Happy Birthday!
Just wanted to wish CED a very happy birthday...what better way than in "Webdings" font :) Have a great day youngster :P
Friday, February 24, 2006
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
A rose by any other name...
Last night while signing a Valentine's Day card for his dad, William informed me that he would now like to just be called "Will." Let me tell you why this breaks my heart and cracks me up at the same time.
1. Everyone had called him "Will" since his birth, everyone but me that is--he's always been William to me. A little over a year ago, he informed anyone who would listen that he wanted to be called "William" and not "Will." When asked why the preference, he said, "Because that's what my Mom calls me." AWWW! I melted! How sweet.
2. I couldn't get his attention one day, so I finally said, "Will!" He shot a look at me that would freeze lava and said, "My name is not Will. 'Will' is a word wall word. I'm William."
3. Then, this Christmas, my MIL had labeled all of his gifts to Will. He pointed it out, on EVERY gift, that "someone wrote Will again, but my name isn't Will, its William." My MIL even went and tried to add the "-iam" to the end of the ones he hadn't gotten to yet. It was hysterical!
Ahh, well, at least its just "Will" this time. 2 weeks ago he wanted me to start calling him "Spikey."
1. Everyone had called him "Will" since his birth, everyone but me that is--he's always been William to me. A little over a year ago, he informed anyone who would listen that he wanted to be called "William" and not "Will." When asked why the preference, he said, "Because that's what my Mom calls me." AWWW! I melted! How sweet.
2. I couldn't get his attention one day, so I finally said, "Will!" He shot a look at me that would freeze lava and said, "My name is not Will. 'Will' is a word wall word. I'm William."
3. Then, this Christmas, my MIL had labeled all of his gifts to Will. He pointed it out, on EVERY gift, that "someone wrote Will again, but my name isn't Will, its William." My MIL even went and tried to add the "-iam" to the end of the ones he hadn't gotten to yet. It was hysterical!
Ahh, well, at least its just "Will" this time. 2 weeks ago he wanted me to start calling him "Spikey."
Monday, February 13, 2006
Its a girl!!!
Don't know too many of the details, but William's teacher had her baby yesterday...9 lbs. 5 oz.--beat Evie by 2 oz.!!
UPDATE:
Baby Emerson Nichole was born Sunday, Feb. 12th at 7:27 AM (poor Mom must have had a long night!). She weighed 9 lbs. 5 oz. and was 21 inches long. She has the cutest little chubby cheeks I've seen in years!!
CONGRATULATIONS MRS. WESTON!!
UPDATE:
Baby Emerson Nichole was born Sunday, Feb. 12th at 7:27 AM (poor Mom must have had a long night!). She weighed 9 lbs. 5 oz. and was 21 inches long. She has the cutest little chubby cheeks I've seen in years!!
CONGRATULATIONS MRS. WESTON!!
So sweet!
On Saturday, the kids and I went to visit my dad, stepmom, and youngest sister. We were celebrating my stepmom's birthday and mine together (only a week apart). We were getting ready to have cake when I asked William if he would like to say a prayer first. This is how it went, in his sweet little 5-yr-old voice...
"Dear God, thank you for this food, and thank you for this beautiful day. Your Son is so special to us! Amen."
All three of the women at the table had tears in their eyes when he was finished. It was beautifully perfect.
"Dear God, thank you for this food, and thank you for this beautiful day. Your Son is so special to us! Amen."
All three of the women at the table had tears in their eyes when he was finished. It was beautifully perfect.
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Just for fun...
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Monday, February 06, 2006
SURPRISE!!
My sisters and I had planned to get together with all of our kids on Saturday since it had been a long time since all of the cousins were together. It just happened to be the weekend before my birthday. On Friday night, my sweet 6-yr-old nephew comes up to me and says, "Hey, Aunt Cyndee, does Aunt Amy know that we are having a surprise party for her tomorrow?" Too cute! Lesson here: never trust a child with top secret information. :) It was very nice and my niece did a GREAT job on the cake!!
On a side note, if we could just get a video tape of all 6 kids reinacting the Ooompa-Lumpa dances from the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie, we could win $10,000--it was HYSTERICAL!!!
On a side note, if we could just get a video tape of all 6 kids reinacting the Ooompa-Lumpa dances from the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie, we could win $10,000--it was HYSTERICAL!!!
Friday, February 03, 2006
Ding, ding, ding...round three
Well, the second grading period is over for Kindergarten, so that means Parent-Teacher conference time. It was yesterday afternoon, and went pretty well. He LOVES math, so no surprise he is doing especially well there. Science and social studies are no problem either--he really likes non-fiction so those are right up his alley too. And although his reading scores went down with this new reading teacher, he still didn't do too badly. He still scored high enough in testing to be in the highest reading group. His biggest struggles in testing were picking up each individual sound and with spelling, and even those weren't that bad--he is expected to have a little trouble in those areas based simply on his speech impairment. And the grades were still high enough, despite all the trouble with incomplete class work, that we don't have to worry at this point. On the advise of a dear friend, and professional in the field of special education, we will be providing him a special silent timer that may at least temporarily alleviate the problem of unfinished work.
We did learn from the homeroom teacher that perhaps one of the reasons he sturggles to get done is that he has inherited that "perfection" gene from his parents. He does NOT like to be wrong, so when they are writing sentences, he will stop and wait patiently for someone to help him sound out the words rather than guess and risk being wrong. Good to know, now we can work on encouraging him to do his best and not worry about right and wrong. Overall, a glowing report! I'm so proud of him!!!
