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Anon says
Yesterday we were scheduled to fly to Disney World at 8:50am- we drive to the airport, board the plane, boarding is stopped bc flight is delayed, we deboard the plane, delayed some more and then the flight is cancelled (if you want to see a bunch of hysterical children be at the airport when a flight to Orlando is cancelled and then announce there are no flights to Florida until Tuesday or Wednesday, which turns out not to be true), huge shoutout to my DH instinct is “let’s drive” and we arrive at Disney at 4am. I’m often here venting about DH as many of us do, but felt the need to give him a shoutout (which he obv won’t see). Here’s to hoping the rest of our trip goes more smoothly
Anon says
Oh no! I hope the rest of the trip is better.
Anon says
Give him a shoutout in person!
Cb says
Oh my goodness! Well done to you and DH for keeping your cool in that situation. I hope you have an amazing time!
Anonymous says
That’s amazing. I feel like I wouldn’t have had the balls to just say, let’s drive.
Anon says
I love DH’s attitude there. He rescued the vacation and I’m sure the drive wasn’t THAT bad – this will be a funny story for years to come. I know a LOTTTTT of people who would have just canceled and been mad but this is way better. Inspiration!
Anonymous says
100% agree. Years ago I’d be in the “what? never!” camp, but having done 14+ hour drives and as the owner of a car that my family can comfortably travel in (minivan, sigh!)…we’d do it. For us Disney is 26 house, but honestly, after 10 does it really matter anymore???
Spirograph says
Lol, as someone who has only ever traveled overland to Disneyworld (from Ohio, ~16 hours driving time), twice in a minivan, and once in a bus full of high school kids… no, it does not matter after 10 hours. My family drove everywhere except Hawaii when I was a kid. With no tablets to distract us, uphill both ways! 10 hours is the point at which I at least look at flight cost, now, though. :)
Three cheers for resourceful husbands, I hope the rest of your trip goes to plan and you have a great time!
Anonymous says
Yeah, I start looking at flights around the 12-hour mark. There are no direct flights to anywhere from our airport so once you factor in getting to and from the airport, security, and changing planes, it’s usually almost as fast to drive with much less risk of delay or cancellation. Especially since there seem to be fewer flights out of the hub airports since 2020, so you can’t count on there being a later flight to hop on the same day if your first flight is late.
Mary Moo Cow says
Ack! A similar thing happened to us last year, and I was silently crying in the boarding area, DH booked a flight from an airport 2 hours away, hustled us into the car, and cheerfully drove us. He salvaged the Disney trip. Three cheers to these husbands! I hope you have a wonderful time and a much easier trip home and your money back!
Marie says
Good morning all! I am trying to plan vacation for end of June on the east coast. We are based in CT and I would like something easily drivable that will work for a newly 3-year-old. We love the beach, but not sure the water will be warm enough by then to enjoy it. Does anyone have any reccs that could fit the bill?
Lily says
We’re heading to the Weekapaug Inn in mid-June with a 3 year old and 5 year old. It’s our first time there so I can’t personally recommend it yet but we’ve heard great things, including from friends who have little kids. Not sure how warm it will be, but on the off-chance it’s warm enough, there is an outdoor pool plus the ocean.
We went to Newport a few years ago and it was very nice. Unfortunately the weather was terrible, and both of my kids were sick (and too young) to really enjoy it so it was a bit of a bust. We’ll probably try it again in the future.
NYCer says
We like Weekapaug and Ocean House. You’re right that weather can be iffy in June, but hopefully you get lucky!
As others below have also suggested, Cape Cod would be a fine late June option too. We have also had great trips in Kennebunkport with kids, though I have only ever been in July and Labor Day.
Anon says
Have you done cape cod? End of June is a great time — most of the crowds come in July-August. If you stay on the bay side the water could be warm enough to swim (and if not, the tidal pools at low tide will be)
Anonymous says
I’ve done Cape Cod in June many times, and its fine for kids. Sure it’s cold, but they don’t care, and mine are all about collecting hermit crabs and making a “zoo” for them in the tidal pools, not actually swimming. There’s so much around that’s family friendly too – museums and whale watching etc. We also do the rail trail on our bikes together as a family.
Anonymous says
and yes goes without saying, bay side always. I do not want to be shark food.
Anon says
+1. Kids don’t mind the cold anyway. I regularly see kids in the 50-something degree water in northern California.
Anon says
Acadia would be a long ish drive (6-7 hours) but is wonderful with kids that age.
