This is a SUPER, SUPER long post. Sorry! If you don't want to read it all, I understand completely!
It's kind of funny the things I find to do when Trav's not around...
Tonight I decided Charlotte was super shaggy & was due for a grooming. Mind you it's like $50 to take her to PetSmart. So, I dug out the shears and away I went. It took me about an hour to get her done and overall, she looks MUCH better. There are a few spots where the fur is shorter than the rest, but I think I did pretty good for my first dog haircut!
Every night for the last week I've gotten home & then rather than go right inside the house and do the stuff I know I should be doing, I've gone straight to a flowerbed & pulled weeds! The weather has just been SO nice & I knew that once I went inside I'd never get back out. So, Caleb has been a trooper while he's caged & the other two have played together pretty good...mostly. Now it's Friday & all my flowerbeds are weeded! Of course, I am starting to see a few weeds pop back up here and there, but that can wait a day or two.
I've also been watering the heck out of our "grass". Trav told me not to let the ground dry out and with the beautiful weather we've also had heat. Last night I finally got to where ALL the places that have grass (or some grass) was wet. So, tonight I gave our lawn mower a whirl. I was so excited. That's my first time mowing MY lawn with MY lawn mower! Isn't it funny the things we get excited about as we get older?
Samantha had her last day of boys and girls club today. They had a water day so she took her swimsuit to school and got to run in sprinklers and play water games after school. Oh to be young and carefree again!
Nash had his preschool graduation at the end of last week. I can't believe his first year of preschool is already over! They did a cute little program and his teacher and a dvd of all the pictures she's taken all year. Tuesday was his last day of school. I think he was bummed out because tonight he repeatedly told Sam, "I DIDN'T have school today." Guess I'll have to do some school like stuff with him more than I thought this summer!
Caleb has learned how to growl. No, I'm not kidding. He will be sitting and playing or just sitting watching you and all of the sudden he starts to growl. It's quite hilarious. I'm going to try and catch it on video tomorrow and post it. I don't remember either of the other two doing this! Maybe I've just forgotten. Either way, I stop and giggle every time he does it.
I still haven't found another job. On Wednesday I went to the Weber School District office and took a math and writing test with their Special Ed. dept. Weber district is looking for teachers that are willing to teach and get their SPED endorsement at the same time. I passed the math test with 93% (hey, I have to brag a bit here, it was algebra & I couldn't use a calculator. Do you KNOW how long it's been since I've done ALGEBRA?!). Anyway, I go and interview with them on June 1st. I figure that I can get my SPED endorsement or my Masters in the same amount of time and for almost exactly the same amount of money. I told Trav I think I'd be better off doing the SPED endorsement b/c then I think I'd pretty well have my pick of jobs. Whereas if I get my masters people will think I'm overqualified for the job and not want to hire me. I do have a TON of resumes out and I'm still actively applying, so I am staying optimistic. Keep your fingers crossed!
Tomorrow Trav's brother Chad and his girlfriend and their boys are coming out. Chad's going to till my tiny garden spot for me so I can get it planted. Seriously, I cannot even believe it's that time already. The kids will be excited to play together. They really haven't had the chance much lately b/c I'm never around to take them out to Trav's parents' house! I think I will be able to get a bunch of good pix tomorrow & post them then.
I just went back & looked at how long of a post this is. SORRY! I also realized I haven't posted about Nash's bday yet. Mother of the year award right here (again)! We just did cake & ice cream at our place. He had to have a Spider Man cake this year. He wanted one last year and I was able to talk him out of it but there was no such luck this year. When I asked him what kind of cake he wanted (I'm thinking chocolate, yellow, etc.) responds with "Blue." He was like, "Duh mom. How do you not know that already?" So, I made a white cake & colored it blue and thus he had a blue Spider Man cake. He's big into Spider Man and Transformers this year. He's been telling me since October he wants a Bumblebee transformer like Carter. Well I looked for one to get him for Christmas to no avail. I told my mom about it and, being the awesome grandma that she is, she found one for him. Everything he got was either Spider Man or Transformers related or clothes. He was so funny to watch open presents. If it was clothes he grabbed them and held them up for all of 3 seconds and then threw them at me like, "Boring!". We had bought him a Spider Man bike
(a 16" bike like Sam's). He ended up seeing it about a week or so before his birthday & I had to lie to him and tell him it wasn't for him. Needless to say, he was devestated. So, Trav put the bike together and hid it in the trailer. We gave him all his other presents and then didn't bring out the bike. We both figured he'd start asking where his Spider Man bike was. Nope. Trav asked him if he got everything he wanted and Nash said yes and went into detail about one of his new toys. Travis had to trick him to get him out to the trailer and then opened it - to show Uncle Chad the new trailer - and Nash looked in and his eyes just got huge. He was so excited he did a little happy dance! That was it for him...he was on the bike and didn't want to go to bed without it! I can't believe how big he is. It seems like he was just born yesterday and now he's 4. I told a friend that just had a baby, "Don't blink b/c you'll turn around and she'll be 16." How true that is!
