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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
decisions were made...
Okay so I finally got a letter from the school district about Deshawns placement. He will be going to a small group kindergarten in the next city over. But as happy as I am about that I am really upset with the school and district still. Yes I got my answers but the way the decision making process goes I was supposed to have a say in the decision and not once was I contacted or asked what my opinion was. Plus he had some IQ test and other testing done in April and I still have not seen any results from that yet. I just feel like they dropped the ball on this one and I am not happy. But I am happy that he will be going to the small group kindergarten. I think I will try to get ahold of someone at the district and see if I can get those results.
When I adopted Deshawn I told myself I will do everything in my power to provide whatever he needed. Even though his bio mom doesn't know what is happening in his life it is important to me that I provide the best I can for all of his needs so maybe one day if she ever meets him she will know that I did everything in my power for him. So she knows how much I appreciate the wonderful gift she gave me.
As far as everything else goes we are doing well. Yesterday was a little interesting though. I had an aunt and uncle visiting yesterday and while we were visiting Parker came in the house screaming and crying and he was in his birthday suit. I at first was like where are your clothes and why are you screaming? Finally he was able to tell me that deshawn had poured gas all over him. I was freaking out. I ran him to the bath tub and started dumping soap all over him and the whole time he was screaming that he was burning. So I scrubbed harder and faster and finally he was fine. My house smelled like gas for a few hour but we survived. I am still trying to figure out what the hell Dee was thinking when he was putting gas all over his brothers body.
Seriously people should I start picking out a room at the looney bin now?
When I adopted Deshawn I told myself I will do everything in my power to provide whatever he needed. Even though his bio mom doesn't know what is happening in his life it is important to me that I provide the best I can for all of his needs so maybe one day if she ever meets him she will know that I did everything in my power for him. So she knows how much I appreciate the wonderful gift she gave me.
As far as everything else goes we are doing well. Yesterday was a little interesting though. I had an aunt and uncle visiting yesterday and while we were visiting Parker came in the house screaming and crying and he was in his birthday suit. I at first was like where are your clothes and why are you screaming? Finally he was able to tell me that deshawn had poured gas all over him. I was freaking out. I ran him to the bath tub and started dumping soap all over him and the whole time he was screaming that he was burning. So I scrubbed harder and faster and finally he was fine. My house smelled like gas for a few hour but we survived. I am still trying to figure out what the hell Dee was thinking when he was putting gas all over his brothers body.
Seriously people should I start picking out a room at the looney bin now?
Thursday, July 17, 2008
New look!
Okay so I want to say thanks to everyone for the advice you all had for me. I think for the time being I am going to leave the subject alone. I think he will probagly have more questions when the puppies come and we will try to be honest with him but leave out some of the details until later.
Okay so I am trying to figure out how to change the look of my blog a little so you might see my blog changing from time to time until I figure out what I like.
Also I have to vent of course. I still have no idea where Deshawn is going to be going to school. They did a ton of testing on him in April and I still have heard nothing. I have talked to his principle 3 times this summer and yesterday I kindof let him have it. Well in a nice way anyway. I told him that I thought that I was supposed to be part of the decision making process. I also told him that I am upset that I still have no idea what the results of all the testing was. He was really nice and gave me a ton of numbers and people that I need to get ahold of. It just frustrates me because school is starting in 4 weeks and I want to prepare Deshawn for school but I can't because I have no idea where he is going for sure. Plus I feel like the school has really dropped the ball on my son and it makes me mad. That evil protective mother inside of me wants to rear it's ugly head and kick some school district butt.(in the nicest way possible)Hopefully we can get this all straightend out soon.
Okay so I am trying to figure out how to change the look of my blog a little so you might see my blog changing from time to time until I figure out what I like.
Also I have to vent of course. I still have no idea where Deshawn is going to be going to school. They did a ton of testing on him in April and I still have heard nothing. I have talked to his principle 3 times this summer and yesterday I kindof let him have it. Well in a nice way anyway. I told him that I thought that I was supposed to be part of the decision making process. I also told him that I am upset that I still have no idea what the results of all the testing was. He was really nice and gave me a ton of numbers and people that I need to get ahold of. It just frustrates me because school is starting in 4 weeks and I want to prepare Deshawn for school but I can't because I have no idea where he is going for sure. Plus I feel like the school has really dropped the ball on my son and it makes me mad. That evil protective mother inside of me wants to rear it's ugly head and kick some school district butt.(in the nicest way possible)Hopefully we can get this all straightend out soon.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Advice needed!
Okay people I am at a loss here. Okay I guess I better start this by explaining that my dog was in heat a month or 2 ago and well (you know where I am going with this) the little tramp got out about 5 weeks ago and rick found her one morning across the street flirting with two other dogs and well we think she may be preggo.
