Kool-Aid Junkie

I haven't written in a few days. I'm feeling in the mood now. The kids all seem semi content, so maybe I can finish this sentence before I have to get up again.

We've all been sick. We all have colds. It's horrible!! My poor kids. They've not been feeling well at all. Me neither. I sound like Kermit the Frog and look like I'm addicted to snorting cherry Kool-Aid. Ew.

I have gotten like 10 messages about bookmarking my blog and 4 followers. SWEET. I am definitely the coolest kid in school now. Ok, not really, but it's fun to pretend. Yes?

Last week was interesting. Noah is doing well in school, all but for a few things. Which, by looking at the daily progress report I basically asked for, has to do with him not being able to participate like the other kids in recess. It seems his few problems come at that time of day. Can I blame him, really? No. I'd be frustrated too if I was 5 and had to watch the other kids do everything I could not. I talked to the school though, I hunted down the Principal and Vice Principal by the PARKING LOT the other day because I hadn't heard anything after the initial contact. After that day they finally got a hold of the district nurse with whom I talked with Friday. I told her I found it unacceptable and emotionally damaging that he be restricted in that way during recess. So she's going to talk to administration. She wanted to know if I still wanted to have a sit down meeting, I told her no....IF they could come up with a solution that I found to be acceptable to Noah's needs. But he's doing good. Super smart as always. In fact, I'm pretty sure he's getting bored. He got to bring home his very first library book though, so cute!!

Abby has been really restless without Noah during the day. She just walks around and stares at things. So we've been doing stuff during the day before nap time. She is my absolute favorite kid to watch movies with, one of my favorite all together too. She will sit down and watch an entire movie with me and we'll talk about it and shout at the TV together the entire way through it. But she doesn't talk during the good parts. Haha. She is my " Chick Flick, snack eating" buddy.

Now. The babies. Lord knows I love them, but they are already treading in the "terrible two's" water this week. Driving me absolutely BONKERS. They don't want to sleep at night since Daddy left, they insist on doing absolutely disgusting things. But they're so damn cute at the same time. Between them, and Noah. I am so tired. So, so, very tired. However, the last day or so due to being sick they've been sleeping HARD.

Speaking of. I am going to go on vacation. I told Jerry that I need to just go relax somewhere for a week ( I've NEVER left my kids for that long, so I feel bad even thinking it. I hardly even go out for an evening with Jerry). I was thinking Nor Cal. Since we've basically decided to go somewhere else this summer for family trip. It's too far for Noah to go in the car with his leg getting stiff like it does. So next summer I'm going there to spend a week on the coast, and we as a family can just do camping locally. Sounds good. A bag of books,hotel on the beach, a bottle of wine, and beautiful Norcal for a week. Yes, please! It'll be nice if I could see a few old friends too. This would also give me an excuse to break out my old hoodies. Haha. I miss wearing sweatshirts, as weird as that is. I haven't been able to wear any very much since moving here.

Well, I actually started this blog a few days ago and don't want to make it too long. So I'll cut it off now and probably write another since we're stuck in bed for the most part.

The Kissing Hand

Hello,

Been a few days. I just haven't really had much time to write. But now I do!

I survived hell and back this morning. Or should I say, school with 4 kids and back? Basically the same thing, lol. We got there JUST in time. Abby was of no help. I hold Noah's hand, he holds her hand, and I push the stroller with the other. Thus creating a little chain. Well, Abby was messing up the flow. She was seriously going SO slow. Like, 1 footstep=1 inch slow. So I say " Abby, hurry up please!" she informs me " I not Abby, I patta-pillwer!" Apparently because she decided to be a caterpillar this morning, she couldn't possibly hurry. Why couldn't she be a butterfly this morning? Eh eh? Noooo. Had to be a patta-pillwer.

But we're home and relaxing now.

Noah is doing ok. He had a bit of a meltdown the other day. But we worked through it. I talked to his teacher. She says he's smart, and a good boy, but doesn't really want to stop doing activities sometimes when asked. She told him it was time to stop coloring, to do something else, and he got upset. He's an overachiever, what can I say! Nah, but really, I have that problem with him at home too. He is super smart, super loving, but I do admit he has a tendency to be a bit stubborn when he wants to continue doing whatever he's doing. Don't most kids though? So this weekend we worked on doing what he was told immediately.

