Mother’s Day 2014

Mother’s Day was yesterday!  Yay me!  But as usual, let’s start at the beginning of the week. 

Lindy had PT on Monday with Jill.  Drew took her and said she did well.  She did one true jump while standing on her left foot which is new.  She has been able to jump on her right foot but couldn’t get those toes off the ground on her left foot.  She finally did it!  She has been doing a lot better with standing on one foot on the left side too.  Jill fixed all her braces and by the end said she could wear her SMO (short brace) for the next two months.  She said to come back in July and we’ll see how she looks. 

Wednesday Lindy had HI/VI field day.  This year she rode the bus with the other visually impaired kids from her school and her vision teachers.  It started at 10am and Drew met her there.  She had a fun morning and got to see a lot of her old classmates from her hearing impaired preschool classroom.  I ran over at lunch and got to see her old preschool teacher, Ms. Asbury, and I got to see her old classmates.  They have all grown up so much!  It was like a mini reunion!  It was a beautiful day out and I know she had fun.  They have held it at BB&T Field (Wake’s football stadium) for the past few years and that is always neat.  This year we got to go in the locker rooms to go to the bathroom.  It was kind of cool to see in their locker room!  Each locker had a list of names on it and that was fun to see all the old and new names on the lockers.  For the first time ever Lindy got a t-shirt that fit.  When she was 3 they were like a dress on her and the older she has gotten the better they fit.  This year it actually fit!  I guess she is growing too!

Friday night I met the family for dinner at O’Charley’s.  We enjoyed ourselves and the dinner.  Saturday morning I was up at 4:20am for my last March for Babies of the season.  I can’t wait to sleep in next week!  We had a walk in Mount Airy on Saturday that turned out to be great!  Much larger crowd of people than we expected and we are going to hit our goal!  It was a good day! 

I hurried home because we had friends coming over for dinner that night.  It was one of Drew’s oldest friends and his family that live in Greensboro.  We had a great time and wish we could see them more often.  They are moving to Cary next month.  They have a daughter who is in kindergarten and a 3 year old son.   Will and Hannah got along well.  Hannah walked in dressed up as Izzy from Jake and the Neverland Pirates!  We couldn’t believe it!! 

Sunday was my day.  Well it was my special Mother’s Day but it was also another special day for Drew and me – our 12th wedding anniversary!!   There was lots to celebrate on Sunday.  Drew started the day making French Toast and bacon for me.  We went to church and then stopped at home for a quick lunch and change of clothes.  We headed to my parents’ to see my mom.  It’s the first mother’s day I’ve spent with her in a very long time!  We got there and we quickly changed and we got to take our inaugural dip in their new swimming pool!  The water was 80F and felt good!  A bit cold at first but you got used to it quickly.  The kids loved it and had a blast.  Lindy stayed in for 2 hours.  Will, the one with no meat on his bones, got cold a couple times and got out a couple times to warm up.  They can’t swim yet but I’m hoping by the end of the summer they will know how to swim.  We played for a couple hours and then we ate a delicious steak dinner.  We basically ate and ran because we had to get home and get the kids to school.  Drew and I plan to celebrate our anniversary another weekend.

That sums things up!  Enjoy some pictures!

 

PIctures from Lindy’s HI/VI field day.  Lindy goes to the school in town that has a full time vision teacher.  There are about 8-10 visually impaired kids at this school.  There is an older student, Olivia, who has hearing aids and she has taken a liking to Lindy.  And vice versa really.  Lindy likes her too.  Olivia rode over with the vision students and then hung out with them too.  She loves to help Lindy and Lindy loves hanging out with her. 


We saw Lindy’s old vision teacher Ms. Asbury!!  So great to see her.  We miss her!

The kids brought home Mother’s Day presents from school but couldn’t wait until Sunday so they gave it to me on Friday night. 
Lindy filled out a questionnaire on me.  My name is Mom, my favorite store is Sam’s Club, I’m good at cooking, and I like to play outside with Lindy. 

She brought home a plant too with a decorated pot. 
Will brought home a decorated bag -
With some kind of plant in a decorated pot. 
What do you do at 6:30am on your last March for Babies of the season?  Bust out the mustaches with the intern!!!  ha ha!
Sunday morning Lindy asked to pose with Jake’s pirate ship. 
Me with my handsome boy!
So happy to call these kids mine!
My beautiful girl!
Getting ready to swim on Sunday!
First swim in the poo!
Papa seems to be enjoying his new pool!
Drew’s inaugural jump into the pool!
Crazy girl!

