How was your weekend?

Hello,

Here is an update. Again I am still trying to get our new routine worked out lol. What do you think of my new look? I thought this new title was a good fit ha!

We all had a pretty good weekend. Honey Nut and Trix both grew out of their pants, and jammies so this weekend was a shopping weekend. I was wondering...how come it is that they get to a certain size and the price of their clothes DOUBLES or TRIPLES? I used to be able to get my daughter several pairs of jeans for 10 bucks, this weekend it was 20 dollars ON SALE!That was for jeans that looked like jeans. Is it just me or are the new look of the jeans "dirty looking" I think the "worn" look is what they are going for.. but personally as a former owner of acid wash jeans(come on you know you still wear them or at least own them in the back of your closet...how about a pair of parachute pants?) I feel more then qualified to judge the jeans they are wearing nowadays and to be honest these jeans are uglier then the pre- ripped jeans that were so popular. I was looking at these jeans that were on sale for the bargain price of 48.50 per pair, and finding myself trying to keep from gagging. Ok at the risk of sounding like a valley girl..."Like Gag me with a silver spoon","as if", "I am so sure" these jeans flat out looked dirty and dingy. In fact in my younger much more immature days my friends and I used to secretly make fun of the kids wearing jeans that looked like that...it meant that they were poor, or just dirty. Ok so obviously I don't do that anymore and am apalled if I catch anyone of my children making fun of another child...but I cannot believe that people would wear these jeans let alone pay for that. Oh well I guess I am offically old.

Trix is at an akward fitting stage where one size does not really fit ..it is either too big or too small. he needs an in-between size. Poor kid.
Other then shopping and spending way more then I wanted to this weekend...we had a nice one. Hubs and I thought it would be fun to do a "Fondue night" on Saturday for dinner. The kids had a blast dipping their dinner, and dipping their fruit and chocolate fondue dessert. Plus we let them eat in the family room while watching a movie...this is never allowed. So this was a big treat for them.

In other news. Church was great on Sunday and the big news is that Trix who has been having trouble with his sensory issues and behaving in class finally filled his sticker chart enough to earn the right to move up to his big sisters sunday school class! He has worked so hard. I prayed and prayed all through church and even though there was about 5 or 6 numbers that I saw come up on the screen his was NOT one of them! He was so proud! Bless his little heart. He is finally entering his easier time of the year. He has a hard time with spring and summer. Fall and Winter is his best time for attitude, senses not going on overload, and for his learning. He does most of his learning this time of year. :) I concentrate hard on his schoolwork now. Plus all his occupational therapy is starting up again. My goal this year is to get him up to a level where he can start the online school program I just started Honey Nut and Lucky Charms in.

To that note and I know this is getting long but I will try to wrap up. The new schooling program I am using for homeschooling is virtual school online where the district sends me all the materials I need and instructions and I do the teaching and the kids send their work into cyberspace. Because it runs through a public school district there is no cost to me except for some of the extra supplies. It goes the way i feel public school should go in that "I" decide what level the kids are at, and they take an assessment as well when they are ready to move up. They do not move to the next level until THEY are ready too...not when the "school" says they should lol. So it is kind of the best of both worlds for me. Hubs is happy because the records are all through there and even though he supports me in homeschooling more then last year lol. He is no longer asking me every month if I still want to homeschool and he is seeing the positive effects of bringing the kids home and how they are much better behaved, closer, and less stressed. It has been a postive thing for all of them but especially for Trix and his sensory issues. I am able to work at his pace and not force him into situations he is not ready for and here he is not labeled a "resource room child" or a "sensory behavior problem child".

Ok well this is what happens when I wait so long to post I have to put so much into it that it takes forever to read lol. If you read this far here is a cyber cookie, brownie for you...it is fat free for those on the "tales from the scales" diet lol.

6 kids, naptime, a broken stroller,and a trip too urgent care....