He's a little resentful about his Perthes. He's actually been pretty damn good about the whole thing considering his whole way of life was just disrupted though. The thing I was upset about last time that I didn't want to mention until I got on the path to correcting the issue, was what they've had Noah doing at recess. They've had Noah sitting on the asphalt in the corner by himself playing with blocks alone, while the other kids play on the playground right in front of him. To me, this is not the answer. I understand that they're not entirely sure what to do with him, since they haven't had a kid with Perthes at the school before, but that isn't very fair or healthy for a 5 year old. When my son bites his lip so hard trying not to cry in front of people about being left out, it bleeds? There is something that needs to change. So I talked to the Vice Principal and at some point this week I'm going to sit down with her and the District Nurse to discuss alternative options. I don't want him being alienated. The blocks ARE better than, say, being sent to the library during recess. But he is not an invalid. He can still play with the other kids, he just has to be careful and monitored more closely.

Anyways. Speaking of school. I got my FIRST Kindergarten craft from him!!! I was so proud, lol. They read a book called 'The Kissing Hand'. Apparently in the book, the Mommy kisses her child's hand and when he misses her, he presses his hand to his cheek. So he made me a kissing hand. See? Isn't that cute??

Hmmm. Maybe I should tell her he can write his own name. lol. Speaking of. They're going to start learning letters. I had to tell her last week that he not only knows the entire alphabet, he can write it, and sound out the letters. She said that's good, because for now she can focus more on teaching him things like stopping coloring when he's told I just hope he doesn't get bored. Because we know what happens when kids his age are bored all the time. Maybe I'll request different activity sheets for him or something.

Well, the twins are good. I've been trying to get them back on schedule. I refuse to let them nap at all past a certain time. And if that means singing show tunes in a Fran Drescher voice to irritate them enough to keep them up, than that's what I'll do. Ok, I have been doing that already. They look at me like I have 4 heads and they want to punch me.

So...think I'm going to go have more coffee now. Cup number 3, here I come!

First Day of School

Noah did NOT want to wake up this morning. He gave me my first " I don't want to go to school! *insert the act of rolling over and going back to sleep* " this morning. lol But once he was awake, he ate most of his breakfast with Abby and got ready. He held my hand and walked right up to the school without so much as a fuss.

Anyways. I like Noah's teacher so far. She really seems to care about the kids.

However, what in the hell happened to being able to walk your kid into class? I think if your kid isn't crying and you're quick you should be able to walk him/her in.

Oh...and no cupcakes on special occasions. PFFT! Call me Little Miss Sweet Tooth, but cupcakes and goodies on special occasions are essential! Who remembers cupcakes at school? The not so frequent treat? Those are some fond memories right there! No cupcakes in class...what an atrocity. And this is coming from the "anti-high fructose corn syrup, soda is a rare treat, etc" Mom.

Ok, maybe I'm being slightly dramatic. It's been an emotional week, and day. I feel better now.

Anyways. Noah was really brave this morning. He did so good. I, of course, cried after I got about 1/4 the way home. I feel like I'm in school again. I kept checking the clock to see what time it was. I could not wait to go pick him up!!! lol. Oh and my phone? I always call it my "extra limb" when Jerry's gone. Today I carried it EVERYWHERE until I picked him up. Even if I could hear it from where I was. If you can't find me this week, I'll be the one rocking back and forth in the corner with my phone. Kidding.

When I picked him up, he ran over and hugged me. He said he liked school, but "teacher got mad at him". From what we gathered, he didn't want to come in from recess when she told him ;) Sounds like Noah, always wanting to play. There are other things that went on regarding his Perthes. But I don't want to talk about that today. I want to begin to find a solution to this new issue, and today is an exciting day for Noah, Perthes or not.

He's excited to go back to school tomorrow. That's good! Me though? I am already looking forward to having him home for the weekend. I told Jerry that I was pathetic because I already couldn't wait for Christmas vacation.

Abby and I napped while Noah was at school. Well, after she crept down the hall, poked holes in apple sauce cups, and sucked em' down. lol.

So, yesterday I went to the store. Bought 2 cheapo movies from ROSS. Noah opens his Fairly Oddparents movie, and there is NO DVD in it. Whatever, rude. I open mine. And the WRONG DVD is in it. Something about old men and wine for dinner? Definitely not the chick flick I expected. Guess yesterday was just not my day for movies. Or anything else for that matter. Like sleep. The babies schedule is HORRIBLE right now. No matter what I do, something has to happen that wakes them up. They then stay up until an hour or two before the other 2 get up. Either that, or despite pants, backwards diapers and tape, they some how find a way to get them off and play in their (TMI) excrement several times a night. 6 SEPARATE TIMES last night. ( Picture me shuddering in repulsion) I was so tired. 1 hour of sleep in 2 days just did not cut it.

Hopefully they'll sleep tonight and getting them all ready in the morning will not be too difficult.