Age Gap

My sister-in-law Amanda has a younger sister Kaitlyn that is 16. She recently moved here from Michigan to live with Shawn and Amanda. She is going to the same alternative high school that I went to as a teenager. Anyways, Amanda got sick over the weekend so to help out I brought Kaitlyn and Mattie to my house last night to spend the night. We had a good time and things went well but I'm starting to realize that there is a reason parents don't usually space their children out with a 15 year age gap.

I first noticed on the drive in that while Mattie and I were listening to calm yet fun Alicia Keys music on the radio Kaitlyn had her ipod blaring some music I didn't understand at a volume that I'm pretty sure could cause deafness. I also noticed in the car that Mattie wouldn't quit babbling and talking yet Kaitlyn only answered questions in one syllable grunts over the blaring music.

We got to the house and Miss Mattie immediatly went to play with the dog and toys while Kaitlyn made a beeline for the internet. So I spent the evening running between Kaitlyn and Mattie supervising very different activities. I kept checking to make sure that Chester the Molestor wasn't instant messaging Kaitlyn and then running back to get Mattie off the coffee table or out of the dog food. So while their interests are totally different they both live in the land of no... Kaitlyn can't talk to boys online and Mattie can't eat dog food. Kaitlyn can't stay on the cell phone non stop and Mattie can't tear up every magazine in sight. Poor girls!




Seriously though they both are really good kids. They get into things but they were both good for me. We all hung out and played. Both girls were in bed by 9 with no complaints or crying. Everyone slept through the night and woke up happy this morning. It was good. What's crazy is even with a teenager and a toddler around I got out of the house on time and in a great mood.

Though this morning the age gap presented itself again. Mattie did not want to get dressed. She fought and fought the changing out of her jammies into some clothes. And Kaitlyn couldn't wait to get dressed but I wasn't sure about her outfit or the length of her skirt. Weird kids.

But we made it out the door on time. When I dropped Kaitlyn off at school I made sure to tell her to have a great day, not to kiss boys, don't cave to peer pressure and just say no. I also hugged her and waved and honked. She explained that I'm really a dork but she thinks I'll be a good mom. I think that might be a compliment coming from a teenager.

Such is life....

Jessie

Weekend

It's been a busy weekend. So busy that I didn't have time to post. I kept my godchildren Isabel and Jorgen this weekend. Isabel is 5 and Jorgen is 13 months. They kept me running all weekend. Surprisingly Jorgen was easier to manage this time than Isabel. Isabel is at that interesting stage now where she talks non stop! She asks questions about everything!!!! I'm not kidding. Some of the questions I got asked over the weekend were....

"Why do you wear makeup?"

"Why did your mom die?"

"Do you ever throw-up?"

"How did you make this floor?"

"Is it time to go swimming yet?"

Not only did I get asked these questions but she asked all of them about 15 times in a ROW!!! Not to mention the 100 other questions she asked me. She kills me. I don't know how kids think up these things.

Jorgen just crawls around and snuggles and eats. He also laughs like a crazy man when the tickle bugs attack him. I also found out that footed pj's on tile floors are not a good plan. That poor kid wiped out quite a few times. Good thing he has a hard head. He didn't even cry the last couple times. He just wipes out and keeps going.

After they left this morning I got to make a 4 1/2 hour drive to western Kansas. I have a court hearing for work at 8:00 in the morning so I thought it would be better to come down tonight rather than leave my house at 3:30 in the morning. So I'm hanging at the good old Best Western. It's been a couple weeks since I stayed in a hotel so I was having withdrawel...

Jessie

Weird Kid

I've told you all abuot my cute neighbor kid. The little boy that comes over to play basketball. He is way fun and cool. I love having him around. He's helpful and polite and just fun. Well those qualities must not run in his family. He must just be a streak of good luck because his sister is freaking weird!

This kid is driving me nuts today. She has come over about 15 times today for just random things. First she wanted to see who had come to visit me, it was Kelci, then she brought my newspaper to the door, then she wanted to see if I was still home because she noticed that a car was gone from the driveway. Seriously kid GO HOME! Finally she asked if she could look at my house. I think that's what she wanted all along. So I said yes and let her in and she wandered around for a minute said it was nice and left.

All of that was just annoying me some but the really weird part is what she has been carrying around with her all day. She has this huge orange plastic Halloween bag the kind you trick or treat with. Well she has it filled with kittens! Yes I said kittens!!! Her house is the crazy cat house as I call it. THey have like 30 cats that roam all over the neighborhood. On a bad day I can smell cat shit as soon as I step outside. And now there are seven more kittens. I'm thinking though that if she keeps hauling them around in that bag though some of them will die off. Like I said WEIRD KID!!!

Jessie