Summer's Wrapping Up

I can't believe that we are already in August.  School is about two weeks away.  This weekend is our last in POC.  I'm so sad that school is starting soon.  I miss the kids so much when I'm away from them and this year ALL three are in school.

Yep.  My baby is going to kindergarten.  I can't tell you how much trauma this is causing me.  At least not right now.  I'll start crying.

All three completed a two week swim lesson course.  Little d did great!!  Little m did pretty well and is continuing to improve!!  Little md did well at first and then started hating it.  He did sit in the water on the last day so....   But now he is trying again here in mimi and pawpaw's pool.

I went school clothes shopping with little d.  She ended up sick that night possibly a motion sickness, headache, greasy food thing.  Not sure.  But she recovered.  I'm still a little shaky.  Summers are not for throwing up.  We are supposed to coast through summer without any illnesses.  Sigh.

As an official officer of the PTO (ahem.  Volunteer Coordinator is a real thing.)  I had to man the table at registration for a couple of hours.  I have to say I actually enjoyed meeting some new people there.  I think it's going to be fun to be part of the PTO.

Speaking of registration, the kids are.  Registered.  And I am thinking of having a address, a phone number, and a name stamp made.  Filling out my info thirty times gets a bit excessive.  If only there was a way for the school to run your stuff through a magic machine that could spit out multiple copies to file in different folders without you having to write it multiple times.....



Over the summer we all got a little more tan (despite copious amounts of sunblock).  Our hair is a little drier.  And our feet are a little rougher.



PUBLISHING this unfinished a year later lol

Baby birds!!

Times five.  Two or three were hatched when we arrived back home and now all five are here.  the oldest three have feathers on their wings and are getting large.  The smallest one looks so tiny beside them.

Today I may get brave enough to take the older ones out!!  We'll see.

Cleaning and organizing is going well.  I feel much calmer since two kids rooms and the kitchen are done.  Today little d wants to work on her room.

Also wanted to note that for what ever reason on the day we came back little m woke up.  Ate a few bites of breakfast, drank most of her hot chocolate and then threw up.  Once more later and then within minutes was eating and drinking all the rest of the day.  Literally can't figure it out!  All are fine though.

Dentist checkup went well with no cavities.  Little d had two teeth pulled Monday.  And in a month Little m will have to have two pulled then two more.  To make room and to help teeth drift into place.  She's missing four permanent teeth.

Little md will have his first check up in September for his teeth.  Hoping that goes well.  :)

Walked today on the treadmill for the first time since breaking my little toe!  And it didn't hurt much.  Yeah!!  Need to start working out so that's awesome!

Broke muh toe. Again.

Yes same one.

Yes hurt like a little bitch.

Yes it derailed my whole treadmill walking.

Fatty mcfatty pants here I come.

In a day or two we'll be heading back home to the big city.  I still have tons of organizing to do at home and the kids have some midsummer appts.   Dentist, hair, speech.

When last we left, the parakeets had five eggs.  Curious to see if there are any hatchlings....

Judge much?

Look I try not to judge other people too much.  I mean I'm just kidding I have a running commentary in my head all day about people.  Especially if I'm scrolling through FB.  But yesterday.  Yesterday I got REALLY judgy.

About moms who makes those cutesy lunches for their school kids.  (If you don't know what I'm talking about google easylunchboxes.)

Shudder.  Fruit shaped like hearts.  Hummus?  11 baby carrots?  What kid on the planet eats rolled up tortilla sandwiches PLUS heart shaped cheese PLUS blueberries and strawberries PLUS ELEVEN BABY CARROTS.

If you are trying to make a lunch look like something to post on a blog then you have big problems.  And also--TOO much time on your hands.

And the kids that are getting these lunches?  What do you think happens when they see a friend with a regular ole pb&j with a side of nacho doritos and two oreos?  Well.  I guess it makes me a bad mom but I think this whole easylunchbox trend is RE DICK U LUS.  And yes I know that's not how you spell it.

Maybe my kids are the weird ones.  I mean one daughter eats salami.  Another eats cereal.  But hey we all have bigger things to talk about.