This is what I did to celebrate Mother’s Day and my anniversary! 
My sweet hubby sent me flowers at work on Friday to celebrate our 12 years of wedded bliss!!

Allergies

The theme this week has been allergies.  Everyone has been affected by them.  Some worse than others.  Most of the week was pretty boring around here. 

Wednesday Lindy started coughing a bunch and when we put her to bed she ended up throwing up twice.  She had a low fever too so we ended up putting her in our bed for the night.  She woke up Thursday morning just a mess.  If the kids ever wake up saying they don’t feel good we usually get them up and ready and tell them to eat some and then they usually are fine.  Thursday morning Lindy woke up and just started crying.  We knew she didn’t feel good.  She ended up getting a day off of school and a day home with Mommy.  She laid on my bed watching tv all morning and definitely didn’t feel good.  Drew brought home some popsicles and she seemed to perk up some after a couple popsicles.  She slept well Thursday night and was back to school on Friday morning.

Thursday night Will had a tee ball game.  Since I have been working most weekends at March for Babies walks, I took him to the game while Drew stayed with Lindy.  He is doing well in tee ball this year.  I think he has only hit off the tee one time.  He is getting better hits each game.  He still has a lot to learn about fielding but he is by far one of the most mature on his team.  There are some other really young kids on his team.   He is having fun and that’s all that matters.

Saturday I was at another walk and both kids had tee ball games, at almost the same time.  Jamie and Molly came to the help and took Lindy to her game.  This time she had Jacob helping her.  I never heard what happened to Jared but Jamie said Jacob grew on her.  Drew took Will to his game and said he did well.  When I got home we did yard work outside.   We were all exhausted and all went to bed early. 

Today we had church and a potluck at church.  I got a lot of work done around the house which was nice.  I had been working on switching out closets all week and finally got that all done today.  It’s one thing to switch my winter and summer clothes from one closet to another but it sucks to have to go through all the kids’ clothes to see what I think will fit next winter and then pack up the ones that are too small.  It’s no small task.  But it’s done, for now!

Not too many pictures this week.

My Sickling

Ever since my dad gave her a popsicle when she was sick at Xmas, she thinks she needs one every time she is sick.

Saying the tee ball pledge Thursday night. 

Lindy and Jacob on Saturday at her game. I’ve yet to see a game of hers.  I can’t wait to see one in a couple weeks!
Not sure who gives the icees after the game but I don’t enjoy scrubbing her uniform after each game.   Look at that mouth?!  Gross!
 
We had our own running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday night. 



Heading to church this morning.

Toothless Wonder

Let’s see how this week stacked up.  Seemed to go fast.

Monday started with me volunteering in Will’s science lab special.  Always fun to hang with the kids’ classes.   Monday afternoon Lindy had her yearly appointment with the orthopedist.   They waited over an hour and the appointment lasted less than 10 minutes.   She watched her walk and said she was doing fine – to keep doing what we’re doing.  To keep going to PT with Jill and to keep her in her tall brace during the day and low brace in afternoons and weekends.  She said kids often turn their feet inward for a few years and then around 6-7 they naturally start turning back out. She said we probably wouldn’t see this with Lindy though.  She said Lindy will probably always have that slight turn inward which will make her trip a lot more and be a lot more clumsy.  Which she already is, so nothing new there. 

Wednesday I picked the kids up from school and took them on some work stops with me.   We had to go to the office for a little bit which is always an adventure.  We headed home and did our usual dinner, homework, baths, and bed while Drew was out at a couple meetings.  Lately Lindy likes to call us back in her room after we put her to bed.   I put her down and said “Don’t call me back in here unless you’re throwing up or pull one of your teeth.”  Lindy’s top two front teeth had been super loose and dangling all week.  I had tried pulling them all week and couldn’t get them out.  A few minutes after putting her down, I heard, “Mom!”  I went in and she was smiling.  Sure enough the girl had pulled out one of her front teeth!  She had a bloody mouth and was so happy.  We had to find the tooth, get her mouth cleaned up, put her tooth in her tooth fairy box, and get her back to sleep.   We did all that and I told her not to call for me again unless she pulled the other one.  A few minutes later I heard “Mom” and I went in and the girl had pulled out the other tooth!  In a matter of 10 minutes she had pulled her two top teeth out!!  We had to clean her mouth up again and get her back to bed.   She was so excited.  She laid up there in bed just chattering away about how she was so excited and couldn’t wait to tell her teachers.  In the middle of the night she went to the bathroom and we heard, “Dad, I got $2!”  Drew went in and told her to go back to sleep.   She is now the toothless wonder!