Anony says
We’re also in CT and planning a similar trip this summer. We’re considering Vermont, with a stop on the way in Amherst to break up the drive. The Eric Carle museum there is delightful for toddler/preschool age. Also possibly Maine, breaking up the drive with a stop in around Salem, MA. I also think a beachy destination could be great even if the water is a little chilly because I feel like New England beaches have a lot of fun nature activities to offer besides swimming! My 3-year old can spend hours looking for crabs and jellyfish and digging holes and building rock towers even if it’s a little too cold to go in. (Although he will also happily wade in even with clothes on, so, you know.)
Also, we’re totally obsessed with Mystic for this age. I wouldn’t take a full vacation there, but if it’s on your way wherever you end up, I highly recommend stopping for a day or overnight. I have a lot of specific recs if you are interested.
Anop says
I’d like your mystic recs! I have a 4 year old and 1 year old and want to do a weekend trip there
Anony says
Sure! So, the Seaport museum has SO MUCH. We’ve spent 4+ hours there at a time and not even seen the whole property. Most of the museum is made up of small houses where you can go inside and check out either a gallery or an activity. At least two are just for kids (one is a straight up nautical themed playspace with a great play kitchen, tons of books, boats, a bunk, etc., and one is a model boat building workshop), but the others are very kid-friendly as well. There is a playground, outdoor demonstrations and skits, and various boats you can board and explore and some that you can ride (the retired fire boat was a particular hit). The town is also really cute. There is a drawbridge that’s fun for kids to watch, especially while enjoying a cone from Drawbridge Ice Cream. We’ve also really enjoyed Young Bun Doughnuts, and the Engine Room for lunch/dinner (they try to seat kids with a view of the large open kitchen). We live close enough that Mystic is a day trip for us, but if we stayed over, I think I would stay at the Whaler’s Inn, which also has a good restaurant (Shipwright’s Daughter).
In a different part of town, we also really like the Mystic Aquarium. It’s the aquarium in the Curious George aquarium book, just in case that’s on your bookshelf, and generally just a nice one. I would also recommend the duck pond in Mistick Village (the next parking lot over) – it is very, very duck-filled. And there is a submarine museum in Groton, about 15 minutes away.
Anonymous says
And if you go to the sub museum in Groton, you can walk around Noank!
Anop says
Thank you so much!!
Anon says
Also in CT, and the Eric Carle museum is on my list for “someday”!
DLC says
We did a road trip to Montreal (from DC), stopping at the Eric Carle Museum on the way. It was a great museum! I liked how they had art projects set up so it wasn’t just looking at the art. We spent maybe three hours there. And also Pastime Pinball in Manchester Vermont was another favorite stop on the way north.
Anonymous says
Easy solution would be to book a hotel or house that has a pool? Then you get beach plus swimming?
Fallen says
We are also based in CT and there are so many places!! We loved Maine, especially Acadia, Philadelphia, Hershey park (although 3 may be young), Lake George/Lake Placid, Boston.
Fallen says
Also saw others mention mystic and Newport and white mountain in NH. I forgot about those and would recommend! Also if you do Newport providence is nice for a day.
AwayEmily says
What fun at-home things do you do with your kids that consistently produces joy? We often have a pocket of time (7 – 7:30) where the toddler has gone to bed and the kitchen is clean and I just want to hang with the second-grader and kindergartener doing something with minimal chance of arguments. So far, winners have been:
– hide and seek in the dark
– reading picture books they loved as a kid
– charades
– a walk if possible (often not if I’m the only adult home)
Board/card games too often devolve into fighting or sore losing. What am I missing? Mostly I just want to provide a strong dose of contentment and togetherness — school is long and one/both of them often has a minor meltdown at some point in the evening, so this is a chance to “reset” before bed.
Anonymous says
Ugh, was going to say games of some kind! What about puzzles? The other activities in this realm that have been a hit lately are ArtHub and paper airplane making. Caveat that it’s usually just my husband and the 1st grader doing this activities as I’m the one w/ our toddler.
Anon says
I was also going to suggest something artsy. If you don’t want to watch an ArtHub video so close to bedtime, just sitting down with crayons and paper usually yields lots of good chatting.
Cb says
Collaborative games! We love Outfoxed, you’re competing against the fox rather than each other.
Is there a chapter book they’d both enjoy? Or audiobook and artwork?
Anon says
Treasure hunt. Each kid picks a few things and you hide it.