Friday, May 22, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Dance Recital
Yesterday was Sam's dance recital for LaShar's. She did a good job sitting through the entire dress rehersal in the morning. My grandparents were kind enough to keep the boys during that so I actually got to see her dance! During the recital Nash's behavior was absolutely atrocious! He spent at least 45 minutes having a temper tantrum because he wanted to go home. So glad I paid the money for the two of us to get in!! Needless to say, the majority of the actual recital I spent out in the hallway having a battle of the wits with Nash. Nash lost. It wouldn't have been so bad except that the tantrums continued after we got home. That's always fun. I was really glad he slept WAY in this morning!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Trip to the Dentist
So last week Nash apparently told Trav that his tooth hurt. Mind you if you know Nash, you know the kid doesn't really complain about stuff unless is seriously hurts. For example, some of you may remember the kid went around with a broken arm for a WEEK before I finally defied Travis and took the poor child to the doctor.
Anyway, a few days after Nash complains to Trav he casually mentions to me that Nash complained about his tooth and tells me to make him and Nash an appointment for when he'll be back home in two weeks. Well, listening to my mother's intuition I decided that I wasn't going to wait two weeks.
My fabulous mother took Nash to the dentist today and the kid has 3 (THREE) cavities! I am almost 29 years old & I have never had a cavity (not even in any of my baby teeth that fell out). So I am freaking out today because this is my first cavity experience. It does not help that the dentist's office sent home paperwork to show that my cost of the cavity fixing will be over $300! And that's WITH dental insurance!
They have to completely knock him out because he has a cavities in 3 different places in his mouth so they have to numb his entire mouth. Apparently the insurance doesn't cover the whole sedation part of the procedure. They can only cap 1 because the other 2 are at the gum line and the caps will just come off.
So, on my way home I stopped at the Brigham WalMart and invested in a few new bribary tools. I bought:
1 electric spiderman toothbrush
1 regular spiderman toothbrush (to leave at daycare)
1 new bottle of green toothpaste (to leave at daycare)
1 electric hello kitty toothbrush
1 regular Ariel toothbrush
1 bottle of mouthwash that stains any plaque left on your teeth after you brush
1 tube of infant toothpaste
Needless to say, the kids were pretty psyched about brushing their teeth tonight! I'm going to make a little chart to hang on the bathroom mirror so they can color or mark the days that they actually brush their teeth at least once. I also moved their flouride pills into the same cabinet as their toothpaste!
It isn't that the kids don't ever brush their teeth, they just aren't killing each other to be first in line to do it. I'm sure it hasn't helped that I'm not too fabulous at remembering to give them their flouride either!
So, I've chalked this up to another great example of why I should get the Mother of the Year award! I did have my mom call & make Sam an appointment for a checkup though after hearing about Nash! Cross your fingers we don't have a repeat situation!!
On another front, Caleb's ears. That child is duplicating what his sister did and it's driving me insane! We went in for his 2 week post op appointment and his right tube was clogged. Went back in a week later and his right tube was still clogged. Went back in a week later and his right tube was still clogged. Have another appointment next week. Any bets on how that's going to turn out?? ;)
Have a dentist free week!!
Anyway, a few days after Nash complains to Trav he casually mentions to me that Nash complained about his tooth and tells me to make him and Nash an appointment for when he'll be back home in two weeks. Well, listening to my mother's intuition I decided that I wasn't going to wait two weeks.
My fabulous mother took Nash to the dentist today and the kid has 3 (THREE) cavities! I am almost 29 years old & I have never had a cavity (not even in any of my baby teeth that fell out). So I am freaking out today because this is my first cavity experience. It does not help that the dentist's office sent home paperwork to show that my cost of the cavity fixing will be over $300! And that's WITH dental insurance!
They have to completely knock him out because he has a cavities in 3 different places in his mouth so they have to numb his entire mouth. Apparently the insurance doesn't cover the whole sedation part of the procedure. They can only cap 1 because the other 2 are at the gum line and the caps will just come off.
So, on my way home I stopped at the Brigham WalMart and invested in a few new bribary tools. I bought:
1 electric spiderman toothbrush
1 regular spiderman toothbrush (to leave at daycare)
1 new bottle of green toothpaste (to leave at daycare)
1 electric hello kitty toothbrush
1 regular Ariel toothbrush
1 bottle of mouthwash that stains any plaque left on your teeth after you brush
1 tube of infant toothpaste
Needless to say, the kids were pretty psyched about brushing their teeth tonight! I'm going to make a little chart to hang on the bathroom mirror so they can color or mark the days that they actually brush their teeth at least once. I also moved their flouride pills into the same cabinet as their toothpaste!
