Funny Story

The last few weeks Tyler has been complaining about frequent tummy aches. They generally happen Mon - Fri and miraculusly he doesn't have them on the weekends. This made me start to think......see he doesn't know it but I used to have those same tummy aches, at the same time, at his age. Mine were because I didn't want to go to school for various reasons; a test, someone was not being nice, scared, you know typical little child fears. Since I truly understood where he was coming from I asked why his tummy hurt. He only replied "when I look at this boy at school it makes my tummy hurt" Without the time to go into it further because, you guessed it, time for school! I emailed his teacher my concerns and she was on the case immediately. It didn't take long to get this response from her....

Lorinda,
I found out a couple of things from Tyler. There is a boy in our class who will frequently suck his thumb and that bothers Tyler. I'm working on that one with the boy's mother but it's taking time to stop the behavior. And at lunch Tyler said it bothered him when another boy put ketchup on his pizza. For that one I talked to the class as a whole about manners and making good choices while they were in the cafeteria. I also rearranged all of the student seats so that Tyler is not sitting near either of these students. I moved him closer to the front of the room so his view of other students is more limited and maybe that will help.

Let me know if he says anything else and I will work with you to help him. I really enjoy having Tyler in class and I don't want him or anyone else to feel uncomfortable while they are here.

Thank you,
Jenny Litwin

That's it! He is sensitive to grossness....he is my son! That night I asked him more about the boy and he said not only does he put ketchup on his pizza but when he has french fries and no ketchup he puts boogers on them and eats them. No wonder he has tummy aches, he has been tramautized for life! I will never look at a french fry the same again.

Sick Sunday

Today was one of those Sunday's where my boys woke up sick.....Daddy just gets worn out very easily these days and today was one where he had NO energy. Tyler had a tummy ache but after a LONG time in the bathroom he felt much better. So we stayed in our pj's all day, missed church and hung out playing games. Charlie was able to score a Wii this past week so we are all enjoying learning how to play video games standing up. Tyler's new favorite is Tony Hawk's Skateboarding, we didn't even know he knew who that was but when we went into the store to let him pick his game that is the one he wanted. I have to admit, on tv he is very good at skateboarding, I am quite certain that if we tried this outside with a real one he would be hitting the pavement hard and often. He thinks so too. As long as he can admit it.
We are going to start baseball next weekend so it really needs to warm up. Usually I don't miss any practices or games but I have all ready let them both know that I am NOT going to sit and freeze for two hours while they practice. Just not going to, no point. I can be doing more practical things like cleaning my house or shopping. I think I will chose shopping.
We all went to see Grandaddy yesterday as we do every Saturday. He was very proud of the fact that he slept all day. Man I can't wait to be able to do that, when I don't need to be doing anything else but sleep. I just can't even imagine a day. So that was all he wanted to talk about so we let him go on and on for a while then we left. We promised next time we would bring him some more crackers, the man loves peanut butter crackers! So much he thinks they are cookies. Maybe next time he can talk about that.
Off to get the laundry done, amazing when we are home all day how much stuff I can put off until later.

Looking for ideas

I need some cute craft ideas for children.....I am having a house full of niece's and nephew's for Easter and when I have them all here I try to fill the days with crafts and games. Does anyone have some cute Easter craft ideas for children ranging in age from 1 yr to 12 yrs? I have a few but always am looking for some more!

I don't want....

to be at work! It's raining & getting colder by the minute. I can't get all of the things I need to be doing at home out of my head. Laundry, dishes, vaccuming, dusting, etc. Just needed to get that off my chest.

Backyard Campfire

Hey Ya'll! It was an outside day all day so we decided to cook outside too! The kids loved roasting their hotdogs over the fire. Some (Tyler) was so hungry he didn't even let it cook all the way before eating it. He would take a bite, put it back over the fire, take a bite, put it back over the fire - until the hot dog was gone.

For a little fire pit we got a BIG fire going! Charlie was so proud!
My niece Kaite (9 yrs old) took this picutre......I just think it is so neat!
They all had fun lighting their marshmellows on fire.
Then eating them!

The Interpreter

OK many of you who know Charlie know he was born and raised in Boston. He has a thick accent when he gets going. On occasion I have to interpret what he says so that others understand him. TodayI had to do it for Tyler.

We started a reward system for Tyler so every time he completes something deemed "marble worthy" he gets marbles put in a jar. When that jar is full he will get to chose what he wants for a reward - it can be either something just for him or a family outing. On the flip side when he disobeys he gets marbles taken out.
We had an episode today that was worthy of taking marbles out of the jar. Daddy explained to him about why he was getting the marbles taken out and that he was going to lose 10 marbles. (It was a pretty bad day) So Tyler says ok. On the way to the kitchen where the marble jar is kept he pulls on my arm and I lean down. He wispers in my ear "But Mommy, what is a maaaable?" Yes it was extremely difficult to keep a strait face but I did it. I said not maaable honey - marble. The look on his face said he finally was getting what his punishment was. After he took his marbles out and we had moved on I had to tell Charlie. This was of course in between hysterical laughter!

It's gone!

Tyler spent Friday with his Papa. I told him that Papa had pulled all of my teeth growing up and he was a great teeth puller! I knew that when I got home that day I would no longer have to look at the dangly tooth. I got a phone call at work and on the other end of the line was the most excited boy! He just had to let me know that Papa had succeeded! The tooth fairy paid us another visit last night and depoisted another $5 into the piggy bank. What happened to getting .25 for a tooth?