5 years

Its our 5 year anniversary today. We've been together for 7. Its been much easier and much better than I expected it would be when we got married. Getting married when both of you are older has a lot of different challenges than when you are young. You are both more set in your ways and usually have your own careers and lifestyles that you are used to.
For us, we seemed to have managed that pretty well. Other than having to deal with moving into his parent's house, with all the 'baggage' literally and figuratively that included, we did pretty well. We don't argue much, we're starting to think alike and luckily we have mostly the same likes and dislikes.
Our lives are much more fullfilling with each other and our son. Life is good.

I'd be the b*tchy mom at the playground

I'm sorry. I know you're not supposed to correct or discipline other people's children, but I do. I will not let my child be harrassed or have other kids be mean to him at a playground. I don't care what their mom's might think. Sometimes I don't think the parent is paying attention, and sometimes I don't think they care.

Today we went to a playground nearby. It's in a pretty upscale area. When we arrived we were the only ones there. Shortly, a mom and 2 boys arrived. B. was having a great time playing and simply said "weeeee" and he swung around on the equipment. One of these boys, probably around 4 or 5 looked at him and said 'who cares' real sarcastically. It hit a nerve. Probably because of everything we're going through at preschool. I looked at him and said "BE NICE" and then "play nice". His mom heard and asked the child what the problem was. She asked if he was playing nice, and he said "no", so she took him aside to talk to him. The other boy, who was 7 and B. continued to play together. The little boy ended up sitting on his mom's lap the whole time. I don't know if he was in trouble or just didn't want to play anymore. I felt kind of bad, but not really. The mom could have said something to me, but she didn't. They didn't stay very long.

After they left another mom came with a 2 and 4 y/o. B. and the boy had a great time, and I had a nice chat with his mom.

Making progress

I think we have sorted out what is going on at preschool. Fingers crossed. Between his new teacher being more watchful of what is going on with the other boys, W. feeling a little better, and his buddy being back, things seem to be getting better. Thursday he still cried when I left, but his teacher said it was only for a minute, and then he was okay.

I finished my project of staining the deck. It was a big job, but I'm glad its done. I also put a dimmer switch in DH's bathroom, and fixed a switch in the garage. I also finished cleaning out the freezer. DH put up a motion light outside. So, slowly but surely some of our projects are getting crossed off the list. Getting the garage cleaned out is the big one that will probably never get done, but it sure would be nice to park a car in there someday.