Thursday evening Will had tee ball.  I got there late and only got to see the second inning.  I saw him get a good hit and play third base.  Drew said he got a good hit the first inning too. 

Friday morning was a fun morning for the kids.  It started with Will getting to be the flag holder on the school news, the Eagle Eye News.  We had to be there early and get him down to the media center to practice.  The big show came on at 8:20am.  I got to watch him practice and then we got to watch the show in the media center.   He was a fine flag holder.  We were so proud!  It’s a big deal that the kindergarteners get to be on Eagle Eye News in the spring.   At the end of the news show they play a song and all the kids dance.  Will did some serious dancing!  They played an entire song that lasted way too long but Will danced for the whole thing!

After Will held the flag, the kids participated in their first Boosterthon Fun Run at school.  They had been getting pledges and having pep rallies for 1.5 weeks.  They finally got to run on Friday morning.  They were supposed to run outside but due to the weather, they had to move it inside.  We were a little worried about how they were going to let 5 classes run safely but they ended up having the girls run first and then the boys got to run.  That made it much safer.  Lindy had been a little worried about running because they were told they would run between 30-35 laps.  Her teacher had asked if we would be there and I told her yes and she said we could run with Lindy.  Lindy ran with her teacher for the first 2 laps but then I ended up running and walking 22 more laps with her.  They were pretty short laps but Lindy did get pretty tired.  I was really proud of her for doing that many though.  All the teachers kept telling her she was doing great.  After the girls ran she got to rest and we got to watch Will run.  He ran 36 laps I think!  He had fun zooming around the track.  He fell twice and got floor burn one time but he popped back up and kept going.  It was pretty fun to watch them having so much fun. 

Drew was heading out of town for the weekend and I had another walk event for work so we needed help with the kids.  GrandBob and Suzette came up Friday and stayed with the kids till I got home.  Then they watched the kids all Saturday till I got home.  They had to split up and take the kids to their separate tee ball games at different fields.  GrandBob took Lindy to her game and said there were 3 kids there.  He said the older kids helped them out and Lindy’s helper was named Jared.  He said Lindy was practically goo goo gaa gaa for Jared.  He said she loved her some Jared!  He said he was one of the nicest kids he has ever met.  He said she got to bat a lot and she had a lot of fun!  Suzette took Will to his game and said he did well too.  He got to play first and second base and he got two hits again.  They played at the house and had an ice cream treat before I got home around 4pm.

I got home and heard about their days and they headed back to Charlotte.  I had been thinking about going to my parents’ Sunday morning so I decided we would just head there Sat. night.  I packed up quickly and we ended up meeting them for dinner in Statesville.  We got to their house and the kids got a bath and they went to bed. 

Today we had a fun day at their house seeing all the new things they have done.  They have an up and running pool in the back!  It’s cold but it’s a pool!  We did stick our feet and hands in but that was it.  Lindy was ready to jump in!!  They have also planted something like 86 plants and spread mulch – by themselves.  They did have rock brought in for around the pool.  It’s looking really good!  I was also able to go shopping for clothes for Lindy – from my parents’ clothes closet.  My sister sends boxes and boxes of her kids’ outgrown clothes and my parents are storing them for me.  I was able to bring home a huge bag of clothes for her and then sort through the rest.  The girl has clothes in the next few sizes just waiting for her to grown into them. 

The only other news of the week is Will’s allergies.  He was telling Bob and Suzette he had a headache Friday after school.  He didn’t eat any dinner and said his belly hurt that night.  His nose was running out of control.   He was sneezing and so much snot was coming out.  I got home Saturday and they said he hadn’t been feeling great after his game.  He didn’t eat any dinner Sat. night either.  He woke up today feeling a little better I think but he sounds like he is losing his voice.  He finally ate some lunch but I don’t think he felt 100% all weekend.

That wraps it up.  Here are a few pictures from the week. 

Striking a pose on Earth Day in her Earth Day shirt.
After pulling the first tooth.

After pulling the second tooth!

Dolla Dolla bills y’all.

Big ole gap in the front!

Hiding in the trees to hold the flag during practice!
Holding the flag on live tv!
Will’s class ready for the Fun Run!
Lindy and her teacher running their first laps.

Running my laps with Lindy! 
Will getting his shirt signed after a lap. 
The blur called Will!

Papa gave lawnmower rides today!


My mother’s dream came true.  She finally got a pool.  She is in heaven.

Lou testing the water.


Taking a little foot dip.
Helping Papa power wash the patio.
We finally got Will to step in!