Finally a weekend to have my son’s friends over. He spends lots of time in town at other people’s houses. It was high time we have the bunch over to our house! We live far enough out to make the drive really inconvenient. But today would be perfect for a cookout. We would get to host a teen party and spend some time with our teenager’s friends. We would be the perfect, cool parents. I’d buy all the right foods. We would get the horses out to ride. Crank up the old jeep. What could be better? In the country ……on a crisp autumn day…..with the coolest parents in charge of fun. My son will be so proud!
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Son: Do you have marshmallows for s’mores?
Mom: Yes, I do! (so proud)
Son: How are we going to roast them?
Me: We will get a stick or something and sharpen the end.
Son: …..pause…..ummmm…….They won’t do that. …….They aren’t like us….
I’m sorry…did he just say…”they aren’t like us”? Really? What in the world does that mean? I have probably passed the age of understanding exactly what that might mean… I’ll just have to live with it. I’m just glad “they aren’t like US.” At least he still includes himself in our strange, oddball family!
Amy….LOL Brings back memories of hearing my kids same the same thing..LOL Still get some of it today too. Our kids just do not have faith in us… that it will all turn out to be cool and ok. They just have to trust us. And I bet they all had a good time didn’t they?!
Cindy
You’re right! They all seemed to have a good time!
My two had a great time. It looked like fun from the fb photos I saw. I laughed out loud when I read this…
I’m glad they had fun. They are such sweet girls! We loved having everyone over.