This next week is going to be pretty hectic. I'm getting the Jeep fixed, Bobby's car fixed, school clothes shopping and Molly's birthday. Oh, I forgot also, tomorrow is the towns yard sale and I'm having one. I feel like I'm biting off more than I can chew right now. I have to shop for the kids school clothes, Mollys presents and the stuff for the party, all in the same day!And I have to get my books for College! Yikes!
I have Molly's party pretty much planned, it's just a lot to prepare for that day. I'm hoping I can make some of the things the night before and have them still be good the next day.
Right now I'm trashing Parker's room, finding stuff for the yard sale. He keeps finding things he has to have, that he hasn't seen in a while. That's fun, lol. Sorry I'm rambling, but I have a lot on my mind. Here's hoping this next week goes smoothly!
Friday, August 15, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
My day....
Yesterday turned out to be a really good day.
I got a really nice comforter set from Freecycle. I got my Jeep looked at and found out that it won't take long to fix it. We went to the library and got some good books. I'm reading "An Elephant in the playroom" by Denise Brodey. It's for parents of children with special needs. It's about how it affects their lives. It's really good so far. We also moved our table from the living room into the kitchen. It is big and lets us all have our own space. We had a great dinner too. We had french dip sandwiches and zucchini.
The only bad thing is that Parker hasn't been eating well again. I'm not sure how he's feeling. I hope he's not getting sick. Poor guy.
I woke up this morning happy because I had my clothes laid out, the house was clean and I have some good books to read. Here's hoping Parker feels better today. Oh yeah, and his OT is coming today. That is always nice to learn new things to help him. It's also one of his ABA workers last day. I'm really sad because I really liked her. She had a lot of knowledge and experience and I could tell she truly liked Parker. Why do all the good ones have to leave!! I'm going to miss having her around. Molly and I are going to make cupcakes for her.
I hope everyone has a nice day!
I got a really nice comforter set from Freecycle. I got my Jeep looked at and found out that it won't take long to fix it. We went to the library and got some good books. I'm reading "An Elephant in the playroom" by Denise Brodey. It's for parents of children with special needs. It's about how it affects their lives. It's really good so far. We also moved our table from the living room into the kitchen. It is big and lets us all have our own space. We had a great dinner too. We had french dip sandwiches and zucchini.
The only bad thing is that Parker hasn't been eating well again. I'm not sure how he's feeling. I hope he's not getting sick. Poor guy.
I woke up this morning happy because I had my clothes laid out, the house was clean and I have some good books to read. Here's hoping Parker feels better today. Oh yeah, and his OT is coming today. That is always nice to learn new things to help him. It's also one of his ABA workers last day. I'm really sad because I really liked her. She had a lot of knowledge and experience and I could tell she truly liked Parker. Why do all the good ones have to leave!! I'm going to miss having her around. Molly and I are going to make cupcakes for her.
I hope everyone has a nice day!
I got an award!
I got an award from Julie over at http://danielsprogress.blogspot.com/2008/08/award.html ! That was so sweet of her!
Here are the "rules":
1. The winner can put the logo on their blog.
2. Link to the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs you’ve nominated.
Wow! Now it's my turn! I'm going to nominate...(I'd nominate it right back to Julie if I could)
My sister, at http://mom2plus3.blogspot.com/ . She doesn't get a lot of time to blog, but I hope she can do it more.
My cousin at http://www.tsblogs.com/cheaperthantherapy/ . She has the best pictures and funny stories.
To Mommy dearest at http://mommydearest1514.blogspot.com/ . She has a great sense of humor. She also is very real about what's going on in her life. Love the blog!
To Kristi at http://autismblessingschallenges.blogspot.com/ . I really enjoy reading her blog and hearing about her son. It's nice to know there are other Moms out there going through the same thing.
To Betsy at http://myfivemen.blogspot.com/ . She has great pictures, recipes and insight. I love hearing about her boys and she has a great positive attitude! It keeps me in check!
To Brandy at http://brandysblurbs.blogspot.com/2008/08/enlightened-perspective.html .
I really like her perspective on things!
To Bonnie at http://letitbeautism.blogspot.com/2008/08/nine-cold-hard-weight-loss-truths.html . I really enjoy her blog and I like hearing about all her sons cool interests.
Whew, I'm finally done! Yay!
Here are the "rules":
1. The winner can put the logo on their blog.
2. Link to the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs you’ve nominated.
Wow! Now it's my turn! I'm going to nominate...(I'd nominate it right back to Julie if I could)
My sister, at http://mom2plus3.blogspot.com/ . She doesn't get a lot of time to blog, but I hope she can do it more.
My cousin at http://www.tsblogs.com/cheaperthantherapy/ . She has the best pictures and funny stories.
To Mommy dearest at http://mommydearest1514.blogspot.com/ . She has a great sense of humor. She also is very real about what's going on in her life. Love the blog!
To Kristi at http://autismblessingschallenges.blogspot.com/ . I really enjoy reading her blog and hearing about her son. It's nice to know there are other Moms out there going through the same thing.
To Betsy at http://myfivemen.blogspot.com/ . She has great pictures, recipes and insight. I love hearing about her boys and she has a great positive attitude! It keeps me in check!
To Brandy at http://brandysblurbs.blogspot.com/2008/08/enlightened-perspective.html .
I really like her perspective on things!
To Bonnie at http://letitbeautism.blogspot.com/2008/08/nine-cold-hard-weight-loss-truths.html . I really enjoy her blog and I like hearing about all her sons cool interests.
Whew, I'm finally done! Yay!
