Once up on a time, not so long ago there once were 3 ladies
(out of 11) who sat on a committee for a charity. Things got a little heated (to say the least)
amongst this committee and suddenly these 3 members felt a smidge alienated and
a smidge and a half ripped off, so much so that they ran out of Eff’s to give
and decided their time on said committee was well and truly over.
Let me tell you, I could go on about how crap the situation
was, but nevertheless, it led us to here and hey - we, are
super excited!
What we had found in amongst all the muck was that we wanted
to provide a platform for open honest social networking, where we mums and dads
could just be frustrated mums and dads. Sometimes
the best pieces of advice are from those that are struggling alongside you and
not necessarily those who have a degree and can tell you why your child is
behaving in such a way.
Now don’t us wrong, we love us some professional
advice. Professional advice is what
keeps our babies/children/relationships safe – so there is always a place for a
doctor, midwife, psychologist, specialist, the list goes on…
But what we felt we needed was just a good old vent session with those who are
suffering the exact same battles. We
just want to be able to bitch and moan and drink and feel ok about doing all
that!
We just want to be Rad and Grow Rad children and hang around
with equally Rad other mums, dads and children.
And so came about the Page and Blog Site – Growing Rad Kids. A place for social networking and a place to create
as many ‘informal catch-up’ opportunities as possible, because like we have
said time and again – Raising kids is hard, Let’s do it together.
And just so you know who we are, here is a little bit about ourselves:
Jared, Janine, Grayson and Dylan
Hey, I am Janine! Wife to Jared and Mum to Grayson and
Dylan, Fraternal Boy/Girl 4 year old twins.
I previously ran events and was secretary to the Tauranga Multiple Birth Group
and while I enjoyed most of my time with the group, I felt that my time was up
and I was ready to pursue other challenges.
I am a fulltime+ working mum and Jared is a Fulltime+ working dad. We have a SUPER busy life that consists of a
lot of beer, coffee, takeaway food, large laundry piles that sit on the couch
for weeks, a gauntlet of a hallway, deadlines, late night and weekend work phone
calls, partially renovated bedrooms, Floor closets, 5 minute showers, hands
free calling in vehicles, to do lists, to do lists for to do lists, untouched
gym equipment and numerous other time eating activities that relentlessly eat
up our lives.
However, there are also a ton of positives going on for us too – we have
careers with a lot of future, we love to lazy Sunday, hit up local attractions,
go ‘To the pub’ and just generally hang out and enjoy our kids.
Our kids are pretty awesome, a couply weeks ago I would have probably called
them ‘assholes’ 60%-70% of the time, but a month heading into their fourth year
they have actually turned into human beings that follow direction and listen to
what you are saying…some of the time.
You could say that we are a typical modern working family,
with typical modern attitudes, however we have very old school family values of
which we hope to teach our kids along the way… along with ‘how to ignore
idiots’ and ‘appropriate uses for sarcasm’.
Jared, Grayson, Dylan and I hope to meet you in the near
future, preferably where there is a bar nearby or a generously stocked
chilly-bin.
Janine