Like how pleased I am that the White House is using my tax dollars and some rainbow lights to show how wonderful God's Promise was to never flood the earth again.

Smile.  Especially in light of all the rain we were getting for a while there....

POC finally!

Just in time for this....

Swimming in a toilet.  Yes.  Swimming in the gulf is apparently this wonderfully safe.  AND I saw this after we spent the morning at the beach.

Lovely.

Moving on.  The trailer is on it's way to being organized.  I am on my way to gaining another ten pounds iffin I don't stop eating and sleeping during the day.  So this morning I walked on my dad's treadmill.  And I am not at this very moment stuffing my face with tiny Mr. Goodbars.  Two pluses right there.

Tomorrow I may be going back home to work on cleaning and organizing that house.  Gah the amount to do is ginormous.

Little md defeated Plants v Zombies and Knack this weekend.  Look we all have our goals.

Little d had a thyroid blood workup and ultrasound related to the swollen glands (which I knew all along was the freaking sore throat) and all turned out fine.

I went to the doc and got a script for a new allergy med and it is working in conjunction with the others so blessed be I am feeling normal again!!

I am watching them play Candyland as I type.  None of them look particularly infected--so perhaps we avoided the toilet water.  Thank you baby Jesus!

Off to find something crafty to do.  Copic markers anyone?

Upty datey

School is FINALLY OUT!

The girls were awarded lots of academic awards and looked beautiful in their dresses and sandals.  :)

I heart summer.  And as soon as my allergies/head cold abates and little d's sore throat-that-she's-already-finished-meds-for goes away I think we will ditch this town for POC.

Well that's not going to happen actually because this weekend D and I have to attend a wedding in Kelp TX.  No that's not the real name but I've never actually heard of the town and it's like three hours away and we have to stay in a hotel on his ONE weekend off in AGES without the kids so I could give a f(lip) about trying to commit the real name to memory.  So I sub something close.

Who has a wedding where all the guests have to travel THAT far, stay in hotels, etc.?  And it's not even like your hometown.  Gah!  I didn't even go to my own cousin's wedding in Austin because of the trip.

I don't even have something to wear.

Blech.

Two good bits of news.  I got a new treadmill (it's not set up but still.) And the copic markers FINALLY came in!!!

Tooth Fairy

This story is too cute.  I really wanted to post to FB but who knows if a kid might see it.  lol

Last night (after a night of the 'tooth fairy' forgetting to pay for a tooth--let's be honest the tooth fairy exhaustedly fell asleep on the couch whilst little d was still trying to fall asleep) little m dutifully placed her tooth on her nightstand/chair.  When I went to tuck her in she laughed and said "Mom are you really the one who comes in here at night and takes the tooth and puts money in my room?"  I laughed back and said sarcastically "yea yes that's me alright!"

We had a little laughing back and forth and finally the TRUTH came out.  She seemed fine with it.  Really.  She did.  Aaaaaand then she didn't.  But she did finally overcome her sadness and go to sleep.

At which time I again forgot to get the money.

Fortunately little md woke up hungry at 4am.  And THEN I remembered.  (And perhaps all to gloriously woke up David to find the correct dollar amount in his wallet.)

I also penned a note saying that I was sorry she was sad about the tooth fairy but of ALL the tooth fairies in the whole world this tooth fairy loved her the most!

She loved the note this morning.  It brought smiles not tears.  Then she hit me with this gem:

"All this time I thought I was bringing in money for our family, but it's just our money..."

I told her not to worry.  I don't expect her to bring money in until she's at least eighteen.  lol

It's my blog and I'll post what I want.

Or something like that.

I really want to GO OFF on fb but I won't.  Hey that's what I have a blog for.  So I live in tx and a few days ago a lunatic attempted to do a mass murder at an anti-muslim rally thingy.  But this is tx duh and he got shot first.

So a few of my friends on fb are pretty much acting like they got what they deserved.  Well.  I feel like these  very same people would be outraged if someone said 'well she was wearing a short shirt and got raped....she got what she deserved...."

Hypocrits make me want to vent.  Big time.

You know what else makes me want to vent?  Pink eye.  Like what little m has in both eyes this morning.  F U germs.

Seriously. How many days left until summer?