Anon says
Something they can do seperately but in parallel like make friendship bracelets, look through old photo albums, quiet read together, fold laundry, yoga
Anonymous says
Sometimes we look at photos on my phone of when they were babies and I talk about my memories of them. They loooove that. Or else I’ll just lay on their bed like a log and they’ll both read separate books next to me.
DLC says
Once or twice a week, we let the kids pick a 1/2 hr tv show for us all to watch together. Lately it’s been Bad Batch or Modern Family.
And if there is laundry, they have to fold while watching. If not laundry sometimes my Husband will make milkshakes.
SC says
Reading is out best activity for an end-of-the-day “reset.” Sometimes DS works on a puzzle while I read to him.
Other times of the day, we love games. We play board games together. He also likes watching me play certain games on the Switch (Mario Kart, Mario Wonder).
Anonymous says
Mad Libs! It may take a few times for kindergartener to grasp parts of speech, but they will!
Cornellian says
This is technically a game, but something like this? https://talkingpointcards.com/products/talking-point-cards-family-edition?variant=39267659972737¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&srsltid=AfmBOoqHQOUdcFQZ2vwZilpyYGRCKotWfg3bQ32kIL9dnNOEjwXiZR5aZMM
I can’t find the brand we have, but my first grader likes to ask us questions and answer the questison we ask. Sometimes the answers are sort of a bust, butoccasionally it leads to an enlightening conversation we wouldn’t otherwise have had. You can do one card each, or they take turns asking you cards, or whatever, but it is very flexible in terms of how much time you devote to it.
octagon says
Do not underestimate the magical power of a balloon and an intense game of Keepy-Uppy.
Basic origami – have them fold boats and float them in the sink, or make pirate hats to decorate.
Simple hobbies like perler beads or lego kits, that you might not have out with the toddler because of choking risks.
AwayEmily says
You all are the best, thank you! Writing these all down and putting them on the fridge. Especially love the idea of some structured art activities, Keepy-Uppy, or a special TV show that we watch together.
Anon says
Talk me into or out of taking an early detection pregnancy test at 4 days prior to expected period. All the health pages online seem to warn against it, but then it’s an opposite story on TTC forums on Reddit. I really want the answer to be accurate and am also very impatient.
Anon says
Take it, as long as you understand that if it’s negative it’s not definite. I test with easy@home cheapies (I highly recommend if you are a serial tester) and they are always faintly positive by 9dpo, and def positive by 10dpo (days post-ovulation). Of course, if you aren’t relatively sure of your ovulation timing, expected period doesn’t mean much, so take any negative with a grain of salt
Anon says
Re-reading, if you NEED it to be accurate, wait the four days. It’s *probably* going to be accurate today, but I can’t definitively say without knowing how many dpo you are. Also, late implantations sometimes happen, so even if most people get positives by 10dpo, a late implantation wouldn’t show then
Anon says
+1. Use cheap tests first thing in the morning.
Anon says
I’m sure of the timing of the LH surge, but not ovulation. I used OPK predictor strips and then never measured body temperature or anything to see when ovulation occurred exactly. I got the first positive on the strips on 3/1.
Anon says
I usually begin the count two days after the surge (under the assumption that ovulation typically happens within 48 hours). So 3/3 for you, making today 9dpo. I’d give it a shot in the morning!
Anon says
Yeah, this was me. A negative at this time didn’t necessarily mean I wasn’t pregnant that month, but I did detect my first and last babies this early. Both were IVF kids, so I knew to the day how early I was testing. Granted, I had to close one eye and squint at the test to see the “line,” and my husband thought I was nuts — but said lines are now 5 and 12, so I think I was right.
Anonymous says
Don’t. If you care about accuracy and want it to be definitive, it’s too early.
Anon says
I don’t really see a point in waiting, unless you’re going to be devastated at the results.
Anon says
Thanks all. I think I’ll test in the morning after all. Just got psyched out by all the websites repeating “for accuracy, wait until after you’ve missed your period.”
Anonymous says
I mean it could def be false negative. You just have to keep testing then to be sure. But if it’s positive, you know it’s positive!
Anonymous says
I could use some suggestions for card and board games for our 7 year old and 4.5 year old that we can all play together We already love sleeping queens, Uno, Boggle, Old Maid, etc… 7yo is smart as a whip so she can do more complex card games, compound addition, understands a “straight” or “full house” in poker etc…but 4.5yo obviously isn’t there yet. He knows all his numbers and some basic addition so he CAN play Uno and Sleeping Queens with us. Sleeping Queens 2 is over his head right now. We just need more variety!
