Yesterday was my bday and though dh spoiled me with gifts, he did forget to help the kids do something - write a card, get a gift, sig a song, whatever. He just didn't.

Mid day we were at the photographer studio where I was having the kids' photos taken and as you can imagine, 5 kids were going cuckoo and driving. Me crazy while we waited our turn. I told dh that in addition to being irritated with the kids, I was also a little upset with him. And that it was his job to help / make/ guide the kids with doing something on their own for my bday.

SS14 has to do a mandatory presentation for Arts and Letters day at school next Friday - BM's EOWe visitation day. DH sent her a text letting her know, ensuring she saw the note in the teacher's email. No response.

SS was supposed to mention it to her last night during his call. But he didn't.

I asked DH if SS spoke with BM and DH said, "no he forgot. Don't you realize that he already knows she won't take him so he is not going to bother asking".

Oh well.

Yesterday, SS14 (AKA Duck Face) was complaining about his Grandpa (FIL) who NEVER comes to visit or call or anything, unless he needs a favor from DH. SS was whining about not seeing him. I said, "hmm... maybe you can call him. Have you tried doing that?"

Of course he hasn't.

Then, not 5 minutes later as conversation moved on, I asked, "so, what are you and your mom up to this weekend?" And how does he reply?

I have a friend that races RC boats professionally and asked him if he'd do a little demo with the kids yesterday while they were on spring break. He happily obliged as it is good for him to do this sort of community service and he's also an old friend of mine.

Anyway, the kids had a blast. They got to race his boat - one goes nearly 100 miles an hour and he also showed them how his dune buggy worked and made it do flips for them and showed off all his tricks.