Little m threw up yesterday morning.  Kept her home today.

She seems fine now.  Maybe drainage?

I am already mentally organizing the great summer clean up.  Rooms, drawers, closets.  All of it, everything.

Dad is having injections in his eyes today.  And tomorrow.  First week that they have doubled up because of a scheduling conflict.  Mom is having her teeth adjusted/checked.  It's been rough for her.
Also thinking about getting a new treadmill.  I am so out of shape.  And truly need to lose 30 pounds.  Can't stand it.  And I think exercise is the only way for me.  Gotta start somewhere.

Went shopping after piano lessons with little d for her recital dress.  So fun.  We never shop together--well hardly ever.  I do most stuff online.  But this was a neat outing.  Even if it was Saturday at the mall.  haha

Oops should go wake up little man.  It's almost nine!

Appointments for all the eyes!

The last two weeks have been busy.  How is that different that any other previous two weeks?

Last thursday little m got a clean bill of eye health at her first ever eye appt.  She did well with the dilation also.

We went to POC on friday after school. I surprised the kiddos with the trip to celebrate little md's fifth birthday and little d completing her starr testing.  It was a good trip.  Mostly.  Little m started feeling sick on the way down--maybe carsickness?? and then again Sat morning but then was fine.  It was weird.

Tues little d had eye appt.  Also all good.

Today little md goes in.  Hoping he does well with the drops and all.  He seems to be in a good mood about it.  fingers crossed.

In other news.  On monday night little d landed with her knee on little m's hand/finger.  Yes it broke the index on her right hand.  Good news is she just has to tape them together.  We go back in two weeks for another xray.

D has been working a shut down of nights for freakin ever.  I think it will end tues nite.  will be nice to have him back home!!  Three weeks is a looooong time of him working nights.

I've also been picking dewberries.  First time in years.  Well five years to be exact.

Did I mention my baby is five years old?  FIVE

23 more days of school.....

Picnic weather

We have had a week of on again off again thunderstorms.  But good news we never lost power and we don't have any storm damage.

Today the littles are actually getting to play on the back porch.  m and md having a picnic out there right now.

Off to piano lesson in a bit for little d.  And I still need to shower.  errr.

I am finding it a stuggle to think of things to cook for dinner.  Little m has a very limited palate,  Well truth be told they are all picky.  I believe little m would eat tacos every night.

I think tonight will be pork chops.  The skinny, boneless kind.  They all seem to eat those.  Weeeelllll now that I've said that.....

Ok seriously off to take a shower!

33 Days of School left

I've found an easy way to title my posts.  :P

Today on the way home from speech little md squealed with delight when I showed him some baby cows.  Love the sheer joy that you can see through a child's eyes.

I've made eye appt for all three and an orthodontist appt for little d.  Still waiting to see when she'll need braces.

It's raining and pouring outside....just minutes from pickup time.  As usual.  Never before or after.

Kind of been on a book buying binge of late.  For the kiddos.  I can think of worse things than that.

Had the most fun talk with the receptionist at speech today.  I think we are each other's therapists.  haha.  She says nothing goes beyond these walls.  ;)

Went to the school district's volunteers appreciation lunch.  Or whatever it's called.  Fun to visit with Knee.  But at the same time, missed sitting with my home campus peeps.

In case you can't tell.  This blog has basically turned into my cataloging my days.  I'm just trying to get back into it.  And just keep documenting.

Feeling much better from the sniffles.  In fact actually was better the past two days.

Almost Friday!!!!

37 days of school left

As excited as I am about summer getting here I am a little nervous.  I know summer will fly by and then I'll be sending all THREE of them back.  :(

And I like both of the girls' teachers this year.  A lot.

Today we had a good morning.  Which translated means everyone got up fairly easily, ate well, and finished getting ready early enough for us to make it to school in plenty of time.

Today is normally dance day for little m, but with my head cold and her just getting over it (well mostly) I'm not sure we are going.  She'll be upset because she already missed last week when little d was sick.

Almost tax day.  We already paid ours.  But still, makes me madder than mad.

Gosh I'm tired.  I didn't sleep well last night.  I guess from the snots.  At least the kiddos slept well.

