Our boys got a treat last weekend with a trip to the Keyport Undersea Museum. We’ve been there before, but it’s really a place the boys can stay for hours. There’s a submarine control room that they go to and play and play and play. It’s great to see how creative they can be, it’s like dress up in a submarine! There is a lot ot see there, and it’s free, and worth checking out.
Couldn’t resist passing this deal along (and I am expecting a Christmas card from each and every one of you now, no excuses!)
It’s from a fellow blogger at Freebies 4 Mom and you get 50 free photo cards, no catch, no shipping! Go forward and order!
Click on this link:
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These faces don’t lie…we’re doing MUCH better than my post a few weeks back. What a difference feeling healthy makes. We’re still busy with the daily grind but we have a renewed attitude and a much tighter hold on the reins. We’re back on schedule, getting to bed earlier and cutting out a bunch of tv that we relied upon when we were sick. Feels good.
I’ll get on soon with more pictures of the crew. Been busy embracing our new attitude!
Today was the first day that our pediatrician’s office was offering the H1N1 injection. Carlos and Trey got the H1N1 mist a couple of weeks ago, but poor Levi always gets the short end of the stick when it comes to vaccines. Since he has asthma, he can’t get the mist because it contains a live virus so it’s always a shot for him. Let me tell you, there is nobody who gets more worked up about shots than Levi, it’s traumatic.
So we went to our pediatrician’s “flu clinic” right at 2:30PM this afternoon when it started and didn’t get done until after 4:30PM. You would have thought Hannah Montana was performing in there, the line wrapped around the building. After waiting for 2 hours, it was Levi’s turn. It wasn’t pretty but it’s now done and over with….wait….until he has to get his booster in a month. It’s better than the alternative, though, I’m guessing he’d be hospitalized if he actually got the virus.
I do have to say that the staff at Bainbridge Pediatrics was awesome, as usual. With so many people waiting for so long (and a line still wrapped around the building when we left) they were still smiling!
Just a couple of pictures of our crew…hope you had a very happy Halloween!
Bring on the army, navy, national guard…someone because Mama K needs backup! For whatever reason, our boys have completely flipped their lids the last couple of days. Maybe it’s because we’ve been sick (and Dee and I have shown weakness), maybe it’s the change in weather and hopefully it’s not a new phase for us.
I can’t really describe it, they are just acting out and being generally disrespectful and thinking it’s hilarious when we get angry.
Just to vent about some of the things….Trey decided to write (with a ball point pen) all over the playroom, Carlos has been stealing things again (little things from us and others…watch your stuff!), Levi has decided that he’s too serious and had a talk with a kid at school about being more funny. Problem is, his idea of funny is back talking and laughing about any discipline. Even at school. Not cool.
Then last night, we were at the pool for swimming lessons and the program director came up to us (when we were sitting with friends, of course) and talked to us about how having Carlos and Trey in the same class doesn’t work well and that we should think of options to change that. Trey won’t stay with his hand on the wall (uh, he’s ADHD with an emphasis on the HD) and Carlos just isn’t listening (he’s a bright kid, you gotta set down the rules from day 1 with him or he will run over you). My anger comes, not because they are acting up but because apparently it’s been going on for the last year we’ve been swimming and doing lessons but it’s just now that someone has had the guts to come talk to us about it. Give me a break, if you don’t tell me there’s a problem then how can I fix it or even talk to my boys? Personally, I know they feed off eachother, but I also think that if you tell them “no” and sit them out if they are acting out, the problem will be solved. They both qualify to have an aid (since they have IEPs) but the pool hasn’t done that until last night. It seemed to work. Oh well, it was frustrating and embarassing to be “that mom” with kids who weren’t listening to the teacher. And thanks for saying all this in front of my friends. Awesome.
Anyhow….enough venting. We’ll go on and do Halloween then things are going to really change at our house. Schedules will be followed, chores will start back up, privileges will be earned. Sounds fun, eh? 🙂
Pumpkin carving at Gay and Rob’s…so much fun! Baby P sure got some fiber when he decided to eat the lid of his. This was the first year the boys got to design and help carve and they did a great job. The pumpkins are masterpieces.
Just for fun…click here for our family Halloween greeting!
Thanks, Shannon, for the idea!
The big boys woke up with sore throats this morning and strep is going around Island School, so we took them in for a check. So we’ll lay low today and have a Star Wars marathon, complete with antibiotics, popsicles, juice and maybe I’ll get inspired and make some chicken soup for dinner. Fingers crossed that they all feel fine in the morning. Apparently they are cleared for school in 24 hours after meds, but we’ll have to wait and see how they all feel.
On a funny note, we bought out Safeway of their amoxicillin….they still owe us a bottle. Go big!
Wish us luck!
Three Scurvy Dogs a Wee Lass (and their Mamas) 