Anonymous says
Zingo and SpotIt Junior might be good
TheElms says
Recently got this Tetris board game and my 4.5 year old picked it up very fast. https://www.target.com/p/tetris-head-to-head-multiplayer-strategy-game/-/A-82006413?sid=&ref=tgt_adv_xsp&AFID=google&fndsrc=tgtao&DFA=71700000012544494&CPNG=PLA_Toys%2BShopping%7CToys_Ecomm_Hardlines&adgroup=SC_Toys&LID=700000001170770pgs&LNM=PRODUCT_GROUP&network=g&device=c&location=9061285&targetid=aud-804645066196:pla-378621605173&ds_rl=1246978&ds_rl=1248099&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw17qvBhBrEiwA1rU9w4zzQZxFEBVhKID58l_Lx27sqLWHPuT5vgKJiz3edrny8P5oaMn3ZhoChgoQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
We also have this stacking game, but Jenga would also work. https://www.amazon.com/HABA-Animal-Upon-Classic-Stacking/dp/B001IM4CSU/ref=asc_df_B001IM4CSU/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198098538205&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12150660773212581556&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9061285&hvtargid=pla-380894687018&psc=1&mcid=b11e8fbc95183f578a87920a7628c3ca&gclid=CjwKCAjw17qvBhBrEiwA1rU9w4r1OoYSecyquNL1_2uKbAGVA4ZgpS6y-cANr3WQMOtA7fGz96t4YxoCyjwQAvD_BwE
I’ve also been meaning to try Qwirkle with my daughter.
anon says
I’m guessing you want games with more than 2 players, so Connect4, checkers, etc aren’t options. Maybe Sushi Go (requires some simple strategy)? Spot-It would be easy for the 4.5yo but also my 7yo still enjoys it.
New Here says
Maybe some sort of memory matching game? My 4 year old is starting to get the hang of those, and I can find them challenging as an adult!
Anonymous says
My 6yo loves Farkle, but not sure if a 4.5yo would get it? We play it as a family and the 6yo just “helps” the 3.5yo decided what to keep and what to roll again. At 3.5 he just likes to be included. The 6yo also keeps score and will add up everyone’s points for them in case they can’t do math in their head (this includes me lol)
We also play Bingo. We got a set from Amazon that has the little cage w/ the balls and the 6yo enjoys the theater of that (the way he calls it out is adorable too). He also helps 3.5yo with this, tho if the 4.5yo knows letters and numbers they should be able to play unassisted.
Fallen says
My 5 year old loved the following at age 4.5 (and still loves many of these): Monopoly, Scrabble, Catan, Carcassonne, Battleship
Anonymous says
Yahtzee
Anonymous says
For the older kid, how about Clue? My kids are 5/7/10 and my 5 y/o is on my team for clue. We also like chess- you can do “no stress chess” for the little one and the older one can play without the cards.
For card games, how about Trash (play with a normal deck), or “Taco cat goat cheese pizza” (available at target)? My kids learned that around 4-5. Guess Who, Sorry, Trouble, bingo are all good too.
We also like to play “picwits” as a family, which is a reading-free version of apples to apples. We are now all readers but my kids still love it. My 5 year old is actually often the winner because she has a fantastic sense of humor.
Anonymous says
Moms of kids with ADHD- how do you handle playdates? My 8 year old is just…a pain in the @ss sometimes. She gets invited to friends houses and it’s hit or miss if she’ll behave. Her problems are textbook adhd- dysregulation, inability to disengage from tasks, gets over-amped/hyper, etc.
I have an older daughter who had a friend like this and we ended up deciding carefully when to invite her over/to things. Other friends were “easy yes” playdates, but having this particular girl over required planning, and I never allowed her to sleep over. She moved in 3rd grade, though, so I don’t have long term experience.
My middle daughter is the one with ADHD and this all is coming up because she was invited to a friend’s house on Friday where she has been many times. When I picked her up she was just out of control- like running around the house, instigating stuff that should obviously be done outside, etc. If it were my house and I had a guest like that I’d be super annoyed. I didn’t want to get into things with the mom then, just let her know it’s been a long tough week and we will clearly be having an early bedtime, and thanked her for the playdate. I also texted the next morning with an “i owe you big for having Kiddo over last night- she had a ton of fun.”
Do I:
have any kind of conversation with Kiddo about it? She doesn’t take medication, and usually is okay, but when tired or otherwise amped up she can get like this. She’s like a dog that needs to “get out her zoomies” before passing out. She can’t help it, and I don’t want her feeling bad about herself, but also…8 is old enough to know how to act at other people’s homes and that you won’t be invited back.