That is the recipe for the hectic disastrous day I had today! lol So it did not go as I had planned. The day started out normal enough, the kids had a good breakfast, did their chores, and I had just finished up some laundry and was going to get started on schoolwork at quiet time with my daughter after lunch. I just put all the little ones down for nap time when Lucky Charms offered to help me clean the kitchen. I joyfully said sure here throw away this empty tin can that the peaches were in, oops...mistake...he agreed but also picked up the lid for it as well and on his way to the garbage can 2 steps away he accidentally dropped the lid which consequently sliced his little foot wide open. :( Of course blood started splurting out everywhere...the floor, my clothes etc. I put a gauze pad on it to stop the bleeding and investigate. Problem was he soaked and I mean SOAKED through 3 of those gigantic Gauze pads immediately and the split second I did see the cut I could see that although it was not terribly deep it was really wide and long, and bloody...anyone walking in that second would have thought they were walking into a war zone.
So new plan everyone back up from quiet time, no problem I am still remaining calm and I proceeded to pack SIX kids in the minivan. This is not easy since they are all in carseats or booster seats. But hey I got it done in less then an hour so I was pretty proud of myself. I was thinking this will be ok we will just go to the urgent care up the road no problem. Yeah right.
I got there and there was already an hour wait and they were giving me a hard time about having 6 kids with me. Like I can help that. lol Oh well I wound up packing all the kids back into the minivan and collapsing the stroller and heading to a differen Urgent CAre and they were so much nicer and more helpful and very patient. The kids all and all were pretty good considering the time of day it was.I discovered there that my double stroller was broken and there was a huge screw missing which is why it was leaning to the right and very hard to turn. They wound up stitching up Lucky Charms (liquid stitches this time) and then because they did nto want to risk him reopening they wrapped it with so much gauze that he wound up looking like he was in a cast.
The kids put up with a lot so I got them ice cream from DQ on the way home as they all slept in the car.


Get home and let the kids outside to enjoy their icecream as it was sunny and hot today anyway. I was just starting to pat myself on the back that I managed to hold my cool, and stay patient with everyone involved in this minor crisis including the snotty lady at the first urgent care who was inquring if there was "anyone who could pick up some of my kids" so they could do their work. When I heard my daughter say "Mommy Trix was watching the golfers and he fell over and is laying in the beauty bark and he is sick!" I go out to investigate and sure enough he had thrown up which I thought was odd because he seemed to be fine all day and had eaten normally. I went to pick him up to standing and help him into the house when I realized that his whole right side was paralyzed and he kept falling over and he was trying to talk to me to tell me he did not feel good but not all of it made sense. Great...I realized he was having a petit mal seizure! So I got him into the house and cleaned him up a little and held him until he was through , after I gave him the diastat that I got from the hospital the last time he had a major seizure. Even though this was not a grand mal seizure it is still upsetting to see your child lose total control and not be able to move one side of his body. while he was in the middle of this I hear "mommy!" oh great what else? My daughter informed me that the school bus was there and my special needs charge had arrived and the bus will not release him off unless I am out there. Crud. So I ordered HOney Nut to stay with her brother and I sprinted out to the bus at the end of my LONG driveway and grabbed the daycare charge off the bus and carried him (he is 6 and not light but he takes too long to walk) all the way up the driveway. My daughter helped get him downstairs and turned on blues clues for him and kept an eye on the little ones while I got Trix through the rest of his seizure and he finally went to sleep and so I set him up in my room and switched with my daughter who came up to sit next to her brother and let me know if anything happens so I could tend to the daycare kids.

Finally everyone left for the day and hubs came home, Trix woke up from his nap and had no memory of it and was fine and happy and back to his old cute self. I am tired and need to put the kids to bed. But I will say I did not once lose my cool today, and did not wind up owing the cuss jar any money so I guess it turned out ok. I think I am going to go put the kids down and medicate myself with M&M's and a good book.

How was YOUR day?

Till next time
The cheerio queen :)

9/11....We will never forget

I don't think there is any need to post words today just watch the video. As for me I will hug my family a little tighter and say prayers for those affected.

FINALLY a new post!

Okay okay so i keep saying for sure I am going to start posting more but then..well...life happens. lol Hubs and I were working with an organization called Vine Maple Place which is a place for single parents who are trying to restart their life can go and get back on their feet, what a great thing...they get to get help with finding a job and aquiring skills to get a good job later, they teach them how to pay bills etc. anyway hubs and I were helping move furniture into the apt for a single mom with two boys...Hubs decided to see how heavy one of the recliners were and as he bent he heard and felt a loud crack and pop...not good, he now has to see a chiropractor for the next 13 weeks 3 times a week to fix it, it seems his hip was tilted and it is pinching a nerve so instead of 3 kids I now have 4. Last week I started a few new daycare kids bringing my total including my own kids during the day to 10! although they come at different times, some are only before or afterschool, one is new full time, and two returning kids will be coming during naptimes for the little ones so it is not so bad. Yes we are still homeschooling we are entering our 2nd year and love it so far! Last week was all about figuring our our new schedule, I am still slowly implementing it, it may take another week or two to iron out all the kinks in it. So if I am slow posting again you will know why. :)
This weekend I took the kids to our state fair that is the biggest one around here. We had so much fun except we missed having hubs with us. While we were there the kids got to see Dora (well honey nut is too cool and old for that she said but the boys were thrilled) as we were waiting in line we heard an announcement for an interactive show (like a small play) where they were asking kids if they wanted to join in. The kids all wound up joining. ! Rather then bore you with a bunch of words and also because I have not had my morning devotion time yet I am going to let the pics do the talking. ;)

Trix and Dora!



