Lacrosse, grannies, and Movies....

...Oh boy, alot has happened in two days and most of it is fun but there's also some frustrations. Satruday started out as any other Saturday with the Wizard's children at home does; Munchkin coming into our room at around 7am to tell us he has to pee...and then one of us gets up, this weekend it was me :) and :( I wasn't really tired but didn't really feel like being awake either. The morning was sort of slow going but overall uneventful, Tin Man had a lacrosse game an 1pm; the Wizard, Lion and Scarecrow had softball practice at 1pm and the Lion had a soccer game at noon, so it was a busy day of sorts...no busier than normal though. Wizard, Lion and Scarecrow all went to Lion's soccer game while TinMan and Munchkin stayed with me and went to TinMan's lax game...

Tin Man's lax game was fun as it was an inter-team game and Tin Man's team won, not sure by how much but they did and better yet he got a lot of playing time which was a good surprise to him. Munchkin was super good basically just ran up and down the hill at the field the whole time and planted 'trees' (grass) in my chair and watered them with my keys, LOL He's one funny kid! After the lax game we headed to grannies for my brother's birthday, good times. TinMan and Munchkin were pretty funny on the way there...just playing with each other, you'd never know there were 13 years between them :) Once we got there the fun really began, Munchkin LOVES grannies, there's a sand box with 'diggers' and lots of room to run, two dogs and a slide oh and trampoline :) He bounced, dug, ran and slid for a solid hour and then slept the whole way home!

We arrived home to a clean house :) I love it when Wizard surprises me and does 'chores', it makes me feel loved and more like I have a partner than just a husband! It's nice to have help! Wizard and I decided that we would take Lion, Scarecrow and Munchkin to the $1.50 movies...or $2 movie since the price went up....Lion and Scarecrow went to see Bride Wars and Wizard, Munchkin and I went to see Marley and Me...definite owner! I LOVED the movie, it was so awesome, not just the story of the dog and his owner or companion but the whole family! GREAT MOVIE! Munchkin was REALLY GOOD, no talking, whining or crying at all....I was so proud of him! Lion and Scarecrow were good too and enjoyed their movie. OH, Munchkin started giggling whenever the couple would kiss...how funny...gonna have to watch out for that one!

I have to admit that I was really tense at the thought of all of us going to the movies, but I relaxed a bit after we were all settled. It was a nice outting and I didn't feel like I had to do it all...that's one thing the book Step Motherhood is teaching me, I don't have to do it all! I'm a control freak by nature and I like things organized, neat and tidy so if I have a choice of teaching or doing; I'll do it myself instead of worrying about whether its done my way or not...something I'm slowly learning to let go of...hard but I'm moving in the right direction. Watching Marley and Me also taught me to let Wizard do more with the kids, I tend to step in if he's not doing it my way...much like Jen did to Owen when he's trying to change their middle son's diaper. Life is a learning experience that's for sure!

So now it's Sunday...drop off day and also another softball practice for Scarecrow and Wizard. they have to travel an hour away to practice and it's a pretty long practice; four hours, they only practice once a month. So...they left at 11am and won't be home until 6pm.....in the past Wizard has asked me to drop off Lion and Munchking to WWW but today he said she could wait until he was able to bring them home; I simply said Thank You! I really meant it too.

Drop off for me is hard for me because I have been harboring so much hate for WWW in the past six months, not sure why but I am and I'm slowly stepping back from certain things until I get it under control. Not to mention there are things that are NOT in my 'job' description and pickup/drop off is one of them! However, in Wizard's 'defense' I've never said i hated it, i just always bitched and something that we've both learned in the last week is that we need to LISTEN to each other more, not just yell or bitch but really LISTEN espeically when it comes to the children. I have a habit of shutting down when he tries to talk about Tyler and he has a habit of getting angry and yelling when I try to talk about any of his kids...especially Lion. His defense is always 'they get good grades and play sports' and my rebuttal is always 'getting good grades and playing sports doesn't make you a good person' and this argument has been going on for about two months now and I'm really glad that we're agreeing to work on communicating regarding our kids. This is our biggest issue! I've explained that he really needs to listen because if he doesn't; like in the past I won't talk and lately I haven't been talking and he's realized that...so cross your fingers! I'm really working on not letting things get to me so easily...I can go from 0 to bitch in about two seconds!

That's been the weekend, nothing overly eventful but life just the same. I'm doing laundry, Lion is out side with her Best Munchkin and Munchkin is napping so it's nice and quiet!

OHHHHHHHHHHH can't believe I forgot this!!! Wizards SIL (Wicked Witch of the East) stopped by to deliver Girl Scout Cookies from his niece; I haven't seen her since our wedding and the ONLY reason she came to our wedding is because Wizards parents were going to be there and she wanted to remian in their good graces....they have money and she wants some of it when they die...whatever! So, Wizard didn't leave money so I had to write a check; she did not step inside our house until I told her she could come in...now 1. I'm surprise she didn't have her daughter drop off the cookies and 2. she knows I hate her...but I'm good at being civil; i have lots of pratice with WWW; so I invited WWE so I could write the check...she made small talk but whatever...she is as bad as WWE if not worse, she befriended me and then stabbed me in the back; she's BFF's with WWW after she said so many awful and mean things about her and WWW about WWE...they're two peas in a pod and they can have each other! Maybe Wizard's bipolar nut job of a sister will join them considering she thinks its ok to be blatanly disrespectful to me and then pretend there's nothing wrong and thinks that Wizard is going to talk to her...Oh the stories I have about her; I learn more and more everyday....mommy and daddy bought her a house, a car and she smoked it all way...or shot it in her arm...I can't remember what drug she's addicted to but she's in and out of rehab alot and now she is pregnant, due in April; she emails the Wizard regularly to give updates on how she and her baby are doing, he doesn't respond. I emailed her once when she thought it would be a good idea to reach out to me and blame my husband for their fall out and I quietly put her in her place and she hasn't bothered me since, LOL...i should post that email after altering a few things....I think I will...entertaining family let me tell you! I LOVE Wizard's dad though, tough guy but full of love for his children and grandchildren!

Ok, that's all for the moment...not real exciting huh but our story nonetheless!

Love
Dorothy