Have I mentioned how noisy these parakeets are??

Day in day out

I woke up with a sore throat.  Not trip-to-the-clinic-sore.  But enough to not just be dry-in-the-morning-goes-away-after-breakfast.

Still working through the laundry.  Moms don't get days off.  Duh.

About to start a full five day week.  Hoping against hope this is just allergies.  Sniff, sniff.

I think I saw the sun this morning.

Easter weekend (just prior to little d getting sick) we cleaned off the back porch and took down the above ground pool.  Now it's more peaceful to look out the back windows.  I was hoping that we could do a little planting in the planters.  haha.

can you tell me how to get...how to get to sesame street....

Lazy day

Guess I'm in a better mood today versus last time I posted.

Little m is fighting off a head cold.  Probably was the cause of her stomach upset Thursday.

Little d finally pooped.   BIG news in our house.

I love srirachi pringles.

Need to lose 30 pounds at least.

We have a chronic egg-laying parakeet.  Third set of eggs.  Not sure if these will hatch--none of the others have.

I hate the birds.

D has started a shut down at work.  Indefinite numbers of days to work in a row.

38ish days of school left.

Piano lessons today for little d.  She has done SO well!  Love that!!

Sqwak!  Stupid birds,

I need to do about 700 loads of laundry.  Best get at it.

Sick of sick

Little m home from school today.  Threw up in the kitchen sink.  Maybe bug that little d had.  Maybe drainage.  Three more times since then.  Maybe I don't give a f(lip) anymore.

Told my mom that I'm tired of praying.  I pray everyday for my kids to stay well.  Seems the more I pray the sicker they get.

I probably don't really believe that.  I also probably don't. give. a. f(lip).

I probably shouldn't use that language.  Guess I'll edit out.  Felt better to type the other word.

D took little d to school and little md to speech.  While at speech D texted to say little md not wanting to say his words.  Sigh.  Not even sure how he is going to handle school next year.

Still waiting on peds office to call back.  1, need refill script for zofran.  2, need shot record for little md.  3, little d hasn't pooped since last wednesday and she's had mirilax for three days.

See?  I give the f(lip) up.

Minecraft and other such games

My kids are WAY into video games.  Minecraft, Skylanders, Plants vs. Zombies and some Wii games.  I guess we indulge them, but they are really good kids.  Both girls are straight "A" G/T students reading way about their grade level.  So I'm ok with the video games.  ;)

{I can see that my writing skills are lacking.  I used to whip out a post in no time.  Now I can't seem to finish a complete thought.  It's not that I don't have any down time.  It's that my down time is not uninterrupted.  Or that my thought process aren't.}

I really really am not into video games myself.  The occasional Wii dance jam notwithstanding.  But I love that it is a bond between them and D.  And I love that I can say "I have not idea, ask dad".  I don't get to delegate that often, so when I do I love it.

I also enjoy hearing them playing with each other nicely.  Doesn't always happen with the video games, but when it does I sigh and smile.

Little md will be yelling "dig that hole!" to little m.  "You're a beast!"  "Boom shaka laka!"

Crazy funny coming out of a four year old's mouth.  ;)

41 days until the last day of school!

Kid Questionnaire Part Two and Three

I've been reading through my blog again start to finish.  I wish I had kept up with it.  SO many little stories about kiddos that have gone unrecorded.  Seems like I went from thinking "this will make a great blog post" to "how can I word this for FB".  :(  I want to get back to blogging tho.

I had THIS post.  I asked the same questions to Little m and Little md.

Here's little md's answers: age 4 (almost 5)

1. What is something mom always says to you?  go pee
2. What makes mom happy? to go pee
3. What makes mom sad? not going pee
4. How does your mom make you laugh? you can't (while laughing)
5. What was your mom like as a child? like me
6. How old is your mom? i can't remember
7. How tall is your mom? big
8. What is her favorite thing to watch on TV? dance moms
9. What does your mom do when you're not around? we don't know yet, i guess make things without me
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? *shrugs*
11. What is your mom really good at? taking showers...i mean giving showers
12. What is your mom not very good at? going swinging-you will break the swing
13. What does your mom do for her job? paint nails
14. What is your mom's favorite food? beans?
15. What makes you proud of your mom? letting me eat hamburgers
16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? sky on paw patrol
17. What do you and your mom do together? bake cookies when the girls are gone
18. How are you and your mom the same? because we love to do things together
19. How are you and your mom different? sometimes we don't love to do things together
20. How do you know your mom loves you? because you love me
21. What does your mom like most about your dad? because he hugs you and kisses you
22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? to a restaurant

