Wednesday, April 30, 2008

There are in school now!

So all three of my kids are in school. Alex had his first day on Monday. He loved it! His day is 2 1/2 hours and he has gym everyday, so I am sure it is his favorite part. John is going on a class trip with Alex's class to Turtle back zoo on May 30th. It is nice that he will get to chaperone for Alex's class. Dylan went back to school after his week off. he loves school and does terrific. mackenzie has 1 month of preschool left and then she will be offically in grade school Kindergarten next year. John is doing his demo lesson today to a group of 4th graders. I am so nervous for him. I am probably more nervous then he is so we will see what happens!! Hopefully I will have some good news to report soon

Monday, April 21, 2008

Stitches for Alex part deux

Well it happened again. On friday night I dropped Mackenzie off at my moms, and the boys and I went to Fridays for dinner. Now I know it was 730 and I should have went home but I wanted a few nachos. So as we are sitting at the table, Alex goes to look out the window and lost his balance( poor truncal and head control) and bamm, hits his face. He is hysterical crying and I see blood. Not a massive amount but I saw a big gapping gash by his eye. So it was off to the emergency room, we waited for a plastic surgeon to stich up his face and he was home sleeping by 1am. This is when i get upset. "it" came back.... He has been doing great and has exceeded every expectation, he has no limits but, is more prone to injury. How many kids do you have to say...."control that head Alex"? Only those that are in the same boat as him. I am hoping that like everything else, he rebounds from his falls and gets stronger in the process. I just don't know how many more trips to the ER one can take. they are going to call DYFS on me!!

Friday, April 04, 2008

Welocme to the Weekend!

So I am sure the kids did the blast off dance in the care this morning. i got to witness the weekly ritual last week since we had vacation. It is very funny to hear the three kids sing the entire welcome to the weekend song. Alex even knows his days of the week. I had a parent teacher conference for Dylan, my first grader and was basically told all of the stuff that parents want to hear. he is extremely bright, he knows all of his multiplication tables and is a great reader and speller. She told me that dylan was very funny and has a great little personality. So I walked out of there very happy. We decided that she is going to go to a full day kindergarten next year. She has been in full day preschool for the past 2 years and I do not want her to regress. So we will pay for her to attend kindergarten, and she will stay at the same Catholic school for atleast 1 more year. Most of the teachers I have talked to agreed and have done the same thing themselves. I even talked to teachers that work in our public school, and they still sent their child to full day kindergarten and they had no child care issues. So I am going with my gut, and forking over the 4300 dollars for her to have the benefits of full day kindergarten. This weekend is quite busy. Alex has soccer tomorrow, dylan has a baseball scrimmage. Sunday is just as busy between Alex's mite Hockey and Dylans lacrosse. mackenzie has her dance classes during the week and will start soccer again in the summer. That is it for now!