What's on your Menu today (Monday) RNYers?

OMG, that's an awful event for your son and his friends!!! I'm so glad you were able to rescue the crew and get them to ice cream and chicken nugget heaven at your house 

I know there is probably something wrong in my "I will buy you all food and make it better" process but I didn't have anything else I could think of.  There was no "in case of insane parental fights breaking out...do this" instruction in my internal manual.  My thought process went something like this:

This poor kid is supposed to be celebrating his birthday.  Did he have a birthday cake he never got to eat?  What the hell.  His mom must be completely brokenhearted. What would I want someone to do for my kid if I were her? ICE CREAM! Don't want to buy a cake and jump in her place (mom's should get you your cake I think) but something happy...something to honor his birthday.  And also...who can feel unsafe with a mouth full of dinosaur shaped anything?  Childhood comfort food to the rescue. 

Everyone seems ok today so lets go with at least an 'A' for effort, right?  Geez parenting is a constant pain in the butt.  Always some unexpected wackiness and there you are left to navigate on your own.

I remember the night my oldest child was born I was sitting in the hospital room holding him while he slept.  The hospital was quiet and I was alone with him for the first time.  I just sat there looking at him for hours and thinking, "Well kid when are your parents coming to get you?  God knows I have no idea what to do so surly someone else will come. You will be fine once they get here...they will know what to do." The 'real parents' never showed up. I decided it was my duty to do the best I could to try to do all the things right that I could until someone...anyone...came to do it 'right.'

I still feel that way most days.

~E

Dinosaurs are very important.

You took care of the kids after that. A birthday party...you don't get to act up enough to call the cops on a kids birthday. F*** that.

You are a good momma.

That's wild! Who would have thought you'd have to add fear of adults breaking out into fist fights to you list of parental concerns!

Right?? The crazy train was racing down the tracks to WTH town. My son is an anxious sort of guy too so when something actually scary happens to an already anxious kid it is rough.  I felt so badly for him. 

Oh how traumatic for your kiddo and his friends.  You handled it like I would have handled it.  Kudos to you for not going completely atomic meltdown when you got there, because I would have been hard pressed to keep my temper, lol.  Gah, that's just more of the same, but when it comes to putting my kids in a bad situation, I can be a real mama bear.

And boo on the crackers.  I read what you did and related right away.  Isn't it funny that we sometimes rely on other people for accountability.  Honestly, the biggest binges I have ever had post surgery have been when my hubby and oldest son aren't around to see what I'm doing.  

Right? It isn't that I 'hide' it exactly because I will tell my Guy about it afterward without a hesitation. It is just more that if he is there it is too important to save face and seem like I have my crap together.  It is too much shame to do if anyone can see. When no one is home and no one will 'see' it is my FIRST thought. The 'what can I eat?' and fast fast fast thoughts start. I never realized it before but I really do think I meet criteria for BED.  Now my 'binges' are tiny compared to in the past.  Maybe 300 or 400 calories...but totally uncontrolled.  Been thinking about you and reading up on this a lot. You are really an inspiration because of how open you are. Just so you know...you are a rock star.

~E

I love this right here 

When DH was gone today I ate 1/6 th of a protein cinnamon bun (bread pudding) I had made for him. it had biscuits, an ikea cinnamon roll, egg yolks, some sugar added (not a ton), and 1 scoop of protein powder. that was for two of these breads. I had to finally walk away and get into my office to get away from it. It could have been much worse if I didn't stop.

So refreshing and heart warming to see an attentive and caring parent!!  My experience as a cub scout leader, not so much. We were a dump off spot--free babysitter.  :(