Okay so me and Rick are obviously not very happy because they will not be purebred puppies and we know it can be hard to find good homes for them. So hopefully if she is preggo we will be able to find homes for them. Anyway my problem is my son Adam who is almost 10 has been asking "Questions" about how, what, where and why. I have never had "THE TALK" with him yet and I am not quite sure when it is an appropriate age to have "THE TALK" either. I think I have answered the questions he has had enough to satisfy him for now. But he keeps saying he is confused and isn't understanding things. UUHHHGG!! I am not ready for him to know these things yet but I also don't want him confused and drawing his own conclusions either. What do you all think? I really need some advice here because this all new to me and I don't want to screw my kid up any worse than I already have :)
Okay so me and Rick are obviously not very happy because they will not be purebred puppies and we know it can be hard to find good homes for them. So hopefully if she is preggo we will be able to find homes for them. Anyway my problem is my son Adam who is almost 10 has been asking "Questions" about how, what, where and why. I have never had "THE TALK" with him yet and I am not quite sure when it is an appropriate age to have "THE TALK" either. I think I have answered the questions he has had enough to satisfy him for now. But he keeps saying he is confused and isn't understanding things. UUHHHGG!! I am not ready for him to know these things yet but I also don't want him confused and drawing his own conclusions either. What do you all think? I really need some advice here because this all new to me and I don't want to screw my kid up any worse than I already have :)
Friday, July 11, 2008
One busy mamma!
Wow I have been busy. I am getting ready for a garage sale that me, my mom and my sister are having at my mom's house. But the good part is I have officially decluttered my office which was REAL bad :)
So the boys and I are going to load up our stuff and head to the grandparents house and have a "sleepover" tonight. It worked out well because Rick had to go out of town to do a job and he won't be back until tomorrow. So we don't have to be alone.
Anyway wish us luck. I am hoping to make some money to put towards out mini-vacation at the end of the month. We will see! Have a great weekend guys.
So the boys and I are going to load up our stuff and head to the grandparents house and have a "sleepover" tonight. It worked out well because Rick had to go out of town to do a job and he won't be back until tomorrow. So we don't have to be alone.
Anyway wish us luck. I am hoping to make some money to put towards out mini-vacation at the end of the month. We will see! Have a great weekend guys.
Monday, July 7, 2008
What a great weekend!
Well we were busy people this weekend. We started our 4th of july weekend out with a family bar b q on friday. Every year on the 4th Rick's family gets together to celebrate the 4th of july. They are there to celebrate the 4th and also it is their grandparents anniversary. His grandma and grandpa are Canadian so when they were married the 4th was not a holiday for them. That is until they moved their family to Utah. So every year since then they get the whole family together on the 4th to celebrate their marriage and the 4th. They have been married 60 something years (I think 64). They are real amazing people. They lived in Canada and farmed and had their family (Rick's mom, aunts and uncles) until the farming was not enough to provide for their family and then they moved to Utah. Ricks grandfather has not been doing very good for the last couple of years and every time I see him he looks sicker and sicker. I hate to see him in the condition he is in.
After the bar b q we went home and napped and then my parents came over and we watched fireworks from my front yard. The kids had fun with the sparklers and little fireworks we lit off before the big fireworks started. I was disappointed with this years fireworks though. They were really short. It surprised me because they are usually pretty good.
Saturday we went around bidding wood so we can get started on our deck. We also went shopping and bought Rick a new outfit to go out that night.
Saturday evening we took the kids to my sisters to stay the night while we stayed in Salt lake. We were celebrating my sister in laws birthday. We went out to dinner at squatters which was really good and the prices were great too. Then we went to port o call and hung out on there patio for a few hours and laughed and laughed and laughed. It felt so great to get away from the kids and chill with some of our closest friends. I think there were like 14 of us. My brother in law bought the girls these ridiculous hats (Go check them out at www.hippowire.com) They were funny. I have the cowboy hat.
We stayed at the little america just down the street. It was a little different from anywhere I have stayed before. It was real victorian. It was different but good. We had a nice ridiculously priced breakfast and then picked up the boys.
The rest of the day was just chillin at home and hugging and loving on the boys. So I would say we had a nice, fun weekend.
After the bar b q we went home and napped and then my parents came over and we watched fireworks from my front yard. The kids had fun with the sparklers and little fireworks we lit off before the big fireworks started. I was disappointed with this years fireworks though. They were really short. It surprised me because they are usually pretty good.
Saturday we went around bidding wood so we can get started on our deck. We also went shopping and bought Rick a new outfit to go out that night.
Saturday evening we took the kids to my sisters to stay the night while we stayed in Salt lake. We were celebrating my sister in laws birthday. We went out to dinner at squatters which was really good and the prices were great too. Then we went to port o call and hung out on there patio for a few hours and laughed and laughed and laughed. It felt so great to get away from the kids and chill with some of our closest friends. I think there were like 14 of us. My brother in law bought the girls these ridiculous hats (Go check them out at www.hippowire.com) They were funny. I have the cowboy hat.
We stayed at the little america just down the street. It was a little different from anywhere I have stayed before. It was real victorian. It was different but good. We had a nice ridiculously priced breakfast and then picked up the boys.
The rest of the day was just chillin at home and hugging and loving on the boys. So I would say we had a nice, fun weekend.
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