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Post by goldenbird on Jun 22, 2021 12:02:01 GMT -6
Yikes! Did it come back on? Yes! About 10:20 so it was out for almost 2 1/2 hours. No idea why. We had a huge storm last night and everything was fine. A little cloudy this morning and it went out. Haha How weird!
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Post by mc13 on Jun 24, 2021 12:17:32 GMT -6
Hey DC ladies, My SIL lives in Arlington, works in DC, and is turning 40 next month and we want to get her a gift card to a nice spa. Any recommendations?
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Post by byjove on Jun 24, 2021 12:20:14 GMT -6
Hey DC ladies, My SIL lives in Arlington, works in DC, and is turning 40 next month and we want to get her a gift card to a nice spa. Any recommendations? It's probably 40 minutes away in VA, but I always hear how great the Salamander Spa (and resort) is.
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Post by mc13 on Jun 24, 2021 12:43:13 GMT -6
Hey DC ladies, My SIL lives in Arlington, works in DC, and is turning 40 next month and we want to get her a gift card to a nice spa. Any recommendations? It's probably 40 minutes away in VA, but I always hear how great the Salamander Spa (and resort) is. Oh, that's actually a great idea. MH went there for a work retreat a few years ago and loved it.
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Post by addymac on Jun 24, 2021 13:27:20 GMT -6
UGH I feel like an asshole mom. so this week DS started summer camp. He’s really into routines and I know it was gonna be an adjustment for him because he was only going to have one of the three teachers and only one friend from his school year and his camp class. So I kept telling him you know Campos a little different but it’ll be fine. all week he’s been like I don’t wanna go I don’t wanna go I don’t wanna go. H and I chalked it up to just nervous about starting camp with new classmates and all that jazz but the last two mornings he was crying saying he didn’t wanna go .
Then this morning he is sobbing with our nanny like hysterical saying he doesn’t want to go and she asked him and he says it’s because kids hit him. then she sent us the video right and I was like oh no, what?!? but then DH was like no it’s not true he’s just lying because he doesn’t wanna go to school all right. But I was like OK well maybe I’ll just shoot the teachers an email and be like hey I know he’s having trouble adjusting but he said that like he’s getting hit we’re not sure if it’s true or not because he hadn’t mentioned it before but.
But then a pick up today the teacher came out and told our nanny that there’s a boy that’s hitting Noah in class. Our nanny told her to email us, so I’m waiting on the email. But I feel like an asshole for doubting him and I feel so sad that he’s being hit.
Also though, he’s the biggest kid there. He and one girl are going into nursery 4, the other kids are going into nursery 3, and he’s big for his age- 45lbs, 44inches, and he’s a stocky tank of a kid. So it’s like how are you getting bullied? Or is it just a new to school kid that is grabbing toys or bad at sharing type thing?
I just want to snuggle him but I won’t be home until super late tonight.
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Post by cakewench on Jun 24, 2021 14:07:16 GMT -6
So many hugs, addymac ! I am so sorry he's going through this. <3 Please don't beat yourself up, H and I would have had the same "He's probably being dramatic but let's check to be safe" reaction you both did (N is also super routine-oriented, so I would have thought the same). I am really glad the teacher is being proactive about it - I hope she emails quickly and gives you some more insight into what exactly is going on (and how they will put a stop to it). Give him some extra snuggles for us!
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Post by willow on Jun 24, 2021 14:37:26 GMT -6
addymac I'm so sorry, it is so hard to deal with the social and behavioral politics of little kids, on both sides. Because as adults you know that the kids usually aren't doing it to actually be malicious and mean, but other things going on. But it doesn't make you feel any less bad as the mom. We actually have a similar but also opposite problem. I talked to my oldest's pre-k teacher today who said his behavior is worsening again and he's riling all the kids up by yelling "potty words" (poop, fart, toot, pee, etc) and also taunting and forcing kids to play with him or listen to him by getting in their face. It is SUPER upsetting to me because I do not want my kid to be bullying others and before the twins were born, he was like a different child. Now he's combative and difficult to reason with and it's showing at school. It was much better when he was getting IEP services through the school district but that is over for the summer. Why is parenting so hard? Why did no one warn us? (ha)
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Post by Minerva on Jun 24, 2021 15:03:51 GMT -6
Hey DC ladies, My SIL lives in Arlington, works in DC, and is turning 40 next month and we want to get her a gift card to a nice spa. Any recommendations? It's probably 40 minutes away in VA, but I always hear how great the Salamander Spa (and resort) is. I have heard such good things. I believe it’s $$$, but everyone raves and that area is beautiful.
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Post by Minerva on Jun 24, 2021 15:09:34 GMT -6
Hugs, addymac. There can be a weird dynamic when your kid is the big kid in the group and getting picked on because it’s easy for teachers not to take it as seriously. And if he reciprocates, he’ll likely get in more trouble than the instigator. DS has had that struggle in the past. I hope the camp takes measures to stop the hitting right away. ❤️
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Post by richard on Jun 24, 2021 15:12:27 GMT -6
I am preemptively nervous about my 6-year-old's behavior when he returns to in-person school next fall. He lived that daycare socialized life for five years but this last year, the only person who he's really had to navigate social situations with is his sister. Hopefully he has some conflict-resolution skills on the back burner somewhere because wrestling it out/calling people dummies is not ideal school behavior.