It isn't that the kids don't ever brush their teeth, they just aren't killing each other to be first in line to do it. I'm sure it hasn't helped that I'm not too fabulous at remembering to give them their flouride either!
So, I've chalked this up to another great example of why I should get the Mother of the Year award! I did have my mom call & make Sam an appointment for a checkup though after hearing about Nash! Cross your fingers we don't have a repeat situation!!
On another front, Caleb's ears. That child is duplicating what his sister did and it's driving me insane! We went in for his 2 week post op appointment and his right tube was clogged. Went back in a week later and his right tube was still clogged. Went back in a week later and his right tube was still clogged. Have another appointment next week. Any bets on how that's going to turn out?? ;)
Have a dentist free week!!
Friday, May 8, 2009
Thankful Thursday
Alright, I was going to do my Thankful Thursday last night and then I got sidetracked so I didn't get it done. Better late than never though, right?
*I am thankful for the 18 gallong plastic totes I found on sale at Kmart...they are great for packing stuff in!
*I am thankful for my AWESOME kids & their awesome mother's day presents they can't wait to give me!
*I am thankful for my AWESOME students & their FABULOUS parents! It was teacher appreciation week & I was SPOILED rotten!! I felt so loved!
*I am thankful that for the SECOND time in my TEN YEARS of marriage my husband bought me flowers! That was a shocker!! Happy mother's day to me!!
*I am thankful to be half way done with CRT testing! Only 2 days left & we're done!
*I am thankful for my Relay for Life team. How much fun are we having putting together our yard/craft/bake sale?!
*I am thankful for the AWESOME people I work with and all the support they have given me.
*I am thankful my husband has a job with medical & dental insurance (side bar, I think Nash has a cavity! The first one I've had to deal with..ever. Yes, I'm almost 29 & haven't had a cavity of my own thank you.)
*I am thankful for my family's LACK of the swine flu because heaven only knows that when their's some weird disease out there, we are SURE to get it!
Have a great Mother's Day weekend!
*I am thankful for the 18 gallong plastic totes I found on sale at Kmart...they are great for packing stuff in!
*I am thankful for my AWESOME kids & their awesome mother's day presents they can't wait to give me!
*I am thankful for my AWESOME students & their FABULOUS parents! It was teacher appreciation week & I was SPOILED rotten!! I felt so loved!
*I am thankful that for the SECOND time in my TEN YEARS of marriage my husband bought me flowers! That was a shocker!! Happy mother's day to me!!
*I am thankful to be half way done with CRT testing! Only 2 days left & we're done!
*I am thankful for my Relay for Life team. How much fun are we having putting together our yard/craft/bake sale?!
*I am thankful for the AWESOME people I work with and all the support they have given me.
*I am thankful my husband has a job with medical & dental insurance (side bar, I think Nash has a cavity! The first one I've had to deal with..ever. Yes, I'm almost 29 & haven't had a cavity of my own thank you.)
*I am thankful for my family's LACK of the swine flu because heaven only knows that when their's some weird disease out there, we are SURE to get it!
Have a great Mother's Day weekend!
Friday, May 1, 2009
As promised!
Today my students made Mardi Gras masks. I know, we're off season! But, I do a "This day in history" every day & yesterday was the anniversary of the Louisana Purchase as well as the anniversary of Louisana becoming the 18th state.
My reading group has been reading a book called "Uncle Henry's New Orleans" all week too. I had talked to my reading group about New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Levees, Mardi Gras, etc. and then had them make Mardi Gras masks (just coloring) yesterday. When my homeroom kids came back into class they kept asking me "What are those?" To which I replied, "Mardi Gras masks!" I then got a blank stare & the question "What's Mardi Gras?" So, after our "This day in history" lesson I told the kids I'd let them make Mardi Gras masks of their own today.
They did an AWESOME job & worked so hard on their masks. I had my camera at school so I could take pictures for their Mother's Day project (which I think I'm going to have to redo) so I took their picture in their masks and told them I'd post them on my blog for them to see. So, here they are!
My reading group has been reading a book called "Uncle Henry's New Orleans" all week too. I had talked to my reading group about New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Levees, Mardi Gras, etc. and then had them make Mardi Gras masks (just coloring) yesterday. When my homeroom kids came back into class they kept asking me "What are those?" To which I replied, "Mardi Gras masks!" I then got a blank stare & the question "What's Mardi Gras?" So, after our "This day in history" lesson I told the kids I'd let them make Mardi Gras masks of their own today.
They did an AWESOME job & worked so hard on their masks. I had my camera at school so I could take pictures for their Mother's Day project (which I think I'm going to have to redo) so I took their picture in their masks and told them I'd post them on my blog for them to see. So, here they are!
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