Not sure what it was...

Parker had an all out fit at my Mom's house yesterday. He did not want to go in. When Bobby picked him up and took him in, he cried most of the time. He kept asking to leave and saying he didn't like it there. We went there so I could borrow my moms van for my appointment tomorrow. Here is what I'm thinking....

*Her house is by the mall and that's where he really wanted to go.
*He has a runny nose, maybe it's because he doesn't feel well.
*Maybe it's because we haven't been out all week and he wanted to do something fun.
*He could be afraid that her little dog will scratch him.

Who knows. I have to be honest that my Moms house is not the most exciting place. I've left some toys there but nothing he's that thrilled over. I'm worried about tomorrow because I have to run my Mom around and take Parker out of school early. What if he does this again? I feel bad for my Mom too. She just wants to make him happy and he really wants to just go go go.

I love my Mom but I always get stressed running her around. She's never happy on payday and is grumpy. I think Parker probably feels that too and my stress. Here's hoping it goes well.

Sugar cookies...

Tomorrow Molly and I are going to make sugar cookies while Parker is at school. I don't make them very often because they are kind of a pain. Today my Mom gave me some cute cookie cutters that someone gave her. Molly is really excited about it. Some of them are metal and old fashioned. Those ones are my favorite. I might make some powdered sugar frosting too. I wonder how long it will set without hardening? Parker has a cool monster truck cookie cutter that I got on eBay. I think he'll be happy to come home to a couple monster truck cookies. I doubt he'll eat them, but he'll like to look at them. I really need to involve him in cooking more often. His OT thinks it may help him with his eating. She also thinking he may put some of it into his mouth while playing with food. Here's hoping!

"Love me"

That's what Parker says to me at night when I come in to say goodnight. He wants me to hug him and kiss him and cuddle him. To me, it's the most precious thing in the world. He brings me so much joy. He's lucky I don't lay there all night and cuddle him. When he was about 3, I'd tell my Mom that I wondered if Parker knew what I was saying when I said I love you to him. She said that everyone understands love. I thought that was the sweetest thing ever. It's really stuck with me. Now he says I love you back, when I say I love you first. He doesn't usually initiate it but I feel it. Molly is super loving also. She is getting to the age where it's not cool to cuddle that much. I miss her being little sometimes. She's always been independent and it's hard for me as she gets older. Today she wanted to borrow my nail polish, asked if she could have my mirror for her room and wanted to curl her hair. What is happening here? I feel the teenage years creeping up on me. She really is the best girl though. She has her moments but she is really kind hearted, compassionate and precious. I am so thankful to God for both my wonderful kids. I'm sorry, I had to get a little sappy.

My kitchen, a tour.....

After looking at http://danielsprogress.blogspot.com/ Julie's kitchen post, I wanted to do my own. I took these pictures this morning. Unfortunately my kitchen isn't as interesting as her, and I couldn't add numbers. I had to draw the numbers in. (crud, the numbers did show up)

Ok, here goes.

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Here is what it looks like when you enter through the livingroom.

The only thing interesting about this picture is the blue tub on the chair. That holds Parker's ABA binder and work.

pic#2
Here is another view of the kichen, mostly the table and fridge. If you look around the fridge you can see our garbage can. How exciting. On the recycling bin I drew a cow and wrote, "recyling only". I don't think you can see that though. This is hard to post this and look back at the picture.



pic#3
Here is a pic of the fridge and then sink. I really need to clean off the top of my fridge. It is a pet peave of mine but I have a hard time thinking of where to put everything. You can see our potatoes by the fridge. I always forget to use them and they just sit there. See my curtains, my sister made them for me. They have cows roming in a feild on them. It was so sweet of her, I love them.


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Here is the sink and the dirty dishes. You can also see our small fishtank that I just cleaned. Also you see my cookie cutters, tiny shopping cart and decorations over my sink. On the other counter is the container of brownies I just made.


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Here is the side counter. You can see a closer look at my brownies. You also get a better look at the dirty dishes. Boring....


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Here is a pic of the dishwasher, oven and bakers rack. Notice my clean/dirty cow magnet on the dishwasher. I never use it but I like it. See my cow teapot on the bakers rack?


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Here is the last picture. It shows the entry into the bathroom. I shows my lovely cow spot broom that I have. Everyone should have one. You also see my cow print plastic bag holder, more of a decoration than something useful. I always forget I have bags in there, lol.

We caught the pool popper!

The landlord brought over a trap yesterday. Before we caught the racoon we caught the neighbors mean cat and then our cat Jack. We finally decided not to set the trap until evening. We woke up this morning and looked at the door. Inside the trap was a big fat racoon. He is actually pretty cute. I'll be glad to see him gone though. I can't wait to call the landlord later!

Milk, milk, lemonade..... and other embarrassing things....

Today I was waiting for the husband of a friend of mine from our church. He was going to give Molly and I a ride to the disabilities group for parents. While I was waiting for him, I was playing with the cats with the laser light. Bobby was teasing me so I started pointing the laser light at him so the cats would climb on him. Then I put the light where his nipple should be on his shirt and started to say the saying, "milk, milk, lemonade...." (well, you know the rest) and I heard a knock. The lady's husband from church was at the door and he could see in the window that I had the laser light pointed at my husbands nipple! Lol! I was so embarrassed. When I heard them make a joke later about some art with a topless woman on it, I told them about how I was glad they had a good sense of humor. I told them how I was embarrassed when my friends husband saw me through the window. He said he didn't even see what I was doing. I just totally outed myself in front of everyone and then had to tell them about the, "Milk, milk, lemonade" saying. I never know when to shut my mouth but they thought it was really funny anyways.

The kids sure are squirrley today!

Made a list for Molly last night...

I'm tired of hearing, "there is nothing to do". I made a huge list of things for her to do when she's bored. I hope that helps her. There used to be a summer fun program that was free, but not it costs a lot. A lot of her friends have moved also, so she mostly just plays with the neighborhood girls. Some of them are pretty hyper and wearing on my nerves, lol. It's only 8:50 and I've gotten a lot done already. That makes me happy. I called Parker's school this morning to see how he's been doing. They said he's been doing great except for yesterday. I guess the girl that rides with him to school got a little loud. He mostly plugged his ears the whole way to school. I hope he doesn't do it in anticipation of it from now on. I guess I'll have to ask when he drops him off. I know it doesn't kill him, but it stinks that he has to go through that. He plugs his ears on a regular school bus also because he doesn't like the sound of the cb's. I guess I'm going to have to get used to the ear plugging and hope it lessens as he gets older.