The kids on the dragon coaster!





Lucky Charms and Dora!





My Lil' Farmer!



My Lil' Germ Police!




My Lil' Onion Princess!

dancing with the stars and other random musings...

Hello,

again it has been awhile but frankly it has been a long very busy month. I am actually looking forward to starting our homeschooling year next week along with a new detailed schedule. Then I will have more time to blog hopefully. lol some of the xtra daycare kids will be back in school so my load will be lighter. So since I am rambling I just decided to post about random things today. ;)

First off Dancing with the stars....ok this is a show I love...so you won't be tested after watching...it is entertaining. Today they announced their next 12 contestants. My question is who are some of these people? Maybe I am just getting old but like last season I had not even heard of some of them. I thought it was supposed to be stars...and celebrities? When the show first kicked off they had that dumb blonde bachelorette girl who no one cared about..that was the prelude to some of these people they call stars lol. Last season in spring was my favorite out of all of them. Ok so the winner was not my first pick but he was good too. As much as I love this show there are some things I would change about it and since it is my blog I will write about it don't be offended haha. First: I really hope this season they don't put that stupid jimmy kimmel skit in the results show...clearly it is ABC trying to fill empty space. People we just want the results. I can also do without some of the cruddy music they picked last season. In the spring there were several stars and their dancing partners who had great dances but it was somewhat ruined by the music that the show picked for them! grrr. Take Ian Ziering and his partner who were supposed to do a sexy rhumba dance and the show gave them the "imagine" which is a song about war and was not romantic in the least. Their dance was amazing but that cruddy song took away a lot of the romance of the dance. Other couples were supposed to be doing more serious dances but the show picked songs that sounded like it belonged in the circus. Ok that is my little irritation about the show but for the most part i like it. This season the "stars" are: Marie Osmond,Helio Castroneves,Jennie Garth,Cameron Mathison,Mel B,Floyd Mayweather,Jane Seymour,Albert Reed,Sabrina Bryan,Mark Cuban,Josie Maran,Wayne Newton

Ok lets see again I must be getting old but the only ones i know who they are : Marie Osmond , Jennie Garth, Cameron Mathison, Melanie brown, jane seymour, and wayne newton.

The only ones I care about and consider actual stars are: Jennie Garth, Cameron Mathison, and Jane Seymour. Ok wayne newton is a star but come on. really people lol.

My predictions without seeing anyone actually dance yet is that Jennie Garth, and Cameron Mathison will be in the top 3 probably even the top 2 lol. OF course they are my favorite and yeah I am still a 90210 fan...I was voting for Ian Ziering last year...whatever leave me alone so I am still living in the early nineties lol. Either way I hardly would call a lot of this cast "stars" . Camerone Mathison...well I don't even watch all my children but what a hunk. I bet he can dance. :)

Onto other musings. Both the boys have their quads now and love them..now daddy is insisting he needs a quad so he can ride with the boys...this might have something to do with the fact that when he actually rode the boys quad the other day I may have accidentally mentioned outloud that he looked like he was in the circus on it because they are mini quads and he is a tall big strong guy. lol

Like I said before I will be starting a new super structured schedule for school year mainly because after much evaluating I think last year was a good year for us but it was our first year of homeschooling and we were trying it on for size. I feel like we could have gotten more accomplished then we did and so this year I am changing it around a bit, but it will not just be "school at home" there will be other stuff...plus I think it will help out a lot with Trix's sensory issues. He is the kid who has to know what to expect each day. He is so particular about it that if I say "ok trix we are going to go to the grocery store, post office, bank" in that order and then I change the order around...it bugs him he gets confused and does not do as well. Or if I say we are going to do three things and then only have time for two it is upsetting to him. Before you ask he is not autistic although that is one of the symptoms of an autisitic child but it has to do with his sensory processing disorder. I know we have had him tested. :) I had to push for that because with autism it is not "you have it or you don't" you can be 10 percent autistic or 99 percent autistic.

