Lots and lots of snow! So much snow, Levi's home evaluation was canceled, school was canceled and Cindy didn't even come over! The snow is all gone now and the forecast is calling for lots of sun (not here yet though) and warm weather. Levi's eval is rescheduled for Thurs the 6th.
Dh and I are going to Branson, MO for my 30th bday. Hope we have lots of fun! :)
Levi's bday party will probably be Easter Sunday (same day as his bday) at the campground. I'm sure there will be activities going on anyway so might as well throw in a birthday cake and a few gifts.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Monday, March 20, 2006
No Mayhem on Mondays
One of the great things of having both kids gone over the weekend is they are mellow on Monday! Levi's happily sitting on the couch sharing bite for bite of his dry chex with Sassy (our dog). He'll take a bite of a square then feed her the other half. Both are happy, both are quiet. Mommy is happy.
Livie is rattling on about her itty bitty splinter in the top of her finger. She keeps saying it don't hurt, that I can't take care of it she'll take care of it when she's bigger. She says she can't wait til it comes out maybe she'll run water over it and that'll make it feel better. LOL She is a very funny little lady, I tell ya! She comes up with the best one liners.
She threw the biggest fit when it was time to leave her favorite grandma's house...er...camper. Yes it's March and they were CAMPING! She had a blast. Her grandma had bought her a nice, healthy box of Coco Puffs. She tearfully informed us that we (mommy, daddy and bebi) canNOT have any. Tearfully because she was so fearful we would rip the box right out of her hands and tear into it and just scarf it all down! However, when I woke up today I thought a nice bowl of coco puffs would hit the spot. So, I asked my loving daughter if mommy could have a bowl of her cereal. Yes! She said yes! What a sweetie.
This morning, when she woke up my face was just a few inches from hers. She leans over and ever softly plants a kiss on my cheek then rubs her cheek back and forth across mine. I don't know how we did it but we have managed, so far, to raise a sweet, loving, polite little girl. Now if we can just get her to share her toys with her brother....
Days is on so I must watch.
Livie is rattling on about her itty bitty splinter in the top of her finger. She keeps saying it don't hurt, that I can't take care of it she'll take care of it when she's bigger. She says she can't wait til it comes out maybe she'll run water over it and that'll make it feel better. LOL She is a very funny little lady, I tell ya! She comes up with the best one liners.
She threw the biggest fit when it was time to leave her favorite grandma's house...er...camper. Yes it's March and they were CAMPING! She had a blast. Her grandma had bought her a nice, healthy box of Coco Puffs. She tearfully informed us that we (mommy, daddy and bebi) canNOT have any. Tearfully because she was so fearful we would rip the box right out of her hands and tear into it and just scarf it all down! However, when I woke up today I thought a nice bowl of coco puffs would hit the spot. So, I asked my loving daughter if mommy could have a bowl of her cereal. Yes! She said yes! What a sweetie.
This morning, when she woke up my face was just a few inches from hers. She leans over and ever softly plants a kiss on my cheek then rubs her cheek back and forth across mine. I don't know how we did it but we have managed, so far, to raise a sweet, loving, polite little girl. Now if we can just get her to share her toys with her brother....
Days is on so I must watch.
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Levi's evaluation
Levi's Evaluation
On Tuesday, Levi's first evaulation starts. It'll be with the state's program Birth to 3. I've been told that it'll be pretty in depth for information. All his surgeries and milestones. I'm excited. I'm really hopeful this will help not only with his physical handicap but his emotional meltdowns he has.
I don't know if I said already but his skull surgery to put in a plaster/metal mesh in the hole is scheduled for April 21.
His second birthday is April 16th. How amazing.
I'm not sure if I even want to go camping this summer. Which is so ironic. Refering back to the earlier post on my camping drama. The woman who called me up ranting like a 4 y/o who's lost her favorite toy....all she had to do was ask me nicely because I had pretty much decided not to do a whole lot of camping this year. Let's just say our camper is not Levi friendly. Or maybe it's Levi isn't camperfriendly? Anayway, I had pretty much decided to only camp when A. I didn't have Levi or B. if we got a safer for toddlers style camper. Option B is not much of an option this year.
