Every year on the weekend before Martin Luther King Jr. Day my three kids go to a weekend camp that the Epilepsy Foundation puts on where epilepsy kids and their siblings can go for a weekend of fun. It is a weekend that the kids look forward to every year and actually start asking about it around Halloween. They are psyched and honestly so are we it is a weekend with no kids! Plus it is a weekend when we do not have to worry about the kids getting hurt or having a seizure, the camp comes with pediatric neurologist … Continue reading →

Well it is New Years and hubby called the parents to wish them a Happy New Year. Originally we were supposed to get together with them the week after Christmas; that is if we had agreed to do the family thing which as we know we did not. We had a feeling that his Dad was not going to be feeling well and that is totally fine I knew that and it is legitimate. Still no calls to the kids or my husband to see how Christmas was or what they got from Santa. The kids have officially stopped asking … Continue reading →

Well the holidays are officially over and the in law story has not changed. My husband called his parents on Christmas morning and they were doing Christmas morning things. He told them when we should be home and for them to call later when they were free. Much to our surprise not they did not call. OK I am not a grandparent but I hope to be one someday and I cannot even imagine not calling my grandkids on Christmas. We figure maybe they got busy so the next day my husband called and they heard the kids in the … Continue reading →

Well we contacted my sister in law this week to give her one more chance to get together and do a gift exchange among the cousins who are ages 4,9, 10 & 12. Her reply is what we expected it was a big fat NO. Well actually she said if we agree to do it the way that she wants it with her parents then yes she will but other than that NO. Ok so why should we have to conform to what they want and force our kids to do Christmas with everyone and not just the grandparents? I … Continue reading →

So we are not going to have any involvement with the in laws during the month of December and actually I am feeling great about it. Maybe I should not be but to be honest I am absolutely ok with it. I am ready for our kids and husband and to have a relaxing holiday season. We are going to do try to make the weekends super packed with holiday things and hopefully it will make it a bit easier. I am not sure if my mother in law is even going to call our kids for Christmas. I say … Continue reading →

So we are not spending any part of the holiday season with my in laws. Not by our choice but theirs and so we are going to try to do things to keep the kids busy every weekend so hopefully they won’t really notice too much. The reality is they don’t spend time with them any other time of the year so the Christmas season should not be much of a change for them. Before my in laws had a biological grandchild they would pick up our kids and take them to look at Christmas lights and have dinner. That … Continue reading →

So my husband’s family has decided to cut us out of their Christmas celebrations and I am madder than mad. I am not mad for me but I am for my husband and my kids. My father in law is sick with cancer and now my husband and kids are not being allowed to spend time with him. I am so angry with it is not funny. We had our daughter’s birthday party this past weekend and told his brother and sister that they are not invited to the party. I do not think they should be allowed to pick … Continue reading →