Have any kind of convo with parents in advance of the playdate? I did disclose the ADHD to her girl scout leaders because I know she can be a handful sometimes. They let me know it was really useful insight to have and I noticed a big difference in how they treat her (pain in the @ss wild child vs kid that is trying but can’t help it). (separately, yes, I often help out so they aren’t left with her! and it really helps that one leader is a clinical psychologist who often can handle my kid better than I can!).
I tend to offer to host playdates with this kiddo’s friends to avoid it, but eventually parents want to reciprocate and I don’t want them to feel like I don’t want my kid at their house because I don’t trust them—it’s her I don’t trust sometimes!! And, so much of this is mood dependent.
ADHD Anon says
I have this kid too! She turns 8 next month.
I wish I had a good answer – my kiddo really struggles with making and keeping friends, so play dates are limited. She struggles with rejection dysphoria big time, which can make friendship hard at any age. I do try to tell parents and coaches about the ADHD, so they can at least have context for some of her more unpleasant outbursts.
We try to host when we can, or schedule a friend outing rather than a playdate. For us, this means a little ice cream run with friends right after school and a bit of playground time so kiddo can run off some of the hyperactivity. We have been lucky that kiddo has a friend whose family is similarly situated and understands when my kid goes off the rails a bit.
I wish there was a better answer – as we are getting into older grades, friendship is becoming more difficult.
Anon says
I really don’t mean this as a criticism – you sound like a very caring and thoughtful parent. But I do wonder whether telling friends and coaches that she has ADHD is setting her up to be pigeonholed. Won’t every wild, hyper moment be stereotyped? If she knows you told them, it’s also sort of announcing a low expected bar for her behavior.
Anonymous says
My ADHDer is younger, and I don’t always disclose, but I do find it helps when dealing with teachers/coaches/etc who might be quick to kick kiddo out for behavior instead of understanding that sometimes he’s dysregulated and it’s beyond his control. I disclosed once to a parent at a birthday party where we had a situation that sounds a lot like this, because I didn’t want her to think I was a terrible parent who let my kid run wild – he truly could not control himself, and really he just shouldn’t have been there.
For playdates I like neutral locations like a park. Something about being in our kid’s houses with their toys sets him off. We’ve done a couple playdates at our house but tried to stay outside if possible .
AwayEmily says
I do not have any insight but you sound like such a thoughtful, caring parent. Your kids are lucky to have you in their corner.
octagon says
I have a similar kid, and I have had conversations about how to behave at other people’s houses. At that age we talked a LOT about expectations, and about how you have to try harder at someone else’s house because they may have different rules than our house. And how being a good guest is a gift you can give someone — you want to have fun, but you also want to respect their things, and be invited back.
I’d also let the parents know that you are up to cutting it short if the behavior is an issue – even just saying something like “she usually can hold her behavior together for 2 hours, but if she starts to get too amped up at any point, just text me and I’ll come early” — you don’t have to share the diagnosis, but just let them know that it’s an area you’re aware of.
Anonymous says
OP here- this is really great advice and exactly what I’d want to hear as the host in this scenario. Disclosing ADHD isn’t the same to me as telling host parents about an allergy, but I don’t want to seem like I’m just oblivious to things.
I have a younger kid and that kiddo has already surpassed my middle in terms of social behavior…life is tricky.
Anonymous says
exactly. I posted above about my reasons for disclosing – I don’t want other parents to think I’m oblivious/not trying. We are trying everything (Therapy, meds, OT, sensory integration, music therapy…etc). He’s just… a lot.
Anonymous says
I wouldn’t make assumptions about other parents’ willingness to tolerate it. If it’s a family you expect to see regularly, just have a conversation. In that situation I’d probably want to know what you do at home if you need to help your daughter reset. I’d also like to know that you’d be available to pick your daughter up if I think it’s time to end the playdate early.
Same with girl scouts or anything, really. I think people appreciate not just a heads up, but more specifically a few strategies for dealing with the behavior. You don’t even have to mention “ADHD”. It’s just helping people problem-solve.
Anon says
Do you mean she never takes medication or she doesn’t take it on days off school? (Because if medication works well for her on school days, it might honestly help even more in a less structured environment)
Anonymous says
Does not take. This behavior is rare, but can be awful.
Anonymous says
In that case I wouldn’t allow play dates until she outgrows the behavior. You are putting your daughter at risk of being branded a “bad kid” and damaging friendships.