Levi's really trying to talk now. It's so amazing. He says "where'd it go" as he hides something then says "THERE it is!" and you can understand him. Almost.
That's it for now. Nothing exciting. Was going to post a picture of him but it's not on this puter.
On Tuesday, Levi's first evaulation starts. It'll be with the state's program Birth to 3. I've been told that it'll be pretty in depth for information. All his surgeries and milestones. I'm excited. I'm really hopeful this will help not only with his physical handicap but his emotional meltdowns he has.
I don't know if I said already but his skull surgery to put in a plaster/metal mesh in the hole is scheduled for April 21.
His second birthday is April 16th. How amazing.
I'm not sure if I even want to go camping this summer. Which is so ironic. Refering back to the earlier post on my camping drama. The woman who called me up ranting like a 4 y/o who's lost her favorite toy....all she had to do was ask me nicely because I had pretty much decided not to do a whole lot of camping this year. Let's just say our camper is not Levi friendly. Or maybe it's Levi isn't camperfriendly? Anayway, I had pretty much decided to only camp when A. I didn't have Levi or B. if we got a safer for toddlers style camper. Option B is not much of an option this year.
Levi's really trying to talk now. It's so amazing. He says "where'd it go" as he hides something then says "THERE it is!" and you can understand him. Almost.
That's it for now. Nothing exciting. Was going to post a picture of him but it's not on this puter.
Sunday, March 12, 2006
feeling better
feeling better lol
I just had to vent last night. Writing always makes me feel better. Til dh got home and we discussed it at great length. We've decided to not camp alot this year for many reasons. We're going to use the money first of all to get a pool installed. It'll be outside of our regular fenced in play yard and have it's own secure TALL fence around it. I think I'd much rather have a swimming pool than go camping all summer.
Besides, the way our camper is set up on the inside it's too dangerous for Levi at his age. The bed is high up and we have to climb these high steps to get to it and it's just too much for him/me this year. I don't know how I could keep him from climbing them and I'd worry about him rolling out and down those stairs so this year we're going to only camp once in awhile. Probably when Levi is at his grandparents.
It's so odd that the older I get the more fair I want to be, how fair I expect others to be and yet at the same time I realize more and more how UNfair the world it. How people are just out for themselves.
Dh was wanting to offer money to this other person for that camping spot and I said I'd be even more ticked about it then if they accepted it because that's just plain rude! I wouldn't make anyone pay me to do something nice for them especially if it an obvious safety issue or more of a convenience for them (than me). You just DO things. You shouldn't be paid to do them.
Well Liv's home from staying with her grandma. ttyl!
I just had to vent last night. Writing always makes me feel better. Til dh got home and we discussed it at great length. We've decided to not camp alot this year for many reasons. We're going to use the money first of all to get a pool installed. It'll be outside of our regular fenced in play yard and have it's own secure TALL fence around it. I think I'd much rather have a swimming pool than go camping all summer.
Besides, the way our camper is set up on the inside it's too dangerous for Levi at his age. The bed is high up and we have to climb these high steps to get to it and it's just too much for him/me this year. I don't know how I could keep him from climbing them and I'd worry about him rolling out and down those stairs so this year we're going to only camp once in awhile. Probably when Levi is at his grandparents.
It's so odd that the older I get the more fair I want to be, how fair I expect others to be and yet at the same time I realize more and more how UNfair the world it. How people are just out for themselves.
Dh was wanting to offer money to this other person for that camping spot and I said I'd be even more ticked about it then if they accepted it because that's just plain rude! I wouldn't make anyone pay me to do something nice for them especially if it an obvious safety issue or more of a convenience for them (than me). You just DO things. You shouldn't be paid to do them.
Well Liv's home from staying with her grandma. ttyl!
