July 30, 2007

Posted on July 31, 2007 by threescurvydogs

Banana split night and scenes from the bounce house!

The other night we decided to treat the boys to an easy dinner of BBQ sausage and some fresh green beans from our garden and then banana splits for dessert. They loved it and it was easy for us as well. In the summer I just feel like I don’t want to cook anything and by the time I’m inspired and we are all inside again, it’s way too late to start. So, the easier the better. These are the times I wish we could afford to do Dream Dinners and have that convenience, but we can’t…so oh well!

I got to go out to lunch with my dad today while my mom stayed with the napping children. We went to Isla Bonita and I got fajitas (as I always do when I’m there) that I will be paying for in gastric distress tomorrow. It was great to be able to hang out with my dad and chat about life without all the distractions. Hoping we can do it at least monthly.

I gave the kids a choice today of either setting up the tent to play in or setting up the bounce house. As you can see, they picked the bounce house and bounced until they couldn’t bounce anymore. With the weather staying nice, we can keep it set up for a couple more days. This is always a treat in the summer.

The garden is mass producing carrots, green beans and snap peas. It’s amazing to see the little ones in the rows of peas eating them non stop and begging for me to pull some carrots and wash them off immediately for them to devour. And it’s such a fight to get them to eat veggies sometimes at regular meals…

Holly and Gabe came by for a bit tonight to hang out, the kids watched the “Free To Be You and Me” DVD that we got from the library. Amazing that the show I watched 30 years ago is still a hit with 4 year olds today. They absolutely love it and it’s fun to watch again after all these years. Funny video link of the boys dancing to the Hampster Dance card I bought for Nathan…Nate, now you see why the card never made it to you. Gotta love Trey’s hillbilly dance, too!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1452002318284192796&pr=goog-sl

July 29, 2007

Posted on July 30, 2007 by threescurvydogs

Started the day like we do most Sundays….coffee at the Bakery with Margaret! It was fun, the boys know our routine and love going to the “pull-apart house” to get, you guessed it, pull-aparts and juice while Mamas get their morning coffee.

We had a real treat today and went on a blueberry picking adventure with Holly and Gabe. It was super fun, the boys were great in the car (Levi rode down with Holly and Gabe) and really helped with bluberry picking and we came home with a couple big bags full. Hoping to make a pie or some jam or who knows what. If you have any great bluberry ideas, please pass them along.

Came home and the boys are hanging out awhile before bedtime and I’m heading out to do the weekly grocery shopping. Tomorrow Levi starts Future Stars camp and Carlos has speech therapy…another Monday!

July 28, 2007

Posted on July 28, 2007 by threescurvydogs

It’s hard to tell from this picture…but that’s Trey’s arm after falling into some nettles at Nana and Papa’s house. He got stung everywhere, even a couple on his chest and leg. Poor baby. He is fine, got some Cortisone cream on it and that stopped the stinging, then some Benadryl onboard to bring the swelling down. Let’s hope after nap he’s feeling better.

We took the boys into Home Depot today and then out to lunch in Poulsbo. The boys did very well and are, for the most part, behaving. We stopped by Nana and Papa’s house to put together a playstructure they got while the boys played for awhile. Came home and all are taking naps…it’s been a nice, mellow day. Much needed.

July 27, 2007

Posted on July 28, 2007 by threescurvydogs

So there are times in a mom’s life when it seems that you are a complete failure. That came on Thursday for me…it was the last day of gymnastics camp for the boys and Alice and Nana and I went for the “performance”. All the kids were doing the movements to the song they had been rehearsing EXCEPT for my boys. No, seriously, it was only them who were misbehaving. I have video to prove it. Check the boys in the bottom right corner of the video, there are two parts. At one point I thought Levi was going to redeem himself, but that was wishful thinking.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-578683871016223987&pr=goog-sl

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6374155515528412654&pr=goog-sl

We had a long talk with the boys, they seemed to think it was hilarious to not listen to the teachers. We were not amused. They got a chance to redeem themselves at soccer today and did a great job, best ever, and listened to the coaches and did all the drills perfectly. There is hope….

Carlos had a doctor appt today (just a 3 year old check up) and he is now in the 5th percentile for height and the 9th for weight. Grow, grow, grow dude! At this rate he will be about 5′ 1″ tall when he is 20 years old compared to Trey’s 6′ 6″!

Nathan wants to me tell you all that he stopped in the other night for a ride in the new minivan….there ya go, there’s your shout out!

This weekend will bring some house cleaning and tidying, it’s a pit again and I just can’t live like this. So much clutter.

