Met her kids, kids meet kids, update

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Met her kids, kids meet kids, update
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Tue, 09-02-2008 - 3:52pm

Monday evening my kids and I met J1's kids at their home. She and I combined resources and worked together to to fix a burgers and dogs dinner for the seven kids. While we were cooking the kids spent some time getting acquainted.


Her boy and my two boys got along well and seemed to have several things in common. My daughter and her three girls also seemed to get along well. And surprisingly enough my youngest boy and her oldest girl who are the same age got along very well.


After dinner I spent an hour or so fixing bike tires for her kids and getting them ready to ride.


On the way home my kids said they enjoyed meeting her and her kids and that they liked them.


All in all a small step in a good direction.

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Tue, 09-02-2008 - 4:01pm

Woohooo!


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Tue, 09-02-2008 - 4:13pm
EXCELLANT!!!!
 
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Tue, 09-02-2008 - 4:17pm

That's great, Mike!

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Tue, 09-02-2008 - 4:32pm
I had to fight tooth and toenail to get my DS16 to go. If he could have found even one friend to hang out with he would have refused to go. But since he had nothing better to do he agreed to go and he had a good time.
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Tue, 09-02-2008 - 4:51pm

My kids and I are used to large family type get togethers so it was fun. Seven kids are not hard to keep track of they travel in packs of 2 or more so we basically had three groups to follow.


What was really funny is how much taller my kids are than hers. My oldest

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Registered: 08-28-2008
Tue, 09-02-2008 - 5:12pm
I'm glad to hear you had a nice visit and the kids all had a good time! Way to go on taking it slow and introducing them when everyone was ready. It sounds like it went great. How did J feel things went? Did you two talk about the gathering later?
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Registered: 10-07-2005
Tue, 09-02-2008 - 5:16pm

"It looked a bit like a visit by giants compared to her kids"


LOL!


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Tue, 09-02-2008 - 5:32pm

Did you two talk about the gathering later?


Not yet. I called and left a message for her this morning but I do not expect to hear back from her until this evening.


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Registered: 10-30-2004
Wed, 09-03-2008 - 10:43am
Wow sounds like a nice evening.
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Wed, 09-03-2008 - 10:51am
The relax combination of families is a real milestone. Great Mike!

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