Levi’s quote for the day “I hae fireman balls coming out of my fingers”
Yeah, I think the translation would be “I have fireballs coming out of my fingers”
Funny stuff.
Out of the Mouths of Babes
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Monthly Archives: September 2007
Football Sunday
Football Sunday is a tradition at our house…the boys get their jerseys on and watch the Seahawks game. They love it! The picture of Levi and Carlos was so sweet, they had their arms around eachother and were showing the love, THEN it turned into a wrestling match. That’s usually how it happens around here.
This weekend was laid back AND very productive. I made 15 meals for the freezer for us to have at a later date, we brought up the bins of fall clothes for the boys and tried them all on and kept out what fit (BIG job) and the boys made muffins to take for snack at school tomorrow.
Tomorrow’s the big day for Carlos, first day of preschool. Hoping it’s not too traumatic and he gets on the bus and has a great time. Levi loves it, so hoping Carlos will be jazzed about it, too. We’ll take lots of pictures!
The Grand Forest Revisited
If you’ve kept up with the blog you will remember our last trip to the Grand Forest. It wasn’t good. We told Levi and Carlos that the next time they had to earn back our trust and so they were on leashes for the first half of the walk. They weren’t too happy about it. Carlos suggested that he hold his own leash, HA! You’ll see in the first picture that Trey was crying…he wanted a leash, too. He didn’t realize that he was being rewarded for not running away, he just wanted to be like his big brothers.
We had a nice lunch with Nana and Papa, and a great walk, too. The forest is so quiet and peaceful, even with our boys in it. It’ll be something we do again for sure.
The boys were exhaused from the night before (they didn’t get much sleep) and crashed at naptime. Dee did, too! I stayed up and worked on making some freezer meals. Got 9 done so I felt good about that. Anything I can do to get a little ahead for the week is good.
Got out the bins of fall/winter clothes and started the agonizing process of trying them on. Hate to say but I only got through 1 bin….more to try on tomorrow for sure. They hate it, we hate it but it has to be done.
TGIF
The first picture is great….Carolyn was watching the boys and sent it to our cell phone with the text message “everything’s under control”. HA! She was nice enough to hang out with the boys tonight while we got to have dinner at the Pub with Alisa and Holly to celebrate Holly’s birthday. What a fun, relaxing evening for sure! Well, no night out is without drama and Dee and I are still fighting Carlos to get him to sleep and it’s almost 11:30. He’ll crash eventually, right?
If it's not one, it's another
Thought the pirate pictures would look good with the new blog layout, but this picture is also a perfect depiction of Carlos and how he has been today. I think he’s nervous about starting preschool and he’s just been acting out a ton. He can be the most amazing, kind, caring, sensitive, thoughtful little guy and then on the other hand he can be SO tough. When he’s tough, he’s a total pirate and just wants to battle and battle and battle….sure, he stops and takes a nap, but once he’s up again he’s ready for battle. It’s exhausting. I’m hoping school will wear him out a little and get him some added boundaries that he so desparately needs.
Anyhow, we had fun today…Jefferson and his baby brother Kristian were here today, as well as Alice. We played in the morning, Levi went to school (yes, he ate and got dressed this morning!) and Alice went in the afternoon. After nap we made some killer chocolate chip/macadamia cookies from scratch and then went outside to run off some energy and calories.
Tomorrow Carlos has to get a shot (eeeew) to be up to date for school Monday, then Nana’s gonna watch the guys while Dee and I go to Carlos’ IEP meeting at the school. Should be interesting to hear the professional’s take on our little guy. My mom got it just right, he’s a real life imp…definition “An imp is a mythological being similar to a fairy or demon, frequently described in folklore and superstition. Imps are usually described as mischievous more than seriously threatening. They are usually described as lively and having small stature.”
Uh yeah…bring on the storm
So most “first day of school” pictures are a sweet shot of the kids posed by the front step with their backpack on but here’s a Field-Bennett family first day of school picture. At first glance it looks as if Levi is upset about going to school. Your heart breaks for the little guy. Well, if you think that, you are wrong. He couldn’t wait to go back to school. If you look a little closer you will notice that our eldest son is still in his pajamas with his coat on. Yes, young Levi decided to spend an hour at the breakfast table this morning goofing around instead of eating breakfast and getting dressed for school. After numerous reminders, I was done. When his bus came, I told him to put his coat and shoes on and he literally freaked out. He now wanted to finish his food and get dressed but it was too late.
Anyhow, he went to school in his pjs (with his clothes in his backpack…I’m not THAT mean) and I’m pretty sure tomorrow he’ll manage his time a little better and be ready to go when the bus comes! All in all, his first day of school was great and he was so excited to see his friends from last year.
Carlos had speech in Silverdale today and he actually got some work done! They started out with the K sound, he wasn’t having it and she moved onto “st” and he nailed it. He was so proud to come out and show me what he was saying. Julia had made up some homework with pictures of words he had been working on. A stop sign, a street a stove, you get the idea. Anyhow he was telling me “STop, STreet and ST-kitchen” Too cute.