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Special exposure Wednesday #4
Sitting with Pepper!
I took this one the other day. I thought it was really cute because Pepper mostly only sits on my lap. It's rare that Parker will sit long enough for her to get up there.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Long day....
Today seemed to drag on, mostly because I'm tired, I think. Last night Bobby and I fell asleep on the recliners. We woke up around 1:00am. I had two cats on me, making me all sweaty. I took a shower at one in the morning. Then Parker decided he would wake up early today. Normally he sleeps in a little longer. So, I've been dragging today.
One nice thing was that Molly and I started to make her pinata for her birthday party with paper mache. We only have one layer on right now. We are going to try and make it look like a tea pot. I think this will be a really neat birthday for her because we are making everything ourselves.
After Bobby got home I went to the store. It was nice to go with just Molly, besides the fact that she asked for everything. Why do kids always have to do that? We got stuff for Bobby to make chili cheese burritos, yum yum! We also have chips and artichoke dip.
I will be really glad when bedtime comes around. Parker was a little cranky today too. Maybe the fair wore us out on Sunday. Oh well, I think I'll convince Bobby to play some rummy after dinner. I hope everyone had a nice day!
One nice thing was that Molly and I started to make her pinata for her birthday party with paper mache. We only have one layer on right now. We are going to try and make it look like a tea pot. I think this will be a really neat birthday for her because we are making everything ourselves.
After Bobby got home I went to the store. It was nice to go with just Molly, besides the fact that she asked for everything. Why do kids always have to do that? We got stuff for Bobby to make chili cheese burritos, yum yum! We also have chips and artichoke dip.
I will be really glad when bedtime comes around. Parker was a little cranky today too. Maybe the fair wore us out on Sunday. Oh well, I think I'll convince Bobby to play some rummy after dinner. I hope everyone had a nice day!
Went to the fair!
It was a lot of fun! We went with my sister and her family. We didn't see her much because she did more adult things and we had to do kid things. We had so much fun seeing the kids having so much fun! Parker wanted to ride almost every ride and just smiled with joy! Molly had a really great time too! Parker is finally big enough to ride some of the bigger rides with her. Bobby and I didn't ride any rides this year because the prices were outrages. 25 dollars for one arm band!
On a happier note, Parker was incredibly brave! He went in the barns with us to look at the animals! He hasn't done that for the last two years! I was so so proud of him! He didn't even plug his ears when we went to see the goats! What a brave boy!
My two favorite parts were standing on the merry go round with Parker and eating on the grass. The benches and tables were all full so we ate on the grass under some trees. We even got a funnell cake for Molly and I to share. It was really nice. Parker ate a huge hot dog! That was even good for him! All in all, it was a really great day!
Oh yeah, one more thing. We decided to take Parker's stroller to make life easier and it was really nice. We even snuck in some drinks at the bottom of it. You'll notice that almost every pic I took of Parker was the back of his head, lol. Those rides went so fast I could barely get a picture. (Plus, he rarely looks at the camera)
Here are some pics:
On a happier note, Parker was incredibly brave! He went in the barns with us to look at the animals! He hasn't done that for the last two years! I was so so proud of him! He didn't even plug his ears when we went to see the goats! What a brave boy!
My two favorite parts were standing on the merry go round with Parker and eating on the grass. The benches and tables were all full so we ate on the grass under some trees. We even got a funnell cake for Molly and I to share. It was really nice. Parker ate a huge hot dog! That was even good for him! All in all, it was a really great day!
Oh yeah, one more thing. We decided to take Parker's stroller to make life easier and it was really nice. We even snuck in some drinks at the bottom of it. You'll notice that almost every pic I took of Parker was the back of his head, lol. Those rides went so fast I could barely get a picture. (Plus, he rarely looks at the camera)
Here are some pics:
Saturday, August 9, 2008
My beautiful girl!
Here are some pics from the talent contest tonight! She didn't win, but she did really awesome! The girls that won were twins that wrote their own song & music and played the guitar. They were really good. I was so proud of Molly. She was so brave, sang and danced great and looked so pretty!
Molly and her Dad before the contest: (lol, Bobby looks a little ackward, lol)
Showing off her beautiful hair that her cousin Mandy did!
On stage:
Sitting at our table:
And posing with her flowers!
Molly and her Dad before the contest: (lol, Bobby looks a little ackward, lol)
Showing off her beautiful hair that her cousin Mandy did!
On stage:
Sitting at our table:
And posing with her flowers!
Friday, August 8, 2008
Fender bender
Can you believe that someone ran into the back of me today! Darn! I was trying to get off an exit, but I couldn't and was still in a little half lane because it was rush hour. She thought I was going and tried to go around me fast and hit my bumper and back light. Thankfully no one was hurt. Her car, a nice 2006, was spurting some kind of fluid. I'm glad mine was still drivable. She had to call a tow truck. I'm so glad I had a nice big Jeep instead of a small car. It could have really crunched it up. I was shaking like a leaf when I got out to talk to her. She was really nice and not even that upset about the whole thing. She said she was sorry and we exchanged info. What a day.
I also spent half the day looking for an outfit for Molly to wear to her contest tomorrow night. We finally found a shirt, skirt and shoes to match. We also spray painted a bed that Molly got for free and it looks really nice. I can't wait to put it together tomorrow later and set it up. Molly has been wanting a different bed for a long time. I found it on Freecycle. It's a really great site. I'm selling her old bed on Craigslist. I told her we'd take the money and buy some more school clothes. Someone is coming to look at it tomorrow. What a day, whew!
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