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Dismanteling Fort Burns
Posted October 17th, 2008 by Mom | Comments (0)
This afternoon J played in the fort in our backyard. Early this evening J took a bath. While J was in the bathtub, I made a quick dash outside to “reclaim” indoor toys, shoes, plates, magic markers, etc. that made it outside. While I was outside, B called me. Here is part of our conversation:
Me: I’m in the fort picking up toys and screws (from the board that J took off of the fort a couple of weeks ago).
B: Considering the fact that J has been in the fort with a screwdriver, you probably shouldn’t be climbing in the fort to get stuff.
Me: Good point. (I am now safely inside and B has said that he would checkout the fort, especially since I found more screws than I should have (1 large screw and 4 small ones, plus a few other screws the other day, as the one known board that was removed should have only produced 4 screws…)
Is there any hope that J will someday PUT BACK TOGETHER that which he takes apart?!
Slowly…
Posted October 17th, 2008 by Mom | Comments (0)
J and I went out shopping today, between me being with C and his kindergarten class for a “Spider Day” craft and us going to school to have lunch with C. (J told me on Wednesday that “I miss C and wanna go have lunch with him” so I happily obliged him today, plus while I was helping C with his craft this morning, C asked me to come back to school and have lunch with him.)
While J and I were shopping, I told J, “Keep up with me.”
J replied, “I am keeping up. I’m just going slow.”
Me: Um… (smiling as I am thinking this through a 4 year old’s head.)
10.16.2008
Posted October 16th, 2008 by Mom | Comments (0)
It is 1.37 in the morning and I can’t sleep. Goodness I hate this insomnia!
Anyway, since I’m awake and have already cleaned the kitchen and started the dishwasher, maybe the typing and the whirling sound of the dishwasher will get me drowsy. Here’s hoping…
C had fall break this Monday and Tuesday. I took the boys swimming on Monday at the gym. They had a fun time and took really good naps afterwards! Tuesday J and I took C to the dentist to get his teeth cleaned as I had taken J a couple weeks ago. C’s teeth are fine and the dentist is not yet worried about the thumb sucking, as C is showing signs of slowing down. (I think the kids on the bus have been teasing him, as C has mentioned several times that some of the kids call him a baby. I’m sure some of the name calling is because he is a kindergartner, but some of it has to be because of the thumb sucking.)
C sucks his thumb as he is getting sleepy and when he needs comfort. I’ve noticed that a few of his top teeth are loose (he has only lost 2 on the bottom and grown in his adult teeth). Once he loses a couple of top teeth, maybe he will “lose suction” and not be able to suck his thumb anymore… (?)
C was really excited to go back to school. He is thriving in kindergarten. I’m loving seeing his classwork that he brings home, and his writing is improving weekly.
C is maturing a lot, especially during the past couple of months. This afternoon I was sorting a couple freshly laundered baskets of C and J’s clothes and C started helping me - without being asked! C even told me “Thank you for washing my clothes and J’s. You do a good job.” Awwww - Thank YOU, C! Mommy needed to hear that.
10.10.2008
Posted October 10th, 2008 by Mom | Comments (0)
C has a really nice bus driver. This morning C got to the bus stop just as the bus arrived. I (mistakenly) asked him if he has his blue blanket (that is a 1.5 inch square, as opposed to the original 3 foot square that it was - C keeps the blue blanket in his pocket to rub during the day and only takes it out at rest time or on the bus). C did not have his blue blanket. I told the bus driver that I would drive C to school, but she was very nice and told him to run get it very quickly and meet her at the next stop, which is about 3 houses down. C did run very quickly and I ran with him to the next stop. Very nice lady, his bus driver!
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J still likes the color pink. J told me this afternoon that he didn’t like our house and I told him that when he grows up, he can have his own house. J informed me that he was going to have a pink bedroom and a black kitchen, so he could use his flashlight in it. (I’m just writing this to remind him one day when he does have a house and paints it a bland beige.) 
I was starting to get concerned about J’s fascination with the color pink. It is his favorite color. However, a week ago at AWANA Cubbies, Rachel brought the snack and it was mini cupcakes iced with either pink or white icing. Her son, Andrew also picked a pink cupcake. One of the other little boys in our group, Cole, wanted pink too, but there were only 2 pink iced cupcakes. I guess it is nothing to worry about…
Game Night Group
Posted October 4th, 2008 by Mom | Comments (0)
One of my dear friends, Theresa is moving to North Carolina. Her last day here will be Friday. 
