tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176352992024-03-07T22:01:58.307-06:00Adventures Of An Awesome (Sometimes) MotherI blog during Sesame StreetAwesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.comBlogger1008125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-5897083217765026192014-02-01T21:59:00.001-06:002014-02-01T21:59:08.700-06:00Boys and girlsPeople always gave me a look of pity when they found out that I had three boys. They talked about how rambunctious they must be, how wild they could be. That was not my boys. They did have a bit of spunk to them but they in general were quite well behaved.
Lily has broken the mold. I would hear about how quiet and sedate girls were but Lily must have missed that lesson because she is not quiet Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-25098263371801513712013-10-27T16:22:00.001-05:002013-10-27T16:22:39.255-05:00Happy Halloween!I got a wild idea and came up with a plan to make Sonic the Hedgehog costumes for the older two boys. They love the game and the cartoon show (thank goodness for Netflix and the ability to see older shows). I designed the hood on my own but the rest was modified clothing. Danny is Daniel the Tiger from the show Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. He is a major fan and had a fun time being Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-53001123812079832212013-10-07T20:12:00.001-05:002013-10-07T20:12:29.725-05:00I am backIt has been a long time since I updated last. Having four kids keeps me crazy busy and I haven't felt the craving to write that I used to have. However I think it is important to keep a record of the going on in the family so here I am again.
Lily just had her second birthday last month. It is amazing to me that she is already two. She was such a terrible sleeper that her first six months Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-22089936057939646732012-08-04T01:15:00.003-05:002012-08-04T01:15:34.987-05:00SummerIt is amazing me how fast Lily is growing. Those first few months seem to last so long because of sleep deprivation but once you get some sleep under your belt you can look back and see how that they are over in a blink of an eye. I had been intending on babying Lily just a bit longer but she is eagerly growing up so fast. Baby food was quickly discarded in favor of chopped up Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-72926789749020907102012-04-09T01:47:00.000-05:002012-04-09T01:47:06.559-05:00Just because
Lily is slowly warming up to the idea that baths can be fun and one does not need to scream the whole time that one is in the tub.
But she still screams up a storm when I have to leave the room to grab something I forgot.
My two companions at home during the day.
Sometimes they even entertain each other.
Danny the bunny. Bunnies say "Rawr!"
Harry got Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-70596072807722102412012-03-28T00:51:00.002-05:002012-04-16T01:13:34.075-05:00ShinyI haz new computer!!! It is total hotness and I love it a lot. My husband is jealous of it since he short changed himself with the laptop he bought not too long ago. I love him but sometimes he scrimps and saves on the wrong things. We like to play World of Warcraft together and his graphics card was a cheap one so he has to crank his settings down to the minimum. ItAwesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-66531307109988913852012-03-13T02:40:00.002-05:002012-03-13T02:55:28.664-05:00Good things bad thingsLast week was parent teacher conference week at school. I skipped Evan because we ended up having a big let's all get on the same page meeting with his team to get him more independent in school. I think they really got on board with the idea of trying to treat him like he is any other 2ond grader with still making allowances where needed.Harry's meeting was great. He is very advanced in a lotAwesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-25094259838905162312012-03-09T00:07:00.003-06:002012-03-09T00:16:28.677-06:00Cute baby is cute and Happy birthday Evan!It is hard to believe that Evan is 8 already. How did time fly by so fast? We had a small party with a few of his close friends (who all happen to be girls). I made him a clock cake because he had become pretty obsessed with clocks of late.Here are some pictures of my cute kids. Daniel and Lily had some fun playing with the Legos that Evan and Harry left out.Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-38872519269981158902012-02-07T00:26:00.003-06:002012-02-07T00:40:30.886-06:00More pictures and some blatheringMy mother has given up facebook (for a hilariously funny reason that I will not embarrass her by saying) so I shall be posting more pictures on here. I have been neglecting this blog horribly, so maybe this will spur me to be more active here. Facebook has made me lazy because there is no need to spend time composing an entry with a decent length, it is all small snippets of feelings and Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-37280594398824863582012-01-28T12:05:00.004-06:002012-01-28T13:03:55.574-06:00Pics for GrandmaAwesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-34711005436918187182012-01-17T13:11:00.003-06:002012-01-17T13:29:21.904-06:00Lilyzilla or life with a little girl that is not so littleLily has been smashing all my preconceived notions about what her infancy would be like. I had assumed that she would be like the boys only you know as a girl. She is a bit of a diva and is doing things her way.Car seats and drives were a great way to relax the boys. Lily will often scream for hours when forced to endure time in her car seat. This has gotten better of late but made for very Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-31690448051445160762011-09-30T13:53:00.005-05:002011-09-30T14:18:01.020-05:00Hey guess what!I completely missed blogging on an entire pregnancy. I had not been planning on being pregnant again but got a surprise in the form of a baby girl. We named her Lily and I got fixed so there should be no more oopses. I am glad to be done with childbearing but also a bit sad that I am done. I really don't like being pregnant but I do love babies.This pregnancy was especially rough because of Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-48164638023926730992011-05-02T12:26:00.004-05:002011-08-12T19:08:24.426-05:00Two!We had a quick family party for Daniel after church. It is amazing how fast he has grown and how much he has changed this last year. Daniel is such a funny little guy and it has been a joy to have him in our family.
Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-75487092684368188422011-01-18T14:56:00.000-06:002011-01-19T03:02:57.428-06:00I heart toddlers!I think that toddlerhood is one of my favorite stages. Daniel and I have been having a lot of fun with our morning alone time, it is nice having a little buddy around to play silly games with. Daniel's favorite game is Play With Forbidden Items which leaves me having to put a lot of things up and out of harms way only to have the older boys drag the things back out again when they get home.I Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-39681779872265884872010-12-11T10:35:00.005-06:002011-09-30T21:36:57.002-05:00PicturesI haven't had too much time to play with my camera as my husband just got the memory card last night, but here are a few shots for the Grandparents.Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-35427603319007415902010-12-08T01:52:00.002-06:002010-12-08T02:04:26.025-06:00Ack!December has been kicking my butt! We were going to put up our tree last weekend only to have my husband spend the weekend out of town in readiness for an impending boat crash that never happened. I am glad that it did not happen because right now the last thin the environment needs is yet another oil spill. One of the head lights in my van was out so on Monday I treked to town to get a Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-30741811035312983232010-11-15T21:05:00.002-06:002010-11-15T21:19:42.469-06:00The trip to the dentistI had been slacking while we lived in Kansas and did not take the kids to the dentist. We got a glowing recommendation for a pediatric dentist here that also is noted for working well with special needs children so I scheduled an appointment. They boys had a great visit, Daniel is the only one who cried and that was expected.All three boy have a tooth that is not forming enamel as it should Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-83657914920290550852010-11-01T12:08:00.003-05:002010-11-01T12:32:36.288-05:00Happy Halloween!It was a crazy start to the holiday rush. Evan and Harry decided that they wanted to be superheros. They have become very interested in Veggie Tales (thanks to us being able to watch our instant Netflix queue via our Wii on our tv) and there was an episode about Larry the Cucumber wanting to be a superhero. I drew the line at making them helmets with plungers for the ears so they could climb Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-81580331673042035892010-10-04T11:16:00.010-05:002010-10-04T16:17:51.245-05:00Evan's ABC bookSee if you can detect a theme to the ABC book Evan did in school.Ap CarWhat that is no one knows.Bap TruckAgain a bit of a mystery.Cloud CarDump TruckEvanFishHe draws human faces on everything, even animals.Garbage TruckHouse CarIgloo CarJelloKiteLego CarMonster TruckNestOld CarPlayhouse CarQuiet CarWrap CarThe WR sound counted for the letter R since the kids are not expected to know the sound Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-13662672266595089662010-09-23T02:02:00.002-05:002010-09-23T02:14:37.698-05:00IEP updateWe had Evan's IEP meeting with the new school today. Good news was that they just copied the one from Kansas. The odd news is that parts of it were missing somehow and they has no idea that he was getting PT and adaptive PE. Other good news is that after a long search a OT was found for him. The district is small enough that they do not have them on staff so they had to call around to see if Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-50555958303439546252010-09-20T14:22:00.004-05:002010-09-20T14:43:49.866-05:00Picture overloadI have been rather bad about posting pictures of late and I decided that it was time to play catch up. Here are a few from our last days in Kansas.My mother sent me these plants shortly after we moved in to our house in Kansas. This year was amazing for them and they got huge! I was sad that we had to leave them behind.This was a hydrangea that was there when we moved into our house in Kansas Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-27121992289573719692010-09-14T18:23:00.002-05:002010-09-14T18:28:45.975-05:00Weekend update according to EvanOne of Evan's speech therapy goals is to be better at recounting past events so his therapist is having me send a note with information about what he did over the weekend. Here is his version:I went to church. I sang songs. I had bread and water for snack at church. I dropped an RV on a tow truck. It was my dad's birthday. I had a piece of cake. I sang Happy Birthday. We gave Daddy a phone (Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-54639554699005339772010-08-20T08:59:00.000-05:002010-08-20T08:59:00.449-05:00Bwahahah!Apparently a company thinks I am full of crap because they wanted to send me coupons to what basically amounts to a laxative. They slapped a fancy name on it and the claim on the website was that it did not make you sit on the toilet all day, but still the intent behind the product was to "cleanse" your colon. So if any of you are feeling crappy let me know and I will hook you up ;)Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-81237346614420423552010-08-16T02:46:00.002-05:002010-08-16T02:59:29.909-05:00AdjustingI have been making progress with the boxes and with getting settled into our new area. I attended a welcome party for the spouses association in my area. It was nice to meet so many friendly people. I also got a chance to get to know some of the wives that live near me in housing better. It is still a bit strange knowing that all my neighbors are working for the same place. Harry has been a Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17635299.post-50567165588720568712010-08-09T08:16:00.000-05:002010-08-09T02:25:28.922-05:00Chugging alongI am alive still just very busy. We finally got a phone set up (got Vonnage since the local phone company was highway robbery) so I don't have to walk into town every time I want to make a phone call. That saves me a lot of time but it means I am exercising less. My dryer is now fixed so I am now doing laundry. The last appliance that needs to be put into working order is my dishwasher and Awesome Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523320907836876707noreply@blogger.com2