I enjoy it but I often feel I don't have anything interesting to say anyways.
Now for the title. Well if you old like me (LOL) then you know that is an old song. I love my kids to pieces but they are really a puzzle to me. I think I have some strange ones sometimes.
With the exception of Marlo they just don't like to socialize much. Imagine the horror of having parents who have to beg you to call your firneds invite them over. We have this big lovely backyard and creek, and pool, and ping pong table and fooseball table, and basketball hoop. All sitting waiting for someone to use them.
Why would you want to sit around the whole summer doing nothing when you could have friends over and swim or talk or play games. Now to be fair the R man has had a friend over twice this summer, Nat had friends over once, on her birthday. Mar has had friends over less than last summer but frequently. I just don't get it. Why would you have to be asked or told to call friends or to have someone over. I have told the kids you should be happy we want and let your friends come here. Some parents want nothing to do with having teens over. We just are not on the same wave length. We have talked to a few other parents who have said their children also at home and don't make much effort to call friends. Why do I find this just plain weird.
All I have to compare things to is my own childhood and I must say there were not very many days I wasn't playing with someone either on my street or from 5 to 10 blocks away. We rode our bikes back and forth so it wasn't a problem. If I wasn't playing with someone we were on the phone. And of course when we played it wasn't video games (they were not invented yet remember I am old) We swam, we rode bikes , we played kickball, baseball, assorted ball games, roller skated (with clamp on roller skates) we rested, we made plays, we sang songs, we played monopoly, we played cards games and we just found stuff to do.
I am glad for them that school will starting because at least they will be out and about each day among the living. Don't get me wrong I enjoy having them around but they need to be around kids there own age too.
Well enough ranting about that.
Seems like this has been the summer of appointments, Dental, orthodontist, School physical checkups, vision checkups, neurologist, Tutor, Drivers Ed, chiropractor and dermatologist. And I have my hernia surgery scheduled finally, for Sept 2nd. It doesn't look like the Walmart will be ready until at least the first few weeks of Sept. I am hoping that I will be back on my feet when they finally call.
If not I am hoping something can be worked out. That was the earliest date I could get for the surgery.
I know when I was a kid, my mom expected that I would go OUTSIDE in the morning, and come back in for dinner. As did all the other kids in the neighborhood!
ReplyDeleteSo there were always a ton of kids outside!
One summer, we had a running Monopoly game in one girls garage for weeks! We rode bikes EVERWHERE, ALL THE TIME! We were very creative players.
It is a different world.