As a going away gift, our Game Night Group met to get a picture of the group. Jill is the only one missing.
B took these pictures (Thank you, my loving husband!) and I couldn’t decide which one I liked the most, so I printed them both for each of us.
On the front row is Lisa and Theresa. Kari, Margaret, Cheryl, Donna and I are on the back row.
Some of us have been together for over 4 years and will hate to see Theresa move. Our group started out playing Bunco once a month and now we meet on the second Thursday evening of the month and the hostess picks what game we play. We have played a variety of games including Trivial Pursuit, Bingo, Left-Right-Center, and of, course, Bunco, just to name a few. Some months we just get together for dinner and chit chat. It is always a wonderful time full of laughter and I wouldn’t intentionally miss a single time. The last time I missed was because I had pink eye and was VERY upset!!
Girls - you mean a lot to me and you are very special!!
10.4.2008
Posted October 4th, 2008 by Mom | Comments (0)
There is a major difference in being able to “get out about town” with just 1 child vs. 2 children!
For example, I was able to:
1. Get J’s hair cut on Tuesday AND take him to story time at the library
2. Take J to the dentist AND the eye doctor on Thursday
3. AND go to Walmart with just J and GET DONE in under 1 hour!
However, poor C has been needing a haircut for several weeks and I finally managed to get him to the salon this afternoon. Even the hairdresser mentioned that C definitely needed a haircut! (yes, it was getting THAT long…) Also, Fall Break is coming up in a couple of weeks and I have C set up for a dentist appointment. He had his eyes checked before school, and at school and his eyes are fine.
J is really enjoying his 1-1 time and I am learning more about him and his abilities. Just today J brought me a book and started sounding out words in it! I am going to have to find him a book that is easy for him to work on sounding out words this next week.
At the dentist, J’s teeth look great (except for the missing one.) The dentist said that he is really looking forward to the adult tooth coming in, so we can stop worrying about spacing.
At the eye doctor, J doesn’t need glasses, but we need to do exercises with him to strengthen his eye muscles. When the doctor used her finger for J to follow from closer to her to closer to J, he stopped following her finger about 2 inches from his nose. (This is why we have noticed him covering one eye sometimes when he does school work - to make his “double vision” go away. As J sometimes sits too close to the table.) We will be doing the exercises with him for several months and his eyes should be fine by then.
Not much else has been going on here. In kindergarten C received 2 G’s in conduct and 3 E’s. Since he received more E’s than G’s, he is going to get to watch Star Wars Episode 2 with B this weekend. J and I are going to watch the Jungle Book, as neither of us has seen it. (There is too much violence in Star Wars for J, so C and B will watch Star Wars in our bedroom and J and I will be in the living room.)
I finished painting the hallway that leads to the bedrooms. I don’t know if I mentioned that B and I inadvertently picked out THE EXACT SAME COLOR that was already on the walls. The only difference is that the new paint is in satin sheen as opposed to the flat sheen that was before. This is much more washable. The flat paint was horrible and washed off the sheetrock instead of being “cleanable.” Now the walls are clean and fresh. Very nice!
I also painted below the chair rail in the music room (we call it the music room as I have my piano in there. It was designed to be a dining room.). I finally had to tell B that I painted in there 3 days after the fact, as I couldn’t hold in my happiness. I painted it a medium sage green. With the cream color above the chair rail, it is really pretty in there. I was able to move the piano and the secretary that we received from B’s paternal Grandma, but I was unable to move the bookcase, so I painted around it. When we get the hard wood floors (hopefully in the spring or near future), I will finish painting the green.
This past week I had the piano man come out and tune my piano. It sounds great now!! I also had him sand down the edges on the keys, as some of them had gotten chipped due to little hands opening and closing the top of the piano, not so carefully. Now the keys look great as well!
B is in our bedroom working on some web designs, so I need to quit typing and go put the kids in bed. It has been a great day here. I have had the windows open airing out the house and accomplished quite a few personal tasks.
Enjoy your week!