Now we just have to see how he does having his regular classroom (homeroom) teacher out for 6 weeks. She is expecting her first baby, due Thursday the 9th, so next Friday will be her last day unless the baby comes early. William is prepared for having a sub, but I am glad that his reading teacher will remain the same so that he has that consistency.
We did learn from the homeroom teacher that perhaps one of the reasons he sturggles to get done is that he has inherited that "perfection" gene from his parents. He does NOT like to be wrong, so when they are writing sentences, he will stop and wait patiently for someone to help him sound out the words rather than guess and risk being wrong. Good to know, now we can work on encouraging him to do his best and not worry about right and wrong. Overall, a glowing report! I'm so proud of him!!!
Now we just have to see how he does having his regular classroom (homeroom) teacher out for 6 weeks. She is expecting her first baby, due Thursday the 9th, so next Friday will be her last day unless the baby comes early. William is prepared for having a sub, but I am glad that his reading teacher will remain the same so that he has that consistency.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Rockin'Out!
Evie and I are on our way in to school/work this morning. Since she has changed schools, she is about 4 minutes from work so she gets to join me for the entire commute. In the past, she and I have spent the drive just talking, but the girl LOVES music, so on Monday I asked her if she wanted to listen to a CD on the way in. The response was an enthusiastic, YES!!!! Followed by..."play the daughter song (In My Daughter's Eyes by Martina McBride)", and "LOUDER!"
This morning we had on something a little more upbeat. I look in the rearview mirror and she is DANCING in her seat--shaking her head, flailing her arms, the whole bit. She is REALLY into the music when she stops suddenly, whips her head around in my direction, and says in her most demanding voice (that doesn't involve screaming anyway), "Mom, don't sing, we just dance and leave the singing to someone else, alright?"
3-yr-olds can be the best critics. Move over Simon Cowell!
This morning we had on something a little more upbeat. I look in the rearview mirror and she is DANCING in her seat--shaking her head, flailing her arms, the whole bit. She is REALLY into the music when she stops suddenly, whips her head around in my direction, and says in her most demanding voice (that doesn't involve screaming anyway), "Mom, don't sing, we just dance and leave the singing to someone else, alright?"
3-yr-olds can be the best critics. Move over Simon Cowell!
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Sorry...need to vent
Okay, so just before Christmas, my husband gets a package in the mail that includes a Christmas card and an invitation to a friend's wedding taking place in January. I noticed that my name was not on the wedding invitation, but didn't really think TOO much of it. Then I noticed that in the Christmas card, he asks about the kids...again no mention of me. No big deal, really. I think my response was actually something like, "Well, I guess I don't have to wonder about how he feels about ME."
I mentioned something about being left out of the card and invite to my MIL when she was here for Christmas when she asked if we were going to the wedding. I basically explained that I couldn't really understand why this guy dislikes me so much. For the last nine years, I've encouraged the hubby to "give him a call" for this or invite him to that, trying to encourage their friendship, not deter it.
But then, I heard from the hubby (who heard this from someone else) that its possible that he doesn't like me because he thinks I took advantage of my husband when I was staying at home with the kids. WHAT?!?! I was told that we were moving when I was 35 weeks pregnant with Evie. I had to quit my job, and couldn't look for work right away because NO ONE will hire a woman due to give birth in 5 weeks. Then, after she arrived, there were no jobs in the area that would pay me enough to put 2 small kids in daycare. I basically spent almost 3 years moving around the south on the whim of my husband's employer, trying to be supportive in places where I had no family, no friends, and basically no husband (he worked crazy hours so it seemed like he was never home). So it was me, a 4 year old, and a 2 year old--24/7. Though I ADORE my kids, I felt totally alone and completely trapped. How is taking care of these 2 precious wonders in this set of circumstances taking advantage of their dad??? It was never my choice alone, and my husband never complained. I think he actually prefered it that way.
So, anyway, here I am making sure that he knew that my husband (I didn't include myself in the RSVP either :) wouldn't be at the wedding, making sure that a wedding gift is purchased and a card is sent (I'll probably even have to pick it out because my requests for the hubby to do it have gone unanswered so far)...all for a man that doesn't even like me. I just love being the bad guy!
I mentioned something about being left out of the card and invite to my MIL when she was here for Christmas when she asked if we were going to the wedding. I basically explained that I couldn't really understand why this guy dislikes me so much. For the last nine years, I've encouraged the hubby to "give him a call" for this or invite him to that, trying to encourage their friendship, not deter it.
But then, I heard from the hubby (who heard this from someone else) that its possible that he doesn't like me because he thinks I took advantage of my husband when I was staying at home with the kids. WHAT?!?! I was told that we were moving when I was 35 weeks pregnant with Evie. I had to quit my job, and couldn't look for work right away because NO ONE will hire a woman due to give birth in 5 weeks. Then, after she arrived, there were no jobs in the area that would pay me enough to put 2 small kids in daycare. I basically spent almost 3 years moving around the south on the whim of my husband's employer, trying to be supportive in places where I had no family, no friends, and basically no husband (he worked crazy hours so it seemed like he was never home). So it was me, a 4 year old, and a 2 year old--24/7. Though I ADORE my kids, I felt totally alone and completely trapped. How is taking care of these 2 precious wonders in this set of circumstances taking advantage of their dad??? It was never my choice alone, and my husband never complained. I think he actually prefered it that way.
So, anyway, here I am making sure that he knew that my husband (I didn't include myself in the RSVP either :) wouldn't be at the wedding, making sure that a wedding gift is purchased and a card is sent (I'll probably even have to pick it out because my requests for the hubby to do it have gone unanswered so far)...all for a man that doesn't even like me. I just love being the bad guy!
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