AAAHHHHHH!!!

My baby turned five today!

Kid Updates

I obviously haven't blogged in awhile. And unfortunately I can't get mad at any one else who hasn't blogged unless I blog myself. There is nothing exciting going on in my life, so I will fill you in on my kids.

Emily is our busy one. She switched from the charter school to a real junior high this year. Last week she was elected to be a seventh grade representative. Not bad for someone who started school with only knowing two other seventh graders. Thanks Emma for spreading the word about your cousin and rounding her up some votes!!!! So far the school change has been a great change for her. Emily plays soccer right now and is working on her recital piece for the upcoming piano recital. This weekend Emily and a friend did the sky coaster at Lagoon. BRAVE...I am too scared to do that thing (even though I want to)

We don't see much of Lizzie lately. Over the summer I started reading Harry Potter #1 to the kids. Two and a half weeks ago she decided I was reading too slow and finished the book by herself. She is now halfway through number 5. This is the girl that "Never wanted to even look at Harry Potter. It looks too boring. Why am I making her listen to this stupid book?" Maybe in another month she will be done with the series and will come out of hiding again.

Tyler turned eight last week and is anxiously awaiting his baptism on Saturday. (It is at 3:00 for anyone interested in attending) We went to his first pack meeting last night. Ugh, the whole scouts thing is intimidating to me. Tyler still hates to read out loud to us. "Why can't I just read the book quickly to him so he can go outside and play sooner?" My favorite with this boy is when he puts on all his cowboy garb (hat, boots, gun, shorts?...) and rides the wiggle bike. What a goof. At least he is a handsome one!

Ainsley turns five next week and can't wait for her friend pajama party. I can't believe my baby is this old! I have never met a more head strong child or person. Things will be done on her terms, and no other way. Last week for show and tell at school she planned to take a picture of her and Lizzie because the letter was "L". She had this planned all week. The morning of show and tell she decided she didn't want to take anything. I took the picture along in case she changed her mind once she got to school and saw everyone else's show and tell. That still didn't change her mind. After school she got buckled in the van, AND THEN decided she HAD to run and show her teacher the picture. Tomorrow for the letter "A" she said she is taking herself. Lately she acts as if she is our puppy named Penny. At least our dog uses the toilet instead of the back yard!

Thursday

Do you ever just have one of those days....they start out OK, but then all of a sudden go downhill? That was my Thursday. I even had an hour to myself in the morning. But then suddenly the kids get home from school and chaos erupts.

Each kid was planning to have a friend over. That's fine, nine kids running through the house. That I can handle. But then one of my girls starts telling me some details about a problem with a friend at school. My poor daughter was in tears that day at school because of things this other girl said. Things like that break my heart because I really can't do anything about it to help them.

Then Tyler tells me that his ear started hurting around lunch time. Lovely. If it was any of my other kids I would wait till morning to deal with it. But not Tyler. The poor kid has had five tubes and one ruptured ear drum in that ear (before Thursday). I call the doctor to schedule an appointment for that evening. A few minutes later Tyler tells me his ear is dripping water. Because he is playing so good I assume the water is leftovers from the swim pool the night before.

My doorbell rings (while I am changing my clothes). I am frantically dressing so I can answer the door. It was a person giving me some news that I was expecting, but not wanting to hear. So even though I knew it was coming, I still had a good cry.

By now Tyler isn't playing as good. I load up all the friends to take them home on the way to the doctor. After dropping off one friend, Tyler announces he doesn't feel so good. Luckily he brought his pillow to hold against his ear in the van. Suddenly he starts vomiting all over his pillow and himself. Poor Lizzie's friend who was sitting right next to him! I call the doctor to say we will be late for his appointment because he obviously needs a shower by this point. We drive back home. As I was helping him get undressed for the shower I notice purple spots all over his arms. I started panicking at this point. Because he so suddenly got sick, and because he has a weird rash, I am sure he has some crazy disease. In my defense, I am not usually that paranoid of a mom.

Tyler gets showered, I scrub puke from the van, and we head for the doctors again. By this time Tyler is constantly moaning because he feels so crappy. He is breathing funny, and again I am sure he is really sick. Half way to the doctors office, I had a realization. The night before at the pool Tyler had kept jumping off the high dive and landing with his arms straight out. They were red all that evening. Evidently, water can cause bruises! That was a relief to realize that.

When we get to the doctor, she takes one look at Tyler's arms and goes into panic mode before I can explain the high dive. See, I am not the only one. She tells me that his spots are an indicator of several serious diseases. However, if his spots do spread or get bigger, call an ambulance immediately. SCARY!

I knew Tyler had an ear infection, but I was hoping beyond hoping that it hadn't burst. Thursday definitely wasn't my day. Tyler's ear drum had ruptured again. In my mind I am thinking more scar tissue and yet another set of tubes. The poor kid!!!!!!

Tylenol is working, and Tyler seems to be feeling better. We head to Harmon's to pick up his prescription. In the parking lot Tyler starts throwing up again. We are supposed to be going out of town the next day, but I am thinking maybe not since Tyler probably has the flu with his ear infection. We head in to get the meds and run into someone we know. That person will not acknowledge us even though we say hello. RUDE!

We finally get home at 8:00. I am bugged, ornery, feeling bad, tired (Mentally and physically) and still have to run to Walmart for some stuff I need in case we do get to go out of town. (Luckily the vomiting must have been pain related because Tyler was absolutely fine the next day!)

I finally get to eat and crash into bed, and anxiously await a new day.