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Post by richard on Jun 24, 2021 15:21:43 GMT -6
This is completely unrelated but DH's sister met up with MIL and FIL for Father's Day (we were out of town and saw them the week prior). SIL was showing MIL a picture from a text chain with DH's other sister and walked away or something. MIL then closed the picture out and scrolled up the text chain to a part where both SILs were talking shit about MIL. I'm so relieved to have not been there because MIL is a HUGE martyr and passive-aggressive and we've had a number of run in's over the years. I learned about this yesterday and every 30 minutes or so it pops into my head, and I'm so deeply grateful to be excluded from the narrative. It's like just missing a car crash.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2021 15:32:37 GMT -6
Hugs addymac. It’s so hard. We went through a bullying situation with DS that escalated to the point that he got hurt, and it was the worst feeling. It’s so hard to tell when kids are being totally truthful and I thought it was all playground drama until the bully pushed him off the climbing wall. 😢 You’re a wonderful mom and now that you know what’s going on I know you’ll do everything you can for your boy. ❤️
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Post by enchanted on Jun 24, 2021 16:02:31 GMT -6
Hugs, addymac I'm sorry to hear that your boy is getting bullied like that. ❤️
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Post by fatpony on Jun 24, 2021 17:38:56 GMT -6
We have a cabin booked at a state park for over the 4th of July weekend. I just got an email that because the state GQP are holding the budget hostage. These sonofabitches. I swear to god if they further ruin my vacation...
"As you may be aware, an operating budget has not yet been enacted for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021. While the DNR is optimistic that a budget will be enacted before then, if one is not, the DNR will shut down beginning at 4:00 pm on June 30, 2021. One impact of a shutdown is the closure of all state parks and recreation areas to public use.
We are contacting you because you have a reservation in the first part of July that could be affected by a shutdown."
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Post by byjove on Jun 25, 2021 6:06:39 GMT -6
Has anyone tried to get tickets for the Smithsonian in DC? I went right at 8 am (it says tickets start being released at 8 am and continue for a while??), and I know tickets will go fast, but it's just continuing to say sold out?
ETA nevermind, I kept refreshing and something finally popped up!
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Post by goldenbird on Jun 25, 2021 7:08:31 GMT -6
addymac I'm sorry your DS is going through that. I hope the camp can address it swiftly and get the other kid to cut it out.
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Post by overboard on Jun 25, 2021 7:49:54 GMT -6
The empty crate is depressing all of us. I sent an email to the rescue. It’s the same org that we got Pete from. I think I’m in love. Attachment Deleted
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 25, 2021 7:54:12 GMT -6
The empty crate is depressing all of us. I sent an email to the rescue. It’s the same org that we got Pete from. I think I’m in love. View Attachment:::Heart Eyes::: THAT FACE!
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Post by cakewench on Jun 25, 2021 8:29:00 GMT -6
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Post by enchanted on Jun 25, 2021 8:35:13 GMT -6
Look at that baby! 😍
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Post by Ls2012 on Jun 25, 2021 9:22:20 GMT -6
So cute, overboard! That booper and ears and eyes!
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Post by notblanche on Jun 25, 2021 9:37:23 GMT -6
It's probably 40 minutes away in VA, but I always hear how great the Salamander Spa (and resort) is. I have heard such good things. I believe it’s $$$, but everyone raves and that area is beautiful. It is very $$$ but I think it's probably totally worth it. I want to go so bad. It's also Black-owned!
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Post by notblanche on Jun 25, 2021 9:39:39 GMT -6
mc13, for an option closer to Arlington, the Kimpton Lorien Hotel & Spa is also very highly rated. That's in Alexandria
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2021 11:18:45 GMT -6
That sucks fatpony. I hope they get their act together and you can still go.
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Post by notblanche on Jun 25, 2021 11:29:05 GMT -6
My kids are no longer home, and Mh and I share a home office. I think we're going to have to rearrange the house again. Because he talks NONSTOP. To me, to himself. I'm going to throw something (soft) at him.
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Post by origami on Jun 25, 2021 17:17:29 GMT -6
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Post by byjove on Jun 25, 2021 17:47:04 GMT -6
Speaking of randoms, DH and I just had an anniversary dinner at our favorite spot. They had a new vegan dessert on the menu (yay dairy free) and it was berries in a rose syrup and gelee. I of course tried it. I felt like I was basically living that Lizzo TikTok video where she eats the berry “cereal” and I lost it. I was trying to explain to my H why eating berries was so hilarious, but he hadn’t seen it so he was like what is wrong my dear?? Lol
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Post by gymngemini on Jun 25, 2021 18:11:52 GMT -6
For any gymnastics fans, night one of the women's finals is on NBC right now!
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Post by overboard on Jun 25, 2021 19:37:33 GMT -6
I know! They haven’t answered me yet. I know because I’ve been checking my email every five minutes.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2021 15:47:36 GMT -6
The easier family is taking a vacation! We’re headed up to our college town on the coast and spending 4 days there. I’m so excited. DS is doing great so far on the drive and is looking forward to the beach. I’m looking forward to literally everything. Being away from home, hiking in the redwoods, listening to the ocean, showing DS where H and I met… he’s been there before but not since he was 4yo. Woohoo!
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