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Utterfly Aggravated
Saturday, March 11, 2006
ARGH I'm so utterly aggravated! We do alot of camping every summer. Many of our family members do. We reserved the best spot for out family already. It's away from any roads, it's directly behind the playground and near where the rest of my family camps without having to cross any roads. Now, when you have a 4 year old and a 2 year old this is THE perfect spot! Well, get a call tonight that the host (who is the one who promised us this spot) told her daughter she could have it. Now this daughter's camper sat there all last summer and was seldom used. I mean like less than half a dozen times whereas we spent about 3/4 of the summer there. So I call the daughter back and try to reason with her and point out to her there are other spots that would work fine for her. When I told her why I wanted that spot she said she wanted her for her son for the same reason. He is like SEVEN or so. They can still camp in another spot that doesn't require him crossing any roads. He would have to walk back behind their camper and go out of his way (I know I know he's 7 "out of his way" is generally debatable) to get into the road. For him to visit the host or the campground he'd just have to walk a few yards from this other spot. So then she admits she wants that spot for the shade. Well HELLO! The spot I want is NOT shady during the day just late afternoon evening. The other spot I suggested to her is shady during the day and the sun shines on the BACKSIDE of the camper in the afternoon/evening. What a bunch of bull. So much for people looking out for each other. So much for family taking care of each other. Just totally blows my mind that people would do that to each other. Say one thing then just do the complete opposite without so much as a sincere apology. But then again this person hasn't been happy with much anytime I've seen her. She's always pissed off at the world. What a way to live life.
Actually now I feel better. I don't feel better at her expense. I mean, I'm not happy that she's so unhappy with life. I'm happy because thinking about how unhappy she is makes me realize how lucky I am to be this happy with my life overall. Some people might tick me off, but it'll pass. I'll forget about it and go on being happy. I already found a really interesting campground not too far away nor expensive. Close to dh's work, close to my in laws and close to where my mom spends a lot of time in the summer. There are tons of activities and it just looks like a really great place to spend the summer. It's kind of far from my best friend's house but I couldn't find anything in our home area and still be close to dh's work. I figure I'll spend like 3 days a week at home to sew and take care of business and spend fri-mon/tues at the campground. I'm feeling even MORE better now. I think it'll work. If something changes at the closer to my house campground then maybe we'll spend the last part of summer there or something but for now I think it's going to be a very enjoyable summer!
ARGH I'm so utterly aggravated! We do alot of camping every summer. Many of our family members do. We reserved the best spot for out family already. It's away from any roads, it's directly behind the playground and near where the rest of my family camps without having to cross any roads. Now, when you have a 4 year old and a 2 year old this is THE perfect spot! Well, get a call tonight that the host (who is the one who promised us this spot) told her daughter she could have it. Now this daughter's camper sat there all last summer and was seldom used. I mean like less than half a dozen times whereas we spent about 3/4 of the summer there. So I call the daughter back and try to reason with her and point out to her there are other spots that would work fine for her. When I told her why I wanted that spot she said she wanted her for her son for the same reason. He is like SEVEN or so. They can still camp in another spot that doesn't require him crossing any roads. He would have to walk back behind their camper and go out of his way (I know I know he's 7 "out of his way" is generally debatable) to get into the road. For him to visit the host or the campground he'd just have to walk a few yards from this other spot. So then she admits she wants that spot for the shade. Well HELLO! The spot I want is NOT shady during the day just late afternoon evening. The other spot I suggested to her is shady during the day and the sun shines on the BACKSIDE of the camper in the afternoon/evening. What a bunch of bull. So much for people looking out for each other. So much for family taking care of each other. Just totally blows my mind that people would do that to each other. Say one thing then just do the complete opposite without so much as a sincere apology. But then again this person hasn't been happy with much anytime I've seen her. She's always pissed off at the world. What a way to live life.
Actually now I feel better. I don't feel better at her expense. I mean, I'm not happy that she's so unhappy with life. I'm happy because thinking about how unhappy she is makes me realize how lucky I am to be this happy with my life overall. Some people might tick me off, but it'll pass. I'll forget about it and go on being happy. I already found a really interesting campground not too far away nor expensive. Close to dh's work, close to my in laws and close to where my mom spends a lot of time in the summer. There are tons of activities and it just looks like a really great place to spend the summer. It's kind of far from my best friend's house but I couldn't find anything in our home area and still be close to dh's work. I figure I'll spend like 3 days a week at home to sew and take care of business and spend fri-mon/tues at the campground. I'm feeling even MORE better now. I think it'll work. If something changes at the closer to my house campground then maybe we'll spend the last part of summer there or something but for now I think it's going to be a very enjoyable summer!
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