CheriRenee
@stephshipe Your kids sound fantastic. Respect and manners will get them everywhere! When I first moved to the Bay Area, I was a nanny to the three smartest, cleverest (sometimes naughtiest) little boys. I used to tell the oldest (who was so smart it sometimes manifested in serious sass) that if he would use his manners, he'd have all teachers and grown-ups wrapped around his finger without any more effort than courtesy. In contrast, his younger (middle) brother used more self-restraint at 5 than most 15 to 25 year-olds. He was the embodiment of poise. Can you believe their parents made me give them back??!! I still think of them as "my boys" and looking after them was one of my favorite jobs ever. I can only imagine how you feel about yours, but they sound like keepers ;)
stephshipe
@CheriRenee Its really sad bc their dad doesn't have much to do with them at all and hasn't since we split up when my youngest was 3 months old. From time to time they would ask if and when they would see him again. And of coarse I didn't know how to answer that bc he sees them when it's convenient to him and his new wife. She has two older girls from previous husband and he has a 4 yr old with another woman and he just had a baby with his wife he's with now. so together they have 7 kids and mine get put on the back burner. But they have me and they have each other as well as my boyfriend who loves them like his own kids. We have been together for 3 yrs now.
stephshipe
@CheriRenee My oldest is super intelligent....not so much common sense at times tho lol. He's the man of the house and very protective of me. When I'm upset or tense and stressed out he will talk to the younger two and let them know what's goin on and that I need some mommy time. And my youngest is most definitely a momma's boy....very loving and cuddly and I love it. He can be playing and will come running and give me a hug and kiss and tell me he loves me. and that happens all day every day. I don't know what I would do if I didn't have my kids that's for sure. and I bet u do miss those kids. When u have kids of ur own, u won't have to give them back lol.
