Monday, March 22, 2010

Dealing with Rudeness

How do you deal with rude in-laws?
We recently had our daughter's second birthday party. We decided to keep things small, just us and my husband's family (my family is out of state.) The original party time was noon, but we moved it back to 2 PM because my SIL and her husband got in from a cruise late on Saturday night. Well, things got off to a rocky start when our party guests decided not to show up until nearly 2:30. There were tons of little things during the afternoon that were just rude...
Hubby's family acts like they are uncomfortable here and they are really guests vs family. They wait to be served and don't think a thing of me or Hubby eating last because we've been waiting on them.
I end up dealing with it by acting like everything is okay while I'm really getting mad. How do you deal with basic rudeness, especially when they are family?

Friday, March 12, 2010

Potty Training Update

We are at the 6 week mark for potty training and things seem to be going better. A sticker chart has helped us keep track of how many success and accidents we've had. Weekdays are good days usually, but we struggle a little bit on the weekends.