Anon says
I think this is an overreaction, especially since OP is really balancing hosting obligations. My kids are 12 and 10. I can think of LOTS of Friday night playdates where we invited kids over who got amped up, were too loud, or ran around. I sometimes breathed a (quiet, to myself) sigh of relief when the playdate wrapped up and the kids went home — but these kids still come over and play. As the poster above mentioned, I do sometimes think strategically about who we invite over at certain times (and there are several who would be a hard no for sleepovers), but I definitely don’t think it’s fair to completely remove a kid’s options for playing just bc sometimes they get keyed up. If they were always over, sure, that’d be hard.
Also, for OP, the only other piece of advice I’d give is to watch your kid’s triggers, and find another time/date or host if, say, fatigue is a trigger and you know they are tired. I also always am a fan of leaving them wanting more — unless someone is a best friend, and I know the kids will get along famously, I usually don’t let the kids stay longer than 2 hours, or past a certain time on a school day.
Anonymous says
I also limit playdates to 2-2.5 hours and try for a time where my daughter isn’t already tired from a week of school. She’s better at 10 AM Saturday than 5:30 PM Friday, as am I. In addition to medication, we also participate in a social skills group to help with making friends, following social rules, and reading people’s emotions.
Anon says
My perspective as an adult with ADHD is that rare awful behaviors can stem from trying to keep it together so much of the rest of the time. So I would not base a decision on whether medication could be helpful on how frequently the awful behavior happens.
But I don’t know what the actual decision is based on (I have contraindications so I’m well aware not everyone can take meds).
Potty training win says
After dreading it for many months, I finally trained my third. He’s one month shy of 3yo (I have a personal threshold of that third birthday; after that they are a little more stubborn!) His brothers were both 2.5 and I was starting to despair because this kid showed no interest. But we did it, cold turkey. The first morning was a disaster; all accidents until 3:30pm. Then something clicked and he had success. The next morning was more accidents, and a successful afternoon.
Since then, we are on day 4 of ZERO accidents, and he initiates 95% of the trips. He even takes himself to poop, calling us over when he’s done! I am so relieved that it looks like we are basically done, so quickly.
We didn’t do anything official like Oh crp, though I did just put pants without undies at first since they’re easier to pull down and up. But he’s been in underwear for 2+ days now. I really think I’ve found the sweet spot — age 2.9 :)
biotech_boston says
Any recommendations for kid friendly summer accommodations in the North Conway/Jackson, NH area? Must have good air conditioning for my DH, who runs hot. We stayed at Nordic Village Resort last year in one of their Chateau suites, but the central air conditioning did not work. My DH couldn’t sleep and was miserable. (otherwise, it was a very kid friendly resort.)
Anonymous says
Red jacket
biotech_boston says
Thanks, but it seems to still be closed after this fire: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/investigators-complete-investigation-into-red-jacket-resort-fire/2774041/
Anonymous says
Frivolous poll : Would I be a terrible person if I made cauliflower steaks for dinner tonight and gave the kids frozen chicken fingers even though they had chicken nuggets for school lunch? Husband is doing keto but claims he hates cauliflower, kids are beyond picky, and I am seriously burned out on making three different versions of dinner. A twelve-hour homework crisis kept me from grocery shopping and batch cooking yesterday so my whole meal plan for the week is shot. In scrambling to come up with something for dinner tonight I ran across this recipe and it looks so good and maybe mom should get something she wants for once in her life, right?
anon says
Not terrible at all. Food is morally neutral! I understand not wanting kids to have chicken fingers/nuggets for every meal but this is a sample size of two meals! They will be fine.
OP says
I mean would I be a terrible selfish person for making everyone else eat what I want to eat instead of catering to them the way I usually do. Mostly just venting to the universe. And on my way t9 the store to buy cauliflower now.
Anon says
Nope, shut that down and make one meal from now on! You are not selfish for refusing to be a short order cook. Make meals with components, and a bread basket on the side for the kids, and everyone chooses what they want from the main meal. If DH is giving you grief, then he has earned the job of meal planning and shopping!
OOO says
Yes you deserve to eat food you actually like. DH and kids will survive
Anonymous says
I think for most kids, variety is way overrated – if they like it they are happy to eat it on repeat.
Anon says
Yeah I think this is kid dependent to some degree, but there are definitely kids who are happy to eat the same meal all the time as long as they like it.
Vicky Austin says
Oh, my gosh, no. Make the cauliflower steaks. And heck, make DH make the chicken fingers!