Sherry, The barn is in Watervliet Michigan. A couple from Chicago bought two old barns and renovated them into wedding barns. They have one called the "Blue Dress Barn" but I don't know the name of this one. You can see them on the internet. Millcreek Barns is the name so I think it's probably millcreekbarns.com if anyone wants to take a peek. In an earlier post I said that their Boston Terrier was in the wedding. Our oldest grand daughter walked her down the isle. She had an orange flower on her collar. I didn't get a picture nor did the photographer. She couldn't get it focused because Tenna was jumping around so much after she saw my son at the end of the isle. LOL I hope someone got a picture and if so I will post. She is their baby, at least until they have babies!!

I'm a teacher. If this is the first report in the school year, I would look at this very simply. This is not as unusual as you think, even with fathers at home. Many, many kindergartners have to learn how to behave in school. I would interpret this as just a silly boy thing, maybe looking for some attention from his buddies. When parents are on the same page as the teacher/principal, it makes it much, much easier for kids. So I would just make it clear to your son that this is not acceptable at school. Make sure he understands what the rules in the classroom are. Have him tell them to you. (Typically, they will be things like, Raise your hand to talk, no talking in the halls, no touching other people's property, etc.) Once you are sure he understands, make sure he understands your expectations, as well as the consequences of misbehavior. With little kids it really doesn't take a big, horrible consequence so much as 100% consistency. He has to know that if he goofs around at school, he will pay a consequence at home. And then don't harp on it unless he gets in trouble again. If he does, he gets the consequence. I see kids at school all the time whose parents sometimes try too hard to figure out what's causing something. They get a mixed message that maybe it's okay to be goofy at school sometimes, instead of a clearcut boundary. You can see them at school, trying to figure out which rules they HAVE to follow and which mom and dad don't care about. Be sure he gets plenty of attention every day when he comes home, not extra attention if he has gotten in trouble. If he's bright and polite, and this is the first report, I'd keep it very simple. Let him see that you can take this in stride but there will be consequences for not following the rules in school. I have 4th and 5th graders who are still struggling with this. It makes their lives unnecessarily difficult and really interferes with their learning...

Yeah, I know it's traditional and weddings are steeped in tradition. But since I've gotten older and have given it some thought, I don't really like that part of the wedding. Please don't flame me because it won't do any good anyway :) What is the phrase exactly, "who gives this woman in marriage?" And then the father says "her mother and I" or whatever. She's not a piece of property to be given away, is she? Well, I didn't mean to take this thread off topic, but I really think some people should consider taking that part of the ceremony out. It's like the vow "love honor and obey". You don't hear that too much anymore either. Hope ya'll don't think I'm anti-marriage, I'm not. I certainly believe in the holy union of two people if that is what they choose. Just my opinion.

I'm so sorry, josephine. My friend/colleague's husband was on hospice. Trying to do the right thing, she told his horrible mother when he was within days of dying. His sister showed up & "read to him"...the only book she had in her car evidently- a Stephen King novel! Then his mother came by when he was sleeping, stayed about 2 minutes & left "instructions" with the nurses that they were to withhold his morphine so he'd be awake when she returned! After he died, the mother planned her own memorial service, separate from the one the widow had, & notified facebook that she was next-of-kin & his facebook account now belonged to her. & facebook turned it over to her. My friend hasn't had any luck getting facebook to respond to her, so she can't access his account, can't get those memories, etc. & his mother can, & does, use the account to dramatize her own "loss". so I'd say, don't let anybody know anything until you've taken care of everything & they can't make trouble. Cash the insurance policy, have the funeral, get the bank accounts & internet accounts locked up, probate the will. Whatever you do, don't take chances; protect your loved ones, & protect yourself. The loss of a gravy train is indeed traumatic, & vicious people have a field day whenever there's a crisis or loss. Financially & emotionally, they feed off things like this. Take care.