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Cats Against Frist

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Mon Oct-17-05 10:41 AM
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I'm going to puke

My four-year-old boy is on his first field trip, and he's going to get eaten by a cow, or sucked into a cheese-making machine.

Moms?!

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redqueen

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Mon Oct-17-05 10:42 AM
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1. I took time off work and went along.

Anxiety sucks, doesn't it?

Worry not, everything will be fine. :pals:

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Cats Against Frist

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Mon Oct-17-05 10:44 AM
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2. I could have went,

but the teacher said there were enough parent chaperones, already, so I thought this would be a good test of my bravery. This is the furthest he's been away from me, in his life. We live one block from the school.

Thanks!

:hi:

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dolo amber

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Mon Oct-17-05 10:46 AM
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3. Awww...

Must be your first. ;)

My 5 yr old went to a pumpkin farm last week, did the hayride and everything. My only worry was that it wasn't going to last long enough. :D

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Cats Against Frist

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Mon Oct-17-05 10:48 AM
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6. I wish I could be like that

maybe, in time --

Congratulations to you and the alhedges below on your wedding!

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Magrittes Pipe

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Mon Oct-17-05 10:46 AM
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4. See? Cows are vicious, child-eating creatures.

It is GOOD to make burgers out of those monsters.

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Cats Against Frist

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Mon Oct-17-05 10:54 AM
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10. Don't they say, on the Simpsons:

"A cow would eat you and your entire family," in that episode where Lisa becomes a vegetarian?? LOL.

I did tell him that if they were taking him to a commercial dairy farm, that he should ask them why the cows don't get to go in the field and eat grass. My mom was pissed, when I told her.

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bigwillq

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Mon Oct-17-05 10:47 AM
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5. He'll do fine.

What a big step for him. But children need to learn at young ages to be independent and do things on their own. Kids are more resilient than you might think.

He'll do great and he'll probably have a lot of fun.
Let us know how it turns out! :hi:

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Cats Against Frist

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Mon Oct-17-05 10:51 AM
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8. It's been very weird since we've moved to a small town

In the bigger cities, in which we've lived, no one ever bothered us, and we were an island unto ourselves. Now, neighbor kids want to play, field trips are taken -- and we got invited to a Halloween Party, and the people who invited us offered to share a sitter -- YOU MEAN LEAVE MY SON ALONE WITH A STRANGER????

I know that I have to let go, though -- my mom called it "loosening the apron strings."

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bigwillq

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Mon Oct-17-05 10:55 AM
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12. There's no harm in getting involved

with these activities, as long as you trust the people you might be leaving your kids with.
Yes, you do have to let the kids go. They need to experience new things and so do you.

I come from a small town and we were very active in the neighborhood. Always had a lot of kids to play with. We had some good neighbors so it was a bit easier on mu mom to leave my sis and I there with no worries.

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Cats Against Frist

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Mon Oct-17-05 11:41 AM
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20. He's back, safe and sound

Thanks, everyone who responded -- it helped me pass the minutes until it was time to go -- I know it's silly, but I could tell the other moms were a little anxious, too.

But, he had fun, and he said that he asked why the cows didn't get to go in the field.

That's my boy.

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bigwillq

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Mon Oct-17-05 03:51 PM
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25. That's good to hear.

:hi:

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Deep13

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Mon Oct-17-05 10:49 AM
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7. Huh?

Is it to a dairy farm?

Anyway, children need to get away from the suffocating control of their parents once in a while. Remember, you're raising a man, not a little boy.

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Cats Against Frist

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Mon Oct-17-05 10:52 AM
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9. Thank you.

But, he still is a little boy -- and, to me, he's still my BABY. But you're right, and I realize that this is an important step -- I'm just nervous.

:scared:

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Midlodemocrat

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Mon Oct-17-05 10:54 AM
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11. I feel for you.

When my eldest went to kindergarten, it was the longest six hours of my life.

I gave birth twice and got my master's in less time, or so it seemed.

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Cats Against Frist

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Mon Oct-17-05 11:00 AM
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15. I'm down to 9 minutes, 43 seconds and counting, until I get to go

pick him up...

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Midlodemocrat

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Mon Oct-17-05 11:02 AM
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17. LOL. I remember looking at the clock.

over and over and over. She went on the school bus and she loved it, but I was a nervous wreck. Never mind that we could walk to the school it is so close.

I still get nervous about her whereabouts, as well as the other two. It's a mom thing, I think.

:hug:

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grannylib

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Mon Oct-17-05 10:56 AM
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13. Oh I remember those days...I still freak about my youngest (age 18)

going off on trips with friends (even though I was doing the same at a much younger age...)
He'll be fine! Hope he comes home with great stories to tell and a whole head full of new knowledge and questions and curiousity!

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Cats Against Frist

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Mon Oct-17-05 11:02 AM
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16. I drove with my two best friends

on a trip through Tennessee and Kentucky in the Blizzard of '93, when I was just 18 -- snuck out of the house from 12 on -- this is my payback.

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grannylib

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Mon Oct-17-05 11:15 AM
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19. *lol* yeah, I had no wheels when I was a young'un, so I hitchhiked all

over creation...I got paid back in spades too, by my two oldest.

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Richardo

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Mon Oct-17-05 10:56 AM
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14. It'll be OK, Cats...

May take this off-topic opportunity to say that your avatar cracks me up? :rofl:

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Cats Against Frist

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Mon Oct-17-05 11:02 AM
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18. Thanks & it cracks me up, too--

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Left Is Write

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Mon Oct-17-05 11:56 AM
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21. I know how you feel.

I have a three-year-old and a five-year-old, and so far neither has been on a field trip without me.

:hug:

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AlCzervik

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Mon Oct-17-05 12:01 PM
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22. try and find something to do to take your mind off it.

the first time my daughter slept at her friends house---2 houses down BTW i stayed up until 2 in the morning and kept the phone beside me, she was fine, had a wonderful time--"Mom you have bags under your eyes".

He's having a wonderful time and many of those parents are just like you so they'll be keeping an eye on him.

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RedCloud

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Mon Oct-17-05 12:16 PM
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23. Dibs on the puke...

My dog and bird enjoy recycled stuff.

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edbermac

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Mon Oct-17-05 01:01 PM
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24. See if there are any neocons around...

And then hurl on them...

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