10 things you should know about us

A new meme inspired by this article on drmomma.org. If you play along, please reference the article, and please leave a comment on this post. The original is about what new neighbors should know, but you can expand on that if you want.

1. We tend to choose fun, messy, noisy, tasty, colorful, and/or not-rated-G stuff: books, movies, music, video games, art, art supplies, Japanese arms and armor, sugar-laden food, facepaint, hair dye, and so on. We share.
2. We tend to have long, involved, winding conversations. We have strong opinions and no subject is off limits.
3. We have not signed up to be the enforcers of your rules. We will support your kids in their efforts to honor your rules, but that's about it.
4. What happens at our house stays at our house, except...
5. Our interactions with your kids are subject to blogging. But we won't name names or post photos if you don't want us to.
6. Some of us are budding rockstars, and we practice.
7. We're not fussy about your noise (fair is fair, after all), but if the music you're blaring is either country or western ("Oh, we got both kinds"), we'll need to have a conversation about compromise.
8. Whatever you see our kids doing, they are probably doing it with our knowledge and usually with our active participation or at least cooperation. Even _____? Yes, that too.
   8a. We don't always agree with our kids (and vice versa), but you won't see us punishing our kids for their choices.
9. Our kids unschool. It's a fun life. Your kids might be envious. Defending schooling is going to be up to you 'cause we can't do it anymore.
10. Our yard... Yeah, we're sorry. We might do better someday.