand outside one's friend's home and yell "Christy (or whomever), come out and play, come out and play!" There was no knocking upon doors, no calls, no such thing as a playdate. Last year our older dude routinely snuck out of our house to our next door neighbors', who are also our cousins. It freaked me out because we were having a tough time with attachment as it was, and to have him obviously prefer to be there, well, it was a bit embarrassing on many levels. Sigh. And to add a comment to your "off to Vegas" post over here -- I can totally relate to the excitement of being away from the brown-streaked Ariel undies. Except our brown streaks can be found in camo-undies. Have a blast! When I was a wee lass in “No” Haven, the custom was to stand outside one’s friend’s home and yell “Christy (or whomever), come out and play, come out and play!” There was no knocking upon doors, no calls, no such thing as a playdate.

Last year our older dude routinely snuck out of our house to our next door neighbors’, who are also our cousins. It freaked me out because we were having a tough time with attachment as it was, and to have him obviously prefer to be there, well, it was a bit embarrassing on many levels. Sigh.

And to add a comment to your “off to Vegas” post over here — I can totally relate to the excitement of being away from the brown-streaked Ariel undies. Except our brown streaks can be found in camo-undies. Have a blast!

]]> By: my minivan is faster than yours http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1613 my minivan is faster than yours Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:24:52 +0000 http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/index.php/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1613 We were at a friend's house for dinner Sunday night and the four kids were outside playing together. My husband went to check on them, and my 3 yo was running around their backyard with no pants on. The boy dropped trou and pooped on their rocks! Yep, right there outside in their dog run. GRREAAAT! We were at a friend’s house for dinner Sunday night and the four kids were outside playing together. My husband went to check on them, and my 3 yo was running around their backyard with no pants on. The boy dropped trou and pooped on their rocks! Yep, right there outside in their dog run.

GRREAAAT!

]]> By: Anna http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1599 Anna Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:38:07 +0000 http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/index.php/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1599 hilarious. my brother and sister and i joke all the time about what the hell my mom was doing when we were kids - they found my brother in his pj's at a church on sunday - like two miles away! hilarious.
my brother and sister and i joke all the time about what the hell my mom was doing when we were kids - they found my brother in his pj’s at a church on sunday - like two miles away!

]]> By: Beth http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1597 Beth Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:23:18 +0000 http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/index.php/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1597 Oh yes. I remember when my eldest was an only. He was constantly begging to visit with the neighbors with three children. Lucky for us they lived across the street and he knew he couldn't cross by himself. It's one of the reasons why we made him a little brother but he never seemed quite as interested in his own siblings as he was in the three across the street. The grass is always greener I guess. Oh yes. I remember when my eldest was an only. He was constantly begging to visit with the neighbors with three children. Lucky for us they lived across the street and he knew he couldn’t cross by himself.
It’s one of the reasons why we made him a little brother but he never seemed quite as interested in his own siblings as he was in the three across the street. The grass is always greener I guess.

]]> By: Chandra http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1596 Chandra Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:02:16 +0000 http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/index.php/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1596 Gross! But hilarious. So did you install some deadbolts (high up of course) on your front and back door and an alarm system in her bedroom window. That's pretty funny Jamie! Hope the wait is going quickly! Thinking of you and your sweet kiddo's that you'll soon be staring at pictures of :) Chandra Gross! But hilarious. So did you install some deadbolts (high up of course) on your front and back door and an alarm system in her bedroom window. That’s pretty funny Jamie! Hope the wait is going quickly! Thinking of you and your sweet kiddo’s that you’ll soon be staring at pictures of :)
Chandra

]]> By: Half-Past Kissin' Time http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1595 Half-Past Kissin' Time Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:12:44 +0000 http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/index.php/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1595 I have so done that driveway thing, too! Even scarier...I did it a block away (turned one street too early). Lucky for me, it was my sister's house I was trying to find, so the neighbors didn't know me and just thought I was some crazy woman. I have so done that driveway thing, too! Even scarier…I did it a block away (turned one street too early). Lucky for me, it was my sister’s house I was trying to find, so the neighbors didn’t know me and just thought I was some crazy woman.

]]> By: starfish http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1594 starfish Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:57:42 +0000 http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/index.php/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1594 Freaking hilarious. I bet you never thought you'd be glad someone shit themselves in your house. Freaking hilarious. I bet you never thought you’d be glad someone shit themselves in your house.

]]> By: Julie http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1593 Julie Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:16:04 +0000 http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/index.php/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1593 Uh, I think I'd rather deal with the escaped neighbor kid than the neighbor kid who poo'd in their pants at my house. I got enough poo in the pants around here with my own kids, thankyouverymuch. Uh, I think I’d rather deal with the escaped neighbor kid than the neighbor kid who poo’d in their pants at my house. I got enough poo in the pants around here with my own kids, thankyouverymuch.

]]> By: Mayhem http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1592 Mayhem Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:40:58 +0000 http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/index.php/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1592 Thank you for the chuckle today! I'm sure lots of us can relate (hopefully not just me)! On one side of us the idolized neighbor kids are a little older, and my kids are glued to the fence and begging the poor neighbors to play with them whenever they are outside. Our other neighbors have kids our age. I was horrified when my kid threw a screaming fit in front of their mom. (He didn't want to share!) I felt SO much better when a few weeks later their kid pitched an identical tantrum. It was awesome. Thank you for the chuckle today!

I’m sure lots of us can relate (hopefully not just me)!

On one side of us the idolized neighbor kids are a little older, and my kids are glued to the fence and begging the poor neighbors to play with them whenever they are outside.

Our other neighbors have kids our age. I was horrified when my kid threw a screaming fit in front of their mom. (He didn’t want to share!) I felt SO much better when a few weeks later their kid pitched an identical tantrum. It was awesome.

]]> By: misty http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1591 misty Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:40:56 +0000 http://fullyoperationalbattlestation.com/index.php/2008/04/14/olive-branch-extended/#comment-1591 Too funny! And true, I saw none of this on the news so I do believe you are right about everything being ok! :) Too funny! And true, I saw none of this on the news so I do believe you are right about everything being ok! :)

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