How could a Mother be so mean

I've decided to post a vent posting, because I couldn't do it on Facebook because the person I'm mad at is one of my "friends".

Jacob was doing his homework yesterday in the living room (it has the best light) and he saw 3 of his friends ride by on scooters. He asked me if he could go with them and I said sure (he asked so cute). He ran after his friends and when he got to their house, his Mom said he had too many friends over and Jacob had to go home, the boys were playing in their unfinished backyard. Jacob came home just crushed and sad. I tried to cheer him up but he wouldn't have it. He then decided to go upstairs and play by himself in his room. I decided he could finish the homework later. I went back to the living room to help Amara finish her homework and not even 15 minutes later I saw all 3 boys ride away on their scooters.

So as a Mother how could you be so mean, so cruel to such a sweet boy as Jacob. I could understand sending away a bully, but Jacob is definetly not. I just don't understand how you could crush a child like that. I would never turn away a child who came to my door because one of my kids already had a friend over. Really what is one more kid? It would have made their number even.

Anyway, call me a mother bear but I was so mad and hurt. I hope this post helps me get my feelings under control since I have to see her at curch every week.

the vomit comet

On Friday at 2 am Keira started throwing up. She continued to throw up every half hour for 12 hours. I figured that she had contaminated all the other kids and I have a sister-in-law who catches everything. This meant that I would have to miss 2 very important things on Saturday. Around 3 pm I began feel silly for staying away from these events. That feeling only lasted 2 hours, when Ethan started throwing up. Luckily he is only throwing up every hour. 3 hours after that Amara started. Now I have Ethan asleep on a pile of towels in the downstairs bathroom and Amara on a pile in the upstairs nursery bathroom (Soren is sleeping in my room). I am soooo tired. It's like a Chinese torture when just as you fall asleep you're woken back up. I need a solid nights sleep and hopefully I won't get sick either. Do notice that it is 3 am right now.

Now it is 9 am (Been up since 6:30 when Amara threw up) and Jacob just puked on the floor. Just as I got him all set up, it became a quintfectra, Soren is now throwing up too. Quite amazingly just as Jacob starts puking, Soren pukes about a minute after him, it's syncronized puking. Nothing is worse than trying to hold a baby over a bowl while he throws up. Then after he's done he kind of smiles at you and then coos. It's so sad.

I started doing laundry at 2 am on Friday morning and I haven't been able to catch up. Every 2 hours I'm back in the laundry room washing, towels, blankets, pajamas, and my pants.

Potty Training - the worst task a mom has

I've been working on getting Keira potty trained for months. We have yet to have a day with no accidents, but we are getting close. Most days there has only been one accident.

While changing Soren's diaper Keira climbed up and then tells Soren, "Soren, you are naughty. Poop belongs in the toilet. Naughty, naughty." I had to explain to her Soren is too little, he can't even sit up. She then said he just needs to try harder.

I think if she tried harder, she could be totally potty trained. Well a mom can always hope. At least she hasn't had any accidents at preschool.

They don't eat very fast do they?

Ethan and I worked outside today in our flower garden pulling weeds. I love spending time with him. He is my best helper. While out there I decided the plants need plant food. The plant food we have is little pellets that dissolve over time with water. We went to each plant putting a scoop of food at the base of every one. As soon as we were done Ethan ran back to the first plant to check the food. He looks at me with a puzzled look and says, "They don't eat very fast do they?" I laughed so hard. He is such a sweet boy.

First and last day of dance

My sister-in-law expressed an interest in wanting to see my girls dance in a recital so I decided I would look into dance lessons. The studio Amara used to go to is really into their teams and at the performances the teams preform 5 dances each and the regular classes only once. So you would have to sit through over 50 numbers to see your child dance once so I looked into another studio.

Keira's first day of class.

Things didn't go so well. For the first half hour they tried to coax her off the bench and to participate. Then they gave up because she started crying and just walked her to me. (In the last few weeks Keira has realized she isn't the "baby" anymore and no one is caulding her anymore either. She is taking it rather hard.) I guess she isn't ready to be a "big" girl. We'll just have to try again in a couple of months.

The last of the first days

Keira's first day of Preschool

Today was Keira's first day of preschool. She was so excited to be able to go to school like the older kids. She got dressed and ate breakfast so fast. She was ready to go with her backpack on an hour before her school was to start. We had to take the older kids to school and then there was still a half hour til her school started. I thought she would start walking there she was so anxious. When her time finally came she could bearly contain herself. She was so excited to get her picture taken with Mrs. Adams. She put her shoes in her box, number 7, and hung her backpack on her peg and then she was down the stairs before I could say good-bye. They grow up so fast!!

She had so much fun! She made a shark and got to play in water. When I picked her up she asked if she could go back. I'm so glad she loves going to school.

First day of Kindergarten

Today my Ethan started Kindergarten. He has been so excited to go to Jacob and Amara's school. Jake went into work late to be there with us.

As soon as we stopped the car he jumped out and was the first one to go through the gate. He went right up to his teacher, Mrs. Bryson (the same teacher Amara had) and started taking to her. He then went and played on the playground. After school he came running out still so excited about being at the BIG school. He told me all about his day. He made a "Kissing Hand" (it's a book about a raccoon). It was so cute. Then we went to order some new glasses for him (2 pairs this time since he lost his brand new ones at the begining of summer). Then we went to McDonalds to celebrate a great first day. He got a Ben 10 toy in his happy meal. He thought that was the best part of the day.

For the next two weeks he has color days where gets to wear that color to school and sometimes he brings something of the color to eat. He has had so much fun deciding what to wear every day. He picks out his shirt, pants/shorts, socks, and he even tries to match his underware when he can. He has become such a big boy.