We swung by Patti and Jeanie’s tonight since they had some pennies for the boys fund raising. They played around awhile, we swung through the Health Food Store (aka McDonalds) and grabbed a quick dinner, then got them all to bed.
Fingers crossed that the morning routine tomorrow goes a lot smoother!
Calm before the storm…..
First day of school for Levi (Carlos starts Monday) and all the boys are still sleeping. It’s nice to hang out and have peace and quiet for a little while until they get up. Dee and I can actually have a conversation and watch the news and hear what’s going on in the world. Simple things we tend to take for granted. Anyhow, it’s been a nice morning.
Shortly, it’ll all go down the drain….the boys will get up, it’ll be like herding cats to get them to the table to eat. Then the struggle starts to get Levi dressed, teeth brushed and looking presentable before he heads off to the bus at 9:15.
We’ve got speech in Silverdale this afternoon so I’ll pick up Levi from school and head out with the gang. Not sure if we’ll keep going to speech in Silverdale if he’s going to get it at preschool. To be completely honest, there are times with his temper and attitude, I’m not even sure I want to know what he’s yelling at us!
Ok, Carlos is up….enough down time for me!
Oh, and we are on the lookout for little Legos and Playmobile toys. The boys have decided that their “Duplos” are for babies and they are ready to move on. C’est la vie! Good thing Christmas is coming.
Rough start but we're all smiles now
So today is one of those days when you wake up (or get woken up) and you have to really struggle to say “I’m going to have a GOOD day”. So here goes.
First thing I hear this morning is a little voice saying “Mama K, can I go to the bathroom?” I try to clear the fog and figure out (1) why is someone asking me to use the bathroom? (2) Is it morning yet? (3) doesn’t this person know that waking Mama up is a BAD idea? So, it was Levi, he went to the bathroom and then proceeded to slam the toilet seat down, flush then shake and rattle the doorknob to his bedroom (sidenote…if any of you know Levi, you will already know that he has shut his bedroom door on the way out to the bathroom. He can’t help himself, if there’s an open door, he’s going to shut it). When he rattles the bedroom door he wakes up Trey and Dee and Carlos. So, it’s 6:26 and we are all awake. Thanks, Levi. He went back to bed and fell back to sleep, but I went in pretty quickly and woke him up. Why? Oh, because I’m mean like that and if you wake me up you will certainly be up as well and ready to take on the day.
Anyhow, attitude adjustment here….the boys wanted to play in their bedroom so I let them. They usually play monsters and there are lots of creative laughs and stories coming from their room. This morning I hear Levi yell “Poopy butt!” and all the boys were belly laughing. Yeah, he went to time out, we won’t allow potty talk even though it’s the funniest thing in the world to them right now. It’s tough, though, because even if we discourage it they get encouragement from their brothers and that can be more powerful than Mamas. All in all, they’ve had fun this morning…now we’re headed out to the grocery store to get Carlos’ “yogurt juice” and some apple juice. Two staples we can not live without.
And finally…a little cartoon for Minda!
Ouch!!!!!
Baby went home today, he was great and we’ll miss him but with school starting and all it’s best to just have our guys. Speaking of school…great news….Carlos got into the Wilkes preschool! We still have another meeting to go before we can start. Levi will start school on Wednesday and then Carlos will start next Monday. They will be in the same class and ride the bus together but they will try to separate them as much as they can during the school day.
We had a day of accidents, starting with me ramming my foot into a baby gate. I think I may have broken my little toe, it HURTS tonight. I’ll follow the advice we tell the kids “you’re fine, rub some dirt in it”. Carlos took a nasty spill in the yard, too, he was running around pushing his Tonka dump truck and the truck went a little faster than Carlos and he slammed his nose on the ground. It, too, could be broken…but there’s nothing we can do but get some Tylenol onboard. Poor little guy.
The kids were in the local paper, the Bainbridge Review, for their collecting money for “Pennies for Peace”. We don’t have a ton (hint, hint) but they are getting there slowly but surely. They were all pretty excited to see themselves in the paper, though.
Levi got a treat tonight and got to hang out with Gay and Rob. They had dinner, watched a movie and made brownies. He loves being a big boy and doing fun things on his own. THanks Gay and Rob!!!
I’m beat and my toe is throbbing…time for some ice and some rest.
Love and Marriage, Love and Marriage…..
What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon. If you know me, you know I’m not into weddings BUT today was a total exception to the rule! It was a gorgeous location, the sun was shining, the bride was glowing and the ceremony was short, sweet and beautiful. Congrats to the happy couple, Jillie and Jeremy! We were proud to be a part of your special day.
Trey and Baby aren’t missing from the pictures, if you were wondering. Carolyn was nice enough to take them for a couple of hours so we didn’t have to deal with tantrums and newborns. You can guess which one does the tantrums. It was nice to be evenly matched for once.
Oh, and here is the video of the goofball boys, Levi and Ty, doing their booty dance at the reception. They had so much fun together and this dance was their favorite.
Three Scurvy Dogs a Wee Lass (and their Mamas) 
