{"id":1922,"date":"2011-05-30T19:28:09","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T23:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=1922"},"modified":"2011-05-30T20:46:14","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T00:46:14","slug":"lessons-from-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=1922","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from the Weekend&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>What a weekend&#8230; it went so fast!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Before I knew it, it was Sunday afternoon, 5 p.m.! \u00a0Monday was fast approaching and I wasn&#8217;t ready.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The boys each had a friend over this weekend&#8230; \u00a0well except Josh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_0078.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1926\" title=\"IMG_0078\" src=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_0078-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_0078-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_0078-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><em>(Missing in this picture are Sammy and Tyler&#8230;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We had pizza for supper and then went and saw Kung Fu Panda 2 with the lot. <strong><em> Lesson # 1 from the weekend&#8230; <\/em><\/strong>it certainly isn&#8217;t &#8220;cheaper by the dozen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Once we were home, everyone found their thing and it was hard to believe that there were a dozen boys in the house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Lesson #2 from the weekend&#8230; <\/em><\/strong>I have good boys.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Saturday was a day spent being with their friend&#8230; \u00a0eating, hanging out and eating some more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Lesson #3 from the weekend<\/strong><\/em>&#8230; Boys can EAT&#8230; Lots! (Couple of dozen eggs, 3 dozen sausages, a dozen croissants, a melon, 2 containers of strawberries, 2 cartons of OJ&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We had a campfire&#8230; that was really hard to start due to the wind. \u00a0I had bought HUGE marshmallows&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Lesson #4 from the weekend<\/em><\/strong>&#8230; Bigger doesn&#8217;t mean better. \u00a0These were the nastiest marshmallows ever. \u00a0Ugh. \u00a0They were only good to burn&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Some of the boys left Saturday evening. \u00a0Sammy had a female friend over for the campfire. \u00a0Most of the boys went to bed by 10:30 pm as they were exhausted. \u00a0Sammy&#8217;s friend was to leave by 11 p.m. \u00a0At 11:15 pm I went and gave a verbal nudge&#8230; &#8220;<em>Susie, Do you have a ride?&#8221; <\/em>She makes a call home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I hear Sammy trudging up with stairs&#8230; <em>&#8220;Um, Mom&#8230; her mom kinda forgot about her (she is at her boyfriend&#8217;s house) and has been drinking. \u00a0 She is going to call her dad.&#8221; <\/em>I am looking at Sammy in disbelief. \u00a0I am feeling for this child who has been forgotten. \u00a0I am wondering how can you leave your daughter at a boy&#8217;s house with no worry about her and if I didn&#8217;t go and let it be know that it&#8217;s time to go home&#8230; what would have happened?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What happens when parents forget to be parents? \u00a0What happens when kids are left to parent themselves? \u00a0Trouble.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Lesson #5 \u00a0from the weekend&#8230; pray harder. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a weekend&#8230; it went so fast! Before I knew it, it was Sunday afternoon, 5 p.m.! \u00a0Monday was fast approaching and I wasn&#8217;t ready. The boys each had a friend over this weekend&#8230; \u00a0well except Josh. 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