February 26, 2007
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I know it's been awhile...sorry...missed my daughter's birthday post with all the poop that was going on...usually I do a picture post to honor the b-days...and I missed our anniversary post...hubby's a little needy right now, and misses me alot when I'm not sitting by him, or available for a reassurance hug. Poor guy. I still wanna kick that hag's butt. BUT...it's a blessing. Except for the damage it's done to his ego (even though we all need humbled sometime), and his self-confidence it's been a blessing. Thankfully we still have enough to get by for another month or so, to include paying all bills. Alot of people aren't so fortunate...we're OK. And we'll find out if he gets that military contract by the middle of March. If that doesn't pan, THEN I might start freaking out a little bit. I DO have faith that we'll be alright, really. There's a Plan for us in there somewhere, ya know?
The kids and I both are loving having Daddy back. They have gotten so much quality time with him over the last month, I sincerely hope that he doesn't go back to old work habits. It'll break their (and mine) hearts. Jason has decided to add inventor to his list of "when I grow up", though he's working at it really hard now. He and Dad have made several toys lately...recycling old things and making them into pull caterpillars, semi-truck (made out of an old binder, lego wheels, and pencils-really cute, actually). I'm loving it. School pics are today...I really need to post some pics on here...oh...and Jason has his kindergarten musical tomorrow night...it's gonna be SOOOO cute!!!! And I wish I could put my own audio on here somehow...Jess had her solo and ensemble competition on Saturday...she sang "The Water is Wide" and it was absolutely BEAUTIFUL. That girl has such a pretty voice. She wound up getting 1st, with one place being higher at 1st superior. Not because of voice, but because of twitching and eye contact. Boo to the judge!
Did I mention that at Jason's last conference the teacher said he could definitely move to 1st grade? WOOHOO! Said he has no problem with the skills, just worried about his attention level getting the better of him. I said OK, look. I know you're not allowed to actually use the words your kid has ADD. Here's what I know. I think he has possible a little over the borderline ADD, my sis thinks he most definitely has ADD, and my dr. thinks he's just an active, intelligent boy. She says, "maybe you should go talk to your dr. again". OK. When we get insurance, I'll do that. Or should we start something before school ends, so we can test it before 1st grade? How does this work???
OK...I've got some phone calls to make, and then I need to go into the Y and teach swim lessons....ya'll have a great week!!!
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Theres a book "Healing the Hyperactive Brain", I think is the title, written by a doctor in Vancouver BC, that actually has stuff you can do that is NOT medication. I't's been a long time since I read it, but I think it might give you a good idea and it's free from the library, especially if they have inter-library loan arrangements. My suggestions include making sure he does a lot of swimming, (another book "A Kid Like Me"), crawling on hands and knees, belly crawling, running, and swinging hand under hand down the rungs of the monkey bars that look like horizontal ladders. Also check out the book "Smart Moves" There is a slow cross crawl walk that might help and other exercises in that one. I pray your hubby finds just the right job and soon.
I love your background! I know it's been some time since I've been by your site, sorry about that. I caught up somewhat and I'm sorry about the job situations. The order of things kinda made me think of Fun with Dick and Jane. I hope things pick up and you don't have to reinact the movie or anything...I'm sure he'll get the contract in March. Congrats to your daughter on her 1st place and that's great news about your son being ready for 1st grade. I haven't had conferences since fall for Gage so I'm kind of worried what might be when I do. According to his report cards he's doing well, nothing was below average. He does go to speach and they have set up a "play group" with one of the special ed helpers for a group of kids in Gage's kindergarten class for the ones (this includes Gage) who are struggling with some of their letters. I hope he gets them down and gets to stay with his class. We've been doing fun things with flash cards and he's been playing tons of games with Kayla when she's not spazing out that is. I'm glad you're hopeful and in good spirits and I hope things progress for you guys. Have a good day.
I'll say a prayer for ya that he gets the job!
Congrats to Jess for her win. That is wonderful! Hope you are having a good week.
So glad to hear about Jason's going to be allowed to move on. That's awesome. I hope you guys get that contract and your hubby finds something that suits him and the family.
Sorry I have not been by in a while it has been insane here. Here is my two cents about your son I remember all that you have gone through. All boys are daydreamers and full of energy, well correction the REALLY smart ones are. Let me tell you it is without doubt very difficult to parent them and for teachers to deal with them. Until this year I was lucky to have teachers who knew how to deal with my son who is so smart but is such a daydreamer! This years teacher is a monster. It is her way or no way and she refuses to accept that some kids are just this way. To be honest it totally annoys her that my son gets all 90's and 100's but daydreams away according to her it is unacceptable....my answer to her get over it and learn that not everything is one size fits all. PLease do not put your son on medication to appease any teacher especially if he gets good grades. I have heard so many sad stories of this happening when the kids really didn't need it, in the long run I think teachers need to be better educated in how to deal with todays smart boys, and they are much smarter then they were when we were kids!! ok off my soapbox...hope you aren't mad at me. I just understand how you feel!!
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Talia
I hear ya on the birthday post...I totally missed my kids too...and will probably miss the next one which is THIS Friday!!!! Wanna take her to the zoo...not sure if we'll have enough moolah though. uughh. I hate being poor. Anyway...sorry I've been AWOL too. Hope everything is getting better & I've sure missed everyone on here. Take care & I'm thrilled he's moving on to the 1st grade...I'm just worried my oldest won't graduate. He has 3 F's...working & now has a girlfriend...*rolls eyes* Take care & I'll try to keep up better.
I haven't been by in awhile. I see you haven't posted in awhile. Hope things are getting better for you and that hubby gets a job. Take care!!
I was thinking about you just the other day, actually, wondering how things were going. Thirteen is the absolute nadir of teen experience for girls. I'll think about possible books for a while if I may and try to pull up something. I just saw the expanded version of thirteen going on thirty, and there were all these cool actors talking about how geeky they were on special features. It was pretty fun. I loved your comment, you have such an amusing way of dealing with a delicate subject, I hope you find your button soon so you can post it in full.
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