My son brought his 3 (5,3,1) kids up for the day. We took them to two parks (one in the morning by the beach with a lighthouse theme and another in the afternoon with a sports theme). We had a great time. They left at 7pm and I went straight to bed, lol.
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SIL took the 3 kids to The Grand Princess Show and Character Experience this afternoon. GS wore his Moana T-shirt and necklace. He was dancing in the “mosh pit” (orchestra pit in front of the stage). Only little boy in the dance area. He had a bunch of young princesses come up to him to engage with him, asking about his shirt and necklace.
GS is really a ladies man nowadays. He really likes “older women.” (With a Labor Day birthday, he’s the youngest kid in the class.) He has a best friend at preschool, a little blonde girl. They play together everyday. They like to play kitchen together and make coffee. They also try the new classroom toys together. He says she has nice hair and nice clothes. He also likes her earrings. Last week I picked him up after school and was walking out to the car with him, when he began shrieking/yelling–and his little girl friend started shrieking back. They called back and forth–like a pair wolves howling to their mate- all the way out to the car. He woke up at 3am on Thursday morning and told his Dad he needed to get his [toy] cell phone right now because [he dreamed] the little girl sent him an email and he needed to read it right away. Friday, however, he played coffee shop in the play kitchen with a different little girl, but he said it was OK because his little female friend knew about it and was Ok with it.
GS is 2–and a total charmer. I can only hope he’s this suave when he’s 15.
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I got a text yesterday afternoon. D2 and SIL2 are expecting a baby girl in mid-August.
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Coincidentally I got a text yesterday as well.
D and SIL’s August baby is a boy. They have a girl who will be three in July.
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With this baby being a ‘tie breaker’ they want to be surprised at birth. They ask not to be informed (DD has had a few ultrasounds including ‘anatomical’ and all looks good).
They have G-B-B-G so far. I am hoping for a G so that GD2 has a younger sis. The two boys have each other and GD1 is big sis to all. All will be happy regardless.
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Won’t all 5 have each other? Why the emphasis on gender pairing up??
Hoping for a healthy birth for mom and baby.
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I vividly recall when my mom had #5. I had three brothers, and I really wanted a sister. When my grandma told me it was a brother, apparently I had quite a tantrum (I had just turned 5) & told her to take him back.
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I honestly never cared what type of sibling I ended up with. My older sister is 3 years older, older brother is 2 years older, younger brother is 2 years younger, younger sisters are 4 and 7 years younger and youngest brother is 9 years younger. We just went with the flow, as far as I remember. I just remember I couldn’t share a room with the sister that was just 4 years younger—we fought all the time. I was fine with the sister who was 7 years younger and we are still close to this day. My older sister had to share the room with my sister who is 4 years younger than me—they were better able to broker peace. Haha! All 3 of my brothers had to share a room—it was pretty crowded. One brother liked sleeping in the walk-in closet with the door open, or under the dining room table.
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MIL wanted a girl so bad, and with her fourth son she was so mad she just looked in the book for the first boy name, Aaron. Her first granddaughter was in town and was the daughter she never had.
Yes they will have each other. We are finding GD1 has to have some alone time for playing with her things. They do play well together but I just know by my own experiences that it was nice to have a sister close in age. Brother was closer in age but he ditched me when he was about 7 (I was 13 months younger than him). I stuck up for my younger sister, and she really missed me when I went off to college.
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My younger sister really wanted a D—she had 3 sons. They all have GFs now but she really wanted a D. She did a great job of raising her Ss and all the cousins are pretty close, which is very nice. They all make an effort to get together & a bunch of them gathered to ski for the weekend.
I’m not very close to my sister who is 3 years older—my kids are close to her kids, so I’m very glad of that. I’m not close to my sister who is 4 years younger either—only somewhat close to my sister who is 7 years younger and shared a room with me for years. Gender and ages don’t really guarantee closeness.
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I’m jealous.
one and done is the message I heard.
So enjoy everyone
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Hey, some of us have no grandkids yet. We are still patiently waiting and seeing.
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That’s the College Confidential way: excellent executive function skills to plan way in advance 
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I was told one and done by D1 too. But accidents happen.
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We told my parents we might be one and done, because it was so overwhelming to have the first child, and because were certain there would be a “long” time between if/when we had our second so we didn’t want nosiness. We do have three kids in the end.
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I became a first time grandma to a baby boy today! We’re very excited and happy that all is well with mom and baby. My son is so happy!
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Congratulations. It’s very exciting. The best thing is both mom and baby are doing well.
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@sevmom -Congratulations to all!
Enjoy! 
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Congratulations, Grandma! 
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