Play Dates

Well Gracie is getting to that stage where she is starting to have play dates. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Play dates with cousins are ok. They are safe and I know their parents.


Last year we had our first play date with two kids (bro and sis) from her Spanish Immersion school. I invited them over and it was really fun for all the kids. So when their mom invited Grace over for a Saturday afternoon I barely hesitated dropping her off. I know the kids and the mom well and their daddy was at work that day. Everything went well and Grace had a great time!

Now another family from her school has been asking about a play date. I have been putting it off for awhile (mostly because I didn't see them in the summer as Grace stays at home with me). The mom (who is really really nice) kept asking me and asking me. I couldn't really say no anymore so we have it planned for today. The mom asked me which house we should do it at and I would rather do it at mine because I have more control and I know what's going on and what the kids are doing and can watch them. But we can't do it at mine because Dan is working nights right now and needs to sleep and quite frankly the house is a PIG STY! I gave up on cleaning because it just takes so much energy. I also have a fear that Buddy stink it still in the house so I really don't want to host right now!!

So Gracie is going to their house today. I am hesitant to do this and really wish that we weren't. The playdate starts at one. The mom wanted it to last until 5. I only want it to last for a couple hours. I even don't want it to last that long. It's toooooooo long for me to unsupervise my child. I'm hyperventalating just thinking about her in their house. Not because they are bad people but because I don't know them that well. ARGH. Why did I agree to this??

HOw do you have that conversation with other kids parents? Help me!!!

Getting Better

Sorry to begin a post with that but I imagine that is the last image Buddy Lee had before he got skunked. None of it was pretty. The fact that a skunk stuck its tush in Buddy's face, the smell it caused, the amount of moola we have spent trying to deskunk him and how I wouldn't pet him until yesterday because he was still stinky. Oh yeah, and, if he gets wet it activates the skunk stench on his coat. Joy beans of America. He will be yummy for a long time!

Yesterday while Dan was working Grace and I went to Petco and bought some deskunk stuff. When we got home we applied the deskunker and let Buddy sit outside for awhile until it dried. Then we hosed him off and it was like he was skunked again!

As of today, if he is not wet you barely barely barely can smell the nasty skunk stuff. I petted him for awhile today and it felt so good. There is some truth to animal petting lowering your blood pressure.

Ok so here's my question:

WHY DID GOD MAKE SKUNKS? Seriously what is good about them?

Lizards eat mosquitos. Bats eat nasty bugs. Snakes eat mice and rodents. What the heck does a skunk do?? NOthing!

Maybe there is some smart animal person out there that can tell me the reason there are skunks and how they fit into the circle of life. You didn't see them with Moofasa and Simba in The Lion King!

Here's to wishing you a skunk free life!

Skunked

My dog just got sprayed by a skunk. Nice happiness to return home to after a 12 hour work day.

Argh.