Chico, are you back?

Hey, are you back or just online on Maui? Hopefully you are still there!

Chico, are you back?

Chico, just saw your other post, so sorry you are back but glad you are back on the forum. was that the fastest week ever? How was your weather while you were there?

Chico, are you back?

The weather was fine. I was apprehensive, as the forecast didn%26#39;t look too good. It was a bit too windy, but that just meant the snorkeling wasn%26#39;t the best and we stayed off the beach in the afternoon due to blowing sand. It rained a little, mostly early in the morning. It was warm, mostly sunny and the trades kept us cool. Our condo was in the ';worst'; building of the three, which meant we had direct late afternoon sun, but even so we were comfortable.

It was really hard to come home. I don%26#39;t want to go back to work! We took my daughter%26#39;s friend, which didn%26#39;t work out very well, so I felt like I spent a lot of time trying to be sure they were happy and trying to figure out what they wanted to do. I think my daughter would have been happier with out a friend along, which is weird. They did have fun surfing and sort of enjoyed the snorkeling. My kids a real trooper, conditions, food, etc, do not have to be perfect for her to be happy. Our guest was not used to making accomodations or helping out. All in all, a good trip.

It%26#39;s midnight and I am on the forum because I am policing my sons sleepover, it%26#39;s been a hectic night. My husband has to do some ';drywall'; repair. Someone, brought a baseball bat in my son%26#39;s room. Nice huh? I%26#39;m not doing this again, 10 boys here! 9 and 10 years old.

Anyway, Chico, where did you stay this time?

We stayed in Honokowai at the Mahina Surf, which is where we generally stay. The only 2 bedroom they had available was in the building farthest from the water (there are three buildings, 56 units total).

My last male slumber party was my son%26#39;s 13th birthday, and I was a single mom at the time. I actually got a little scared and called a neighbor to ask her husband to be available as back up - the boys got rather violent with one another and I could see that I would not be able to break them up if needed. I hope you are sleeping in this morning!

Never again, they were up until 5:00AM this morning! Even after constant ragging from me and my husband. Our son actually came upstairs at about 2:00 and said the others wouldn%26#39;t sleep so he went to his own room.

I am EXHAUSTED!!!! Had lots of damage control this morning.

Girls can be pretty bad too (we have 6 total, 4 girls and 2 boys, ages 14-23). I feel for you. Kids are not respectful. Always an eye-opener to be around other people%26#39;s kids. I came home from Maui blessed by my daughter. She is so different from the girl we took, who is really a sweet girl, just no iniative, does not help, crabby.

I hope you can get a nap!

Another teen subject: how do you feel about kid%26#39;s toilet-papering other folks homes? We feel it is a destructive prank and try to get the kids to come up with a more positive thing to do, but even the church youth leaders encourage it sometimes. What is your feeling?

You are more tolerant than I am. When the kids won%26#39;t settle down, I tell them the next step I%26#39;m going to take is to call their parents and have them come pick their child.

And I%26#39;m not bluffing. I always back up my word... Always! I can%26#39;t stand disrespect from children, and won%26#39;t tolerate it.

I%26#39;ve was a gymnastics coach in College, a little league coach for 4 years, a Scout Leader for 2 years, and a swim team Meet Director for 2 years.

The worse thing that can happen to any child is for you to call their parents.

And as I%26#39;ve stated previously, I won%26#39;t invite or allow the bratty kids back into my home. And I really don%26#39;t want my kids being influenced by disrespectful behavior.

Our house is a kid magnet (at times, to my chagrin, too much) in the neighborhood. My Wife and I enjoy having these kids around. Kids are a kick to have around, and we like the fact that we can keep an eye on the kids.

chico: our oldest daughter and her friends used to paper one another%26#39;s cars. It was all in good fun. In fact, when our daughter and friends were home for their l0 year class reunion, last summer, they went out and did a few cars just for old time%26#39;s sake! I wouldn%26#39;t appreciate my house being done but a car is easy to clean up. Kids will be kids!

lovely, I realize kids need fun outlets, but I guess I am just tired of pranks like toilet papering. We have two older neighbors who have been hit recently, and it is hard for them to clean it up. Cars are one thing, trees and houses are another. I realize I am probably taking a hard line, but I have to wonder about the parents who actually take their kids out to do this. Many of my daughter%26#39;s friends parents were doing this with 6th and 7th graders. Other vandalism (in my mind anyway) such as shave cream and food items smeared on cars bother me too. I wish I could come up with creative, funny things for them to do that don%26#39;t damage property. I guess I am becoming a crank! We got egged a few years ago and I still regret that we didn%26#39;t talk to the kids parents. There are permanent stains on our house. It was a bear to clean up too.

Rut Roh!

I am blessed to have so many good friends, from as far back as gradeschool, still in my life. We are all a huge part of each others lives and celebrate as well as commiserate all important events. There are nine of us in the core group and we travel together etc. The year we all turned 50 we went to Hilton Head together but on individual days that one turned fifty we tried to think of ways of celebrating it...so one of our friends got TP%26#39;d. She knew it was us and not her teenage girl%26#39;s friends because we used the two ply good stuff!

And yes....I KNOW I need to grow up!