My answers,

1, Um, how about you all play together? or i can watch you while bs plays with dh. Sd, its not nice to suggest segregation. There will be times you will play alone with dh and other times you all play together. But i'm not a baby sitter for you.

2. Where you last put them. And if she gets snotty, then ' God gave you eyes, use them'

3. Where you last put it. I'm sure bm will call again if you miss it.

4. To each their own. But if you find this yucky, you can have baby cereal instead. then smile....

5. You're bored?, then read a book or fall asleep. now if she gets mean after those suggestions - suggest she can stick her head out like a dog and look for some insight.

6. This show is boring...mmm..my sd has done this. My response - no one is forcing you to watch it.

At 8 they begin excersising the boundaries etc...make sure you and your dh are on the same page, you both teach her the rules and conduct under your home and when she gets out of line, the punishment.
you dont have to be rude, but be polite and firm. Now if she's rude, then throw it back in her face. I did this with my SD and she quickly realized i will be nice when treated with respect, if not i'll dish it out and make her miserable. And i dont care what title a person holds, whether it be SD, DH, father etc...respect is respect.

1. Can you watch BS so DH and I can play?

I liked Angel's answer.

2. Where are my shorts?

You have two eyes and two legs... go look for them yourself.

3. Where's the phone? BM is calling!

You have two eyes and two legs... go look for it yourself.

4. What you're eating is yucky (I'm eating veggies, meat, fish, chicken)

Well, what you're eating (Burger King, McDonalds, etc.) is making you fat.

5. I am bored in the car

Too bad.

6. That show is boring

Go read a book then.

Well, these are things I wish I could say to Blabb... if I dared say any of that, DH would be all over me and telling me how mean I am. lol Okay, so maybe 4 was a little mean... lol oh well!

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." Dr. Seuss

Kids, kids....they say the darnest things, don't they. I have heard all these things from my SD10, nephew and neice 8 and my BS3 is starting in too.

Not that it EVER made any sense to me growing up (or even now)...But my mom used to tell us, *"Sometimes it's good to be bored." It drove me nuts! I know what she meant today (because I asked her to explain it), but back then it just irritated the heck out of me back then. (Maybe, sometimes it's good to be irritated! LOL!)

(*She means that sometimes it is good to have quiet time, to sit and think, reflect upon the day, come up with creative ideas, etc.)

When the kids say they are bored I just say "then find something to do and stop bugging me"

If they persist "well I could think of lots of stuff you could do, clean your room, put your clothes away, read, play outside..."

1. no, i will not allow you to keep bd3 from playing with your dad. YOU get alone time with him once bd is asleep.

2. wherever u left them. they arent mine so idk.

3. the phone is in the last place u left it. im not your receptionist.

4. then dont watch me eat it.

5. sleep then. we'll get there quicker and in a better mood if u stop complaining.

6. dont watch it then. go do something constructive, like clean your room.

*sd is now 11 and at age 8 she would whine these questions at me. she still whines when asking stuff.