And Little m's answers: age 7 (and a half)

1. What is something mom always says to you? i love you
2. What makes mom happy? hugs and kisses
3. What makes mom sad? when we're sick
4. How does your mom make you laugh? her dances
5. What was your mom like as a child? i guess me, you looked like me
6. How old is your mom? 40
7. How tall is your mom? pretty tall
8. What is her favorite thing to watch on TV? Top Chef
9. What does your mom do when you're not around? paint her nails probably
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? her kids
11. What is your mom really good at? cooking
12. What is your mom not very good at? nothing really
13. What does your mom do for her job? be a mom
14. What is your mom's favorite food? she has A LOT!
15. What makes you proud of your mom? cause you love me
16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? Elsa!
17. What do you and your mom do together? paint our nails
18. How are you and your mom the same? our eyes, color
19. How are you and your mom different? she's older than me
20. How do you know your mom loves you? cause she tells me that A LOT
21. What does your mom like most about your dad? that he's funny
22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? Port O'Connor

I have to say some of these are spot on.  But I don't  paint my nails all day.  There happens to be a practical nail salon set up on my kitchen table where I was asking the questions.  lol

I can't believe we are in April.  I mean this school year seems to drag but then I realize we are only months away from my baby!! starting Kindergarten.  It shocks me really.  

Whole other posts can be devoted to THAT topic.  And shall.  

A new Easter curse?

I can't even believe how many times my kids come down with illnesses.  Since Little d started school it seems like every other week.  And when you have three kiddos the illnesses last in your house a while.  And it feels like we get one week reprieve and then the next round will start.  And since when do stomach bugs go around ALL YEAR LONG??

I remember in school that stomach viruses came around once a year (I distinctly remember this because I was terrified of throwing up!)  And if you happened to catch it, well it lasted about a day.  At the most.  I usually woke up feeling bad and by evening I was nibbling on mashed potatoes and by the next day--back to normal.

But now.  Kids end up in the ER dehydrated all the time!  My kids have been in the hospital several times because of it.  Sometimes not from an actual stomach bug, but from another illness that upsets their stomach to the point of dehydration.

And every month you hear of some stomach virus going around.  In October we dealt with it here. First Little d had a short bout and the Little m a horrible bout.  But every month we would hear of others having it.  Around every holiday.  And on Valentine's Day Little md came down with one.  Last night Little d started with one.  WTF?  Seriously.

I used to dread February as a kid.  It seemed like that was the month it came to our house.  But now I dread September (when Little m was in kinder and nearly the whole house had it--took two weeks to run through).  October (always seems like there is something going on to coincide with trick or treat.  Thanksgiving (my bro's family has had it for the past two years at that time).  December (usually right before break you hear about it at school.  January is sometimes quiet.  February (well again this year.) March--last spring break I took the girls to the doc for sore throats and he informed me they were seeing 50 cases a day of stomach virus.  And my brother's family all had it this March.  So now we have Easter in April. And when we used to go to the egg hunt at my grandma's house you always had someone there with it.

I even hear about it sometimes in the summer.  Why has it gotten so bad?  And why does it strike so hard.  There have been times where my kids have thrown up more than ten times.  And had diarrhea for a week.

What a way to start back to the blogging.  I am just having a moment.  I am tired of watching my kids suffer.

I was reading through my blog yesterday and realized how important it was to me.  And what a great documentation it was.  I really have to do this more often.  So today I type what is bothering me.  Hoping for stress relief.  And hoping to get back into the practice.

Parakeet Eggs

So those parakeets I mentioned in the last post....last year.  They have this weed laid 3 eggs.  Pretty sure they aren't done either.

Thinking about getting into writing again.  Again will prob last all of two minutes.  ;)