Every time we have Thanksgiving at our house, the whole family comes over. I like having the family over, but I don't like my nephews getting into my stuff. The last time, they got onto my husband's laptop (without asking) and were accessing youtube videos on it. Their parents don't really have many restrictions on what they can see and games they are allowed to play. I have a problem with this.. two of them are under the age of 11. It's difficult because I already am probably seen in their eyes as the funbuster (that's what I call myself in my own home). So I just tried to keep an eye on what they were watching and asked them to keep it G rated for my kiddos (using them as an excuse of course).
Today we had a group of people over from the church. We get together every Sunday after lunch, but this time was a little different because we had more "kids" than normal. These guys are teens, ranging in age from 10-17. The problem is they can't seem to keep themselves amused on their own. I have things for my kiddos to do, but they seem to get involved in whatever my kiddos are doing and then it becomes very loud in the room they are in. This makes it hard to hear when the "adults" are talking. I've gotten so upset about this, because they are old enough to be more respectful and are very capable of amusing themselves.
I keep thinking that I am overreacting because of my experiences with my niece and nephews. I finally told one of the leaders of our little group that we needed to figure out an alternative to the current situation with those teens. It's not every time, but once or twice a month we have to deal with it.
Today really bothered me too, because after everyone had left my computer chair was "readjusted" and a cord was out of my computer's usb port. The chair wasn't a big deal to fix, and the cord probably just got knocked out, but it so bothered me because it was my stuff they messed with. *sigh*
Guess I'm growing older by the second..
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