Oh I lost 3 pounds!!! I have been getting up at the crack of dawn...actually it is still dark and doing my walk/jog 5 days a week and watching portion control. (I still have a bag of m&m's in my cupboard...emergencies you know) but for the most part I have completely cut out pop and switched to crystal light, and have been a salad fanatic lately (yes I still eat other stuff).

ok well this random musings went on too long as usual. lol talk to you later!

the cheerio queen!

hello...

ok so here i am not exactly the next day after my last post but at least within a week. Things here are going well. :) What do you think of my new background? I am slowly figuring out how to pick out different ones, let me tell you though searching for backgrounds and graphics for my site was an eye opener! I will save that post for another day. I have never seen so many rude "graphic sayings" and skin in backgrounds ewwww! I am still workin in the diet thang, and walking although I did not walk yesterday because I got a blister on my heel (but I did do crunches so that should count for something), I did not walk today either because I forgot to set my alarm and don't have time before the first daycare child arrives so I will do crunches at least and definitely walk this weekend. I already feel cruddy because i have not walked in two days ( i suppose the doritos I had last night did not help either) but oh well as they say at weight watchers...you did not get heavy overnight and you won't take it off overnight either.
The diet I have set up for myself is both for health but more for convenience because i am so busy and that is why I tend to graze all day instead of make something healthy. I have been trying to add more water and have almost completely cut soda out of my diet. I do a drink a lot of crystal light (mainly because I hate plain water), one cool thing is they now have portable packs of crystal light that fit well into my purse and if we do go out to lunch or something I just order water and add it in instead of get pop like I am usually tempted to do. * note of warning* If cute little chubby hands get a hold of those packets especiall the raspberry ice flavor which is hot pink...keep a bottle of club soda nearby!! I'm just sayin...those things S-T-A-I-N!

So you all saw that Lucky Charms got his beloved Quad the other day, so Trix had really wanted his own quad too so we jokingly told him ...ok but you have to sell your go Kart first. Did not think he would seriously take us up on it...he did! He sold it and was very proud to do so! His new red quad is on it's way! I am so proud of my kids...if they want something bad enough they will work HARD to get it...and they are at such a young age. Most people are full grown adults well into their mid- somethings before they figure this out lol. My boys are 6 and 5. :)

I don't want to make this post too long but i have to write real quick about my wonderful day yesterday with my friend Julia! Julia and I went to highschool together, she was the colorguard captain and I had joined up with absolutely no idea what colorguard even was just that i thought it would be fun. I was pretty bad at it at first. Julia stayed after school for two weeks straight just to help me learn how to be better! She taught me everything I know about colorguard, she was also one of my two biggest inspirations to homeschool my kids! Julia homeschools her three kids and has never put them in public or private school at all. In a lot of ways I wish I had went about homeschooling like she did because I spent my first year of homeschooling last year "detoxing" from the school system and what I thought I should be doing and teaching based on their methods...until I realized that DUH I pulled them out of that school because I did not like their methods. lol. Anyway Julia's 3 kids are older then mine being that her youngest is the same age as my oldest. She has the sweetest most respectful children. Her oldest daughter is a true beauty! , and a great helper to her momma, her son is the spitting image of her and so sweet, and her youngest is sweet and spunky. The kids all had fun playing yesterday as Julia and I got caught up and had time to just laugh at oursselves being two old married women with kids ...you should have seen us in highschool! She was always such a free spirit, with an addicting laugh and great love for the lord. She is coming up to a challenging time in her life and that is all I will to protect her privacy but if you could all pray for her as she goes through the challenges that God has set out for her that would be awesome!

As for me...we are doing well, going into a busy weekend , starting with a ladies night out for me tonight! I have not had one of those in years. Myself and 3 of my other girlfriends are going to dinner, and a comedy club afterwards. I am so excited! I am also blessed to have a husband who is willing to watch the kids for me after a particularly long hard week at work..thanks honey!

I will type more later!
till next time,
The cheerio queen

one more new post today...

ok so have you ever seen a prouder kid? Lucky charms (aka the godfather of golfballs) finally reached his goal...ok of course he had a little help because hey the cutie pie is only five years old. But he finally got his very first real quad. :) Your probably thinking wow what a big quad for such a little guy...YOUR RIGHT! That is what I get for being dumb enough to let Hubs and Grandpa go with him on their own to get it. Let's just say "pampa" is conveniently chosing to pretend he did not see the giant sticker on it that said "kids under 6 should not ride" he figured as long as he scraped it off it was never there...of course he also did not realize it said that on the manual for it too! Funny how the discussion of a 50 or 60 cc quad which was right for his size magically became 110 cc when pampa and hubs were allowed to go along without mommy to oversee this big purchase.

I gotta tell you though ...Lucky Charms is not the only proud person around here. Hubs and I could not be any prouder of Lucky Charms. He worked so hard for that quad and when he went in I thought he might have a problem giving all his 165 dollars to the man behind the counter...he did not...in fact according to hubs the second he decided on his "blue quad" he could not give the money away fast enough. :) Don't worry it has a kill switch on it and a governor so we can set it to where he does not go as fast as that machine is capable of going. :) it is also big enough two kids can ride it at once so it helps with the "i want a turn" thing. lol In the mean time I will be taking 3 or 4 asprin and maybe a prozac or two as I watch him enjoy the fruits of his labor. lol

till tomorrow when I update you on his party. :)

The cheerio queen