I've been locked out of my blog for months cuz i couldn't remember the password, DuH!!!
Guess i'm back now!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
How time flies!!!
I can't believe its been more than 2 months since i last updated. Well i guess having a new baby and not working (ie. not sitting infront of a puter for 8 hours a day), is a good excuse.
So Dylan was born on August 5 at 12:22am. He's been a good boy. He's now sleeping in nearly 6 hours stretches at night and that helps me feel human. I love having a baby in the house again and i wish he could just stay little. Then again i wish he'd change his own diapers too!
Emily is in grade 3 now. She's a very conscientious student and loves to read and write stories. She now wants to be an art teacher (last year was writer, year before was teacher). I have no doubt that she'll teach as well as do something creative. She's recently asked for an allowance so she now gets $10 per week for cleaning both bathrooms, as well as keeping her room clean and walking her sister to school if i can't get out the door on time. She's very strange for her age. The other day she asked her dad how much money he makes and always seems to worry if they'll be enough for whatever. It's strange because let's face it, my kids are spoiled brats. They get everything they want eventually.
Adrienne is now in senior kindergarten. I've decided to 'homeschool' her. She still goes to public school but i've decided that education here is sadly lacking so i've taken it upon myself to teach her to print and read. So we started printing our letters a few weeks ago. I figured it would save me grief if i made sure that she actually knew her letters before i started to teach her to read. Well holy crap she starts printing and her letters are backward. She confuses b and d, p and q, m and w, and i and l. Her numbers are backward too: 14 is written as 41. I spoke with her teacher and she said its too early to worry about it but this kid will be 5 next month, her shoes are always on the wrong feet, she doesn't know her right and left so i'm starting to think its more than that. I've read up on dyslexia and she does have alot of the signs, hopefully i'm just being paranoid and she'll figure it out.
Sean...oh where to start. His behavior has dramatically improved. He's potty training well...the first couple days were hell but he is peeing no problem. poo is a whole other story.
So we've been going to speech and practicing with him the last few month. His expressive language has improved by leaps and bounds. So i'm feeling pretty good when we had our assessment a few weeks ago. Right. He puked all over himself before the appt. (at home). We go there and he's just not answering the questions the ST is asking. So after about 10 minutes she gives up and starts talking about getting him tested to see if there are other issues that are impeding his speech. Somewhere in this spiel she throws out the word autism. That scares the shit out of me since my niece and nephew are both autistic and i tell her this. She quickly backtracks and says, no i don't think he's autistic....Well don't throw around diagnoses when you're not a doctor and you don't know what the fuck you're talking about!!!!
Okay, with that being the exception, the appt. was very informative because his receptive language (comprehension) is very low. So we've been spending at least a half hour a day sitting down with books, puzzles, games, whatever trying to teach him. This is in addition to everything we do being a learning experience...what color is the juice, what color is the garage door, higher/lower at park, what is this, what is that. I think he is making a little bit of progress.
Next appt is on friday so we'll see how it goes. If anything they'll give me a list of dr. that do testing in this area....
So Dylan was born on August 5 at 12:22am. He's been a good boy. He's now sleeping in nearly 6 hours stretches at night and that helps me feel human. I love having a baby in the house again and i wish he could just stay little. Then again i wish he'd change his own diapers too!
Emily is in grade 3 now. She's a very conscientious student and loves to read and write stories. She now wants to be an art teacher (last year was writer, year before was teacher). I have no doubt that she'll teach as well as do something creative. She's recently asked for an allowance so she now gets $10 per week for cleaning both bathrooms, as well as keeping her room clean and walking her sister to school if i can't get out the door on time. She's very strange for her age. The other day she asked her dad how much money he makes and always seems to worry if they'll be enough for whatever. It's strange because let's face it, my kids are spoiled brats. They get everything they want eventually.
Adrienne is now in senior kindergarten. I've decided to 'homeschool' her. She still goes to public school but i've decided that education here is sadly lacking so i've taken it upon myself to teach her to print and read. So we started printing our letters a few weeks ago. I figured it would save me grief if i made sure that she actually knew her letters before i started to teach her to read. Well holy crap she starts printing and her letters are backward. She confuses b and d, p and q, m and w, and i and l. Her numbers are backward too: 14 is written as 41. I spoke with her teacher and she said its too early to worry about it but this kid will be 5 next month, her shoes are always on the wrong feet, she doesn't know her right and left so i'm starting to think its more than that. I've read up on dyslexia and she does have alot of the signs, hopefully i'm just being paranoid and she'll figure it out.
