In Laws Are Coming

This Friday is Aidans 6th birthday so joy of joys the in-laws are coming.

I really don't mind them for the most part. BUT they have had sickness running though their house this past week and so far my MIL hasn't gotten it, but I am sure she will have it by the time she gets here. And she is worse than most men I have seen when they are sick. She truly is the reason my husband is a big ass drama queen. I am not saying that I too wouldn't mind laying in bed for days when I am sick, but I have four kids I just can't. The last time she had a cold she literally laid in bed for three days straight. I am not kidding. There is nothing worse than her being sick.

My mom was not a "mothering" type. She was a "suck it up, life goes on" type. Even my father is not the typical man lying in bed as if death were apon him for a tiny little cold. My husband used to be that kind of guy, I had to beat it out of him. I have little to no smpathy for sick adults, unless you are near death. My husband does still get migranes and as much as it irks me that he lies around for hours when he has one, I still let him. Only because I don't think I have ever had one, so I try not to judge him too harshly for acting this way during a migrane.

OKAY back to the original idea of my post.....I get side tracked easily. My in-laws are coming and I am a little excited. My FIL and Kale's Nanny (grandma) have not yet met Delilah. Plus this means I have to do little cleaning of my kitchen, which I hate to do and usually that is Kales job. I also don't have to drive my kids to school for a few days. I still have to get them up and ready though, Grammie (MIL) doesn't do mornings very well. That is the 2nd thing that irks me about her, I have to drag her out of bed when she is here. It's like "look lady, you are only here for 5 freakin days, get up and spend time with your grandkids" ie "take care of them so I can finally sleep in". But I digress, I can handle all of that, it's the 3rd thing she does that bugs me the most.....

Desert after EVERY FREAKIN MEAL! My kids don't get a lot of sugar, they really don't sleep well when they have a bunch of it. So desert in our house is limited to special occasions or weekends only. My MIL thinks desert is for after every meal, seriously Every.Freakin. Meal. Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. Ice cream is her desert of choice and two of my kids are lactose intollerant. It consipates them, horribly. And consitpation seriously effects Aidans moods. So after she leaves I will have to retrain my children, thus hearing a bunch of "But Grammie says" or "AW Man!".

Oh yeah, there is one more thing she does that bugs me. Bedtimes! My kids have pretty strict bedtimes on school nights. Sophia is down between 6-7pm, Aidan at 7pm, and Lilly by 8pm. She often undermines my bedtime routines. Of course the children want her to put them to bed, but she is so busy doing whatever (that is not that important that it can't wait) to put them to bed at the right time. If we try and put them to bed there are fits thrown.

Despite all of this, I do love her and love that they visit. But it's nice when they go home too.