Is all over with.  I am so proud of my two boys, they have matured SO much, they offered to help out their grandparents, they were super duper polite to them, even though their grandparents constantly pander to SD.  They don’t dare compliment my kids at all or buy them gifts like they do SD.  (They totally see the unfairness, and we’ve had a discussion about how MIL is a whackadoo, it’s not SD’s fault, and we should be kind).

SD sat down the entire time, on her phone.  DH pouted just about the whole time, he didn’t want to be there, which is ironic that he expects me to get along with his parents that he doesn’t even like visiting.  I actually didn’t have a bad time, I’m getting better about not letting MIL get to me.

MIL said some odd stuff.  She observed how tall SD was getting.  (Reality is: SD hasn’t grown an inch, but she has gone up quite a few dress sizes since last year...)  I politely agreed with MIL that SD was getting “tall”.  MIL also hashed out why DH was not allowed to enjoy extracurricular activities when he was a kid, which she regrets SO much... he couldn’t go because all the other moms hated her.  Interesting.