Sean...oh where to start. His behavior has dramatically improved. He's potty training well...the first couple days were hell but he is peeing no problem. poo is a whole other story.
So we've been going to speech and practicing with him the last few month. His expressive language has improved by leaps and bounds. So i'm feeling pretty good when we had our assessment a few weeks ago. Right. He puked all over himself before the appt. (at home). We go there and he's just not answering the questions the ST is asking. So after about 10 minutes she gives up and starts talking about getting him tested to see if there are other issues that are impeding his speech. Somewhere in this spiel she throws out the word autism. That scares the shit out of me since my niece and nephew are both autistic and i tell her this. She quickly backtracks and says, no i don't think he's autistic....Well don't throw around diagnoses when you're not a doctor and you don't know what the fuck you're talking about!!!!
Okay, with that being the exception, the appt. was very informative because his receptive language (comprehension) is very low. So we've been spending at least a half hour a day sitting down with books, puzzles, games, whatever trying to teach him. This is in addition to everything we do being a learning experience...what color is the juice, what color is the garage door, higher/lower at park, what is this, what is that. I think he is making a little bit of progress.
Next appt is on friday so we'll see how it goes. If anything they'll give me a list of dr. that do testing in this area....
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Anti-Feminism
I've been reading various message boards for maybe 7 years now and i swear there is very little that surprises me. There are people that are just stupid. There are people that are (or present themselves) as rich and snotty or piss poor with a chip on their shoulder and act like the world owes them. Then there are those with radical thinking that really feel that the world should follow their lead....
I can't believe that in this day and age a women (and educated one) actually believes that a woman's place is in the home and her single solitary role is nurturing the children and being subservient to her spouse. Sometimes I think the women's movement did screw us over because costs of living and quality of life really depend on having 2 incomes--for most families anyway---but at least we still have a choice.
I don't get it really. The need of some women to remain constantly barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen. To never move out of the infant/toddler stage. With me, on one hand I really feel that 4 is our number of children and i probably would have always regretted not trying but at the same time it is soooo much easier now with the older 3. We don't need to pack or plan for a trip, just grab an extra diaper and depending on where we are going, the stroller and we're off. I couldn't imagine spending year after year of married life with a bulging belly.
It really reminds me of the book A Room of One's Own (1929) by Virginia Woolf. Basically a woman not having time or a physical space to herself is a detriment to her writting. That all she needs is solitude to work on herself and her talents.
We went to Black Creek Pioneer Villiage a few weeks ago and in one of the homes there was a room strictly for men, the cigar room, where men were banished to get them out of the woman's hair. So, of course, I ask the guy where was the woman's room and he looked at me kinda stupidly and said the whole house was the woman's room. Really not a great trade off in my opinion since her space is shared with the entire household...yet still her responsibility to take care of and keep clean.
Sometimes I wish i had a place of my own. To do my crafts, to read, to just sit and watch the paint crack without little hands in everything. There really feels like there is nothing that is solely mine and realistically I have zero time to myself....
Anyway back to the regular scheduled rant. I can't believe that any woman would want to bring women back to the dark ages when they were solely dependant on her husband. I can't imagine living that way now. I mean, i spent $375 on kids' clothes a couple days ago. I'd hate to hold out my hand and ask like a child. That's fine for people that don't mind it, but i could never be dependant...ever!
I can't believe that in this day and age a women (and educated one) actually believes that a woman's place is in the home and her single solitary role is nurturing the children and being subservient to her spouse. Sometimes I think the women's movement did screw us over because costs of living and quality of life really depend on having 2 incomes--for most families anyway---but at least we still have a choice.
I don't get it really. The need of some women to remain constantly barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen. To never move out of the infant/toddler stage. With me, on one hand I really feel that 4 is our number of children and i probably would have always regretted not trying but at the same time it is soooo much easier now with the older 3. We don't need to pack or plan for a trip, just grab an extra diaper and depending on where we are going, the stroller and we're off. I couldn't imagine spending year after year of married life with a bulging belly.
