Good Morning All ~<br />
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I think the relatives are just trying to wear me down ~ there is no WIN or LOSE - but I am exhausted&#33;&#33;<br />
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For those of you with children - I have a new found respect &amp; dismay. They never sleep - shower ONLY after a FIGHT &amp; somehow end up controlling 4 adults by little statements like &quot;I don&#39;t wanna go&quot; - never before have I changed plans so often &amp; for what a child says&#33;&#33;  These can be minor plans - such as dinner down at the harbor - Fish &amp; Chips (he won&#39;t eat fish - so it had to be a grilled cheese sandwhich.) <img src='http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/blink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':blink:' /> <br />
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To HUGH plans such as going to the aquairum - &quot;If it&#39;s like the Grand Canyon then I don&#39;t wanna go - I didn&#39;t like the Grand Canyon&#33;&quot;  <img src='http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/mellow.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':mellow:' /> so we didn&#39;t go . . . .<br />
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THEN . . . THEN . . . . I get away from him for an afternoon - the boys want to go to a hobby shop to get models of tanks (whatever) so I think they&#39;ll be gona ALL DAY - I settle in for a quiet afternoon &amp; POOF&#33;&#33; - He comes running in the back door - he got naseated in the car &amp; had to come back. Then began the long . . .ordeal of finding a place to eat that had real COKE - I called several places - nope - just Pepsi (who knew&#33;&#33;) SO - being a woman &amp; relatively smart at that, I said - why don&#39;t we just go to the store &amp; BUY him a freaking COKE&#33;&#33; <br />
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GET THIS - IT CAN&#39;T HAVE ANY BUBBLES IN IT - SO WE HAD TO TAKE A SPOON &amp; A GLASS SO HIS MOM COULD STIR THE BUBBLES OUT OF IT&#33;&#33; <img src='http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/unsure.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':unsure:' />  <img src='http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/sick.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':sick:' /> <br />
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BUT -to get to the store we all load into our BRAND NEW Toyota Highlander - child in back - as air bags are in the front - so he brought crackers - which he proceeded to break into pieces &amp; spill all over the seat &amp; floor. He parents just say &quot;You&#39;ll have to clean that when we get home&quot; .. . . .NOT&#33;&#33;<br />
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Is the normal behavior?? Wayne &amp; I have hours of pillow talk going on - is this how all families with children act??<br />
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When his stomach is better &amp; all the adults have met his demands we get to the restaraunt &amp; he says - his stomach wasn&#39;t upset after all - he was just hungry - can I have a dollar to play the video game?? <br />
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Remember - you can&#39;t choose your family . . . . <br />
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L