July 25, 2007

Posted on July 26, 2007 by threescurvydogs

So we’re struggling with Carlos….his speech lady, “B” has left Harrison to take a job with the school district and Carlos is refusing to talk during speech therapy with the new therapist. He adores “B”, the whole drive over to Harrison today he kept saying he wanted to see her and that he was sad and missed her. I’m at a loss for what to do, I would give anything to be able to pay “B” myself to do private lessons! So I’ll keep taking Carlos to Harrison each Wednesday in hopes that he’ll start talking during his session. Arrghh, he’s such a sensitive and stubborn boy. He holds his speech therapists in such a high space…just the other day he was playing again with Levi and told Levi “ok, now you be El Chupacabra and I’ll be “B”!” For those of you who don’t know who El Chupacabra is…it’s kind of the Mexican version of the Big Foot but more lizard like (thank you Scooby Doo and the Monster of Mexico for that one).

Speaking of Carlos, he was so funny at the Gap today. He was looking at the pajamas and found some on clearance that had alligators on them and wanted them so badly. I told him to call Mama Dee (yeah, I passed the buck!) and ask if she would give him money to buy them and of course she said yes. We got each of the boys a new pair of jammies, Carlos picked them all out himself.

For the first time ever, we had Abby (one of our former softball players) come and watch Levi and Trey while I took Carlos to speech. It was great, although they didn’t nap. We hope to have her come hang out with the boys again real soon! It’s great for them and for us, too. Hell, we may even get to a movie sometime in the near future!

July 23, 2007

Posted on July 23, 2007 by threescurvydogs

So today is a pretty big day for Dee and I….we get to become official “domestic partners” recognized by the state of Washington. We didn’t make the trek to Olympia, but we have filled out the paperwork and had it notarized and mailed in. It doesn’t give us too much more than what we have now, but it’s a step in the right direction. It’s all fairly legal and morbid but important all the same.

The rights granted to registered domestic partners include:
• Visitation rights at health care facilities.
• Ability to grant consent for health care for a partner who is not competent. Health care providers could disclose patient information to the patient’s partner.
• Automatic revocation of a domestic partner as the beneficiary for nonprobate assets if the partnership ends.
• Automatic revocation of power of attorney granted to a domestic partner if the partnership ends.
• Title and rights to cemetery plots and rights of interment.
• Right to control disposition of a deceased partner’s remains, including right to make anatomical gifts, authorize autopsies and consent to remove partner’s remains from a cemetery plot.
• Inheritance rights when the domestic partner dies without a will.
• Administration of an estate if the domestic partner dies without a will or if the named representative declines or is unable to serve.
• Making domestic partners beneficiaries of wrongful-death actions. Lawsuits for wrongful death could be brought on behalf of a surviving domestic partner.
• Requiring that information recorded on death certificates include domestic partnership status.

July 22, 2007

Posted on July 23, 2007 by threescurvydogs

Yesterday I got to spend the day on my own without kids! It was great, my mom and I had a great time shopping and even met up with Holly for lunch out. Dee took the boys over to Patti and Jeannie’s to play in the shop. They had a blast, and jumped in puddles, went to the dump and worked on their tool bench.

Today we did our Sunday morning coffee…I love that. We met Margaret for coffee and Mary and Alice came too. I did my grocery shopping while the boys took their naps and then we headed out to the Eleven Winery for a concert with Holly. We made the boys “groupie” shirts and they were so happy. Carlos even said, “It’s Holly on my shirt, thank you so much mama” and he and Levi wore their shirts to bed with their pajama bottoms.

Here are some pics from the weekend….

July 20, 2007

Posted on July 21, 2007 by threescurvydogs

Five years ago today…..Dee and I were in Las Vegas with 40 of our friends and family getting married at the Viva Las Vegas Chapel. I can’t believe it’s been 5 years, sometimes we can barely remember life before the boys! We can’t wait for another trip down there (without the little ones).

Dee’s gift to me is a day to myself…she’s going to take the boys to the shop to work with her and Patti and I am going to Silverdale to shop and hang out with my mom. It’ll be great to spend some time with her, without anyone needing something! The boys are going to have the best time at the shop, no worries there.

July 19, 2007

Posted on July 20, 2007 by threescurvydogs

We had a new little one for the last two days, she’s a sweet girl for sure and we were helping out another foster parent. Trey is funny about her, kinda jealous of someone his age hanging around. He never seems to get upset with babies or older kids. I figure it’s only one day…he’ll get over it!

We are also in the process of making some visual aides for Levi for around the house. The first is a visual counter to count down the time before events happen (like how much time he has to help clean up before we leave the house). The next I have to make is the daily schedule so he knows what will be happening when. We’ll also make up a rewards chart for each boy and work on that. Seems like we have many battles now that it’s summertime and there is less structure.

Tomorrow will be BUSY…soccer practice for Levi and Carlos, Trey’s getting his 2 year old portraits taken and then we have an ice cream social for Terry (the placement person at DSHS who has also been very good to us!) at DSHS in the afternoon.

We are also talking about going on another walk in the Grand Forest tonight and having Levi and Carlos in a harness until we can be sure that they can prove they won’t run away. Trying to make a point here and show them the seriousness of it all. Carlos is still upset, and the poor guy even woke up last night scared and wanting mama….he gets it. Levi needs a little more talk about it before it sinks in.

Posted on July 19, 2007 by threescurvydogs

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