It really reminds me of the book A Room of One's Own (1929) by Virginia Woolf. Basically a woman not having time or a physical space to herself is a detriment to her writting. That all she needs is solitude to work on herself and her talents.
We went to Black Creek Pioneer Villiage a few weeks ago and in one of the homes there was a room strictly for men, the cigar room, where men were banished to get them out of the woman's hair. So, of course, I ask the guy where was the woman's room and he looked at me kinda stupidly and said the whole house was the woman's room. Really not a great trade off in my opinion since her space is shared with the entire household...yet still her responsibility to take care of and keep clean.
Sometimes I wish i had a place of my own. To do my crafts, to read, to just sit and watch the paint crack without little hands in everything. There really feels like there is nothing that is solely mine and realistically I have zero time to myself....
Anyway back to the regular scheduled rant. I can't believe that any woman would want to bring women back to the dark ages when they were solely dependant on her husband. I can't imagine living that way now. I mean, i spent $375 on kids' clothes a couple days ago. I'd hate to hold out my hand and ask like a child. That's fine for people that don't mind it, but i could never be dependant...ever!
Everyone thinks I'm nuts!
Guess what i did last Wednesday???!?! I actually piled the 3 Lil Monsters into the van along with the double stroller and off I went to Square One! I went to Gymboree, Old Navy, The Children's Place and Wal-mart and got almost everything I need for back to school/ winter clothing. Everyone said I'm nuts going alone at 9 months pregnant but ya know what, the kids were better for me alone than they ever are when Mike goes shopping with us. And now that i've redeemed my gymbucks and gotten the girls' first day of school outfits, I'm all clear to go into labour.
Funny, I never realized how expensive kids are until now. I'm a bargain shopper and usually get good deals, but even buying some stuff on clearance, it is rediculously expensive to outfit 4 kids that are constantly growing and outgrowing things. Mike's seriously anal too. "If i see any of those clothes on the floor they are going back!!!" Yeah, like they have any concept of how much things cost or the difference between Gymboree, TCP or Wal-martz clothes.
Funny, I never realized how expensive kids are until now. I'm a bargain shopper and usually get good deals, but even buying some stuff on clearance, it is rediculously expensive to outfit 4 kids that are constantly growing and outgrowing things. Mike's seriously anal too. "If i see any of those clothes on the floor they are going back!!!" Yeah, like they have any concept of how much things cost or the difference between Gymboree, TCP or Wal-martz clothes.
He's Stubborn Already!
I start having labor pains at 34 weeks...I'm thinking for sure this little guy will be making his way into the world already. No such luck! Even falling down the stairs didn't loosen him. So today I've made it to my last day at work and then i'm still not due for another 2 weeks! Hmm, Karin said 5 days early, Ang said 2...we'll see who is right!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Call me Ms. Fix it
Why, oh why does everything need to fall apart when i'm 9 months pregnant and ready to pop? Seriously, the lock on my front door is screwed, can't get the damn key in the door. I'm worried its going to snap and we'll be locked out. So instead of doing something fun, tomorrow i gotta run to Lowe's with the lunatics and get a lock.... Funny, i told mike and says its best that i go cuz i know what i'm looking for!
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Going Shopping!!
Gymbucks redemption period!! Off to get back to school clothes.
http://www.gymboree.com/shop/dept_category.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374306238486&bmUID=1216564161327
I'm in love with the French "Petite Madmoiselle" line and Children's Place has a couple things on sale that i want.
Maybe i'll even go get groceries on the way!
Can't seem to get over the need to spend. Yes its a need. Maybe a strange sort of nesting instinct. I've already gotten 18 Christmas presents and only spent $125. I'm also compulsively planning my home reno to do list. Somehow homeschooling has fallen by the wayside. Oh well. I swear i need 36 hours in a day.
AND......
3 more weeks til baby is due!!
http://www.gymboree.com/shop/dept_category.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374306238486&bmUID=1216564161327
I'm in love with the French "Petite Madmoiselle" line and Children's Place has a couple things on sale that i want.
Maybe i'll even go get groceries on the way!
Can't seem to get over the need to spend. Yes its a need. Maybe a strange sort of nesting instinct. I've already gotten 18 Christmas presents and only spent $125. I'm also compulsively planning my home reno to do list. Somehow homeschooling has fallen by the wayside. Oh well. I swear i need 36 hours in a day.
AND......
3 more weeks til baby is due!!
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