Hugs to you and your angels. It is hard, especially when they are young. When my mess started, our baby was just 5. We didn't give her many details as she really didn't need to know and for quite a while she would ask when Daddy was coming home and why wasn't he here.
I see her being just the same sweet forgetful girl she always has been. I think this has hurt the boys the hardest and of course right at puberty and dating age, ex pulled this. But they know that I am here and always will be, doing my best to be both parents. Your girls will know that too. bless you and them.
kat
Me-53(and learning!) S24, S21, D18, D17 Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming. Dory
Thanks so much. This is the only conversation that has transpired regarding D4's breakdown:
Me: Did D4 say anything to you about her crying?
xH: No.
Me: Did you talk with her about it?
xH: No.
Mr. Avoidance, the name of the game. He should be ashamed of himself.
Notice my beautiful D6 is turning D7!!!! We are gearing up for a big birthday weekend, she is seriously coming out of her skin excited!!! The plans are endless.
lwb - I had a similar thing happen with D5 about a month ago. She was in hysterics screaming "I want Daddy". It brought me to tears.. So sad.. It should never have to be this way for our babies..
Well, my newborn is now 7. I woke her up when I got home from work and she sleepily said "Am I taller? I think I might be". Love. That. Kid.
She had a great bday party at her gymnastics studio. BIG bummer, when xH went to cut her ice cream cake (that she specifically ordered), it contained dreaded Oreos. I had ordered the cake without, but the 14 yr old taking my order forgot. She was devastated. Cried a bit, but recovered. Gift opening was amazing. She was very gracious to everyone, read cards out loud, and thanked the entire room when she was done.
The oreos are now a 'joke' and we had a little redo yesterday (smaller cake with NO oreos).
xH was very helpful at the party. Besides his comment that it was too loud (umm...yeah...did you notice the 18 kids?). But he helped cut the cake (frozen solid), packed everything up, put it in my car, and just basically helped out. The girls have been in gymnastics since August and he had to call me to find out where the party was. Sad. Sad. Sad. They LOVE it, and he has never seen them until Friday night. I could tell he was enjoying it.
Wrapped for four hours last night, completely finished.
Wrapped for four hours last night, completely finished.
I thought it was mandatory you have to wrap Christmas Eve!!! Never thought of that. I used to go so overboard I would pull an all-nighter on Christmas Eve, wrapping and doing stockings. Of course, this year so much less stuff for the kids so it'll probably only take a few hours, and I'm going to try to do most of it on Christmas Eve day while the kids are with their dad, so I can actually get some sleep that night!!! They had so many presents last year D9 didn't even practically open some it was just too much! Karen
