my whiner

Yes, I am talking about Carter!! That boy can give any girl a run for her money..lol !! It doesn't seem to matter to him what starts it.. all he knows is that he is gonna whine about whatever , whenever! His main trigger is Owen, of course!! He loves to be Owen's Lil sidekick but heaven's sake if he don't get what he wants.... I have started dealing with this by putting him on his bedroom steps and telling him when he is done crying about it he can come back down. He says "okay Mommy" in the most pitiful way you could image. I can't wait to this is passed

soccer child

Owen has been playing soccer now for 2 seasons on the U6 team.On the U6 team he has learned the basics of the sport.. He has learned a lot this spring season on how to control the ball.. the boy has skills or should I say will have skills if he sticks with it. He loves soccer and it is the perfect sport for him.. lots of constant movement!! In the fall he will be moving to the U8 team. He will then have Saturday games.. He is looking forward to actual game. With the U6 he doesn't really have games but lil scrimmages at practice time.. which is only 1hr. a week, Wednesday nights.

So I guess I am a true soccer mom ;)

takin a lickin..

My poor June bug!! She is soo sick. I took her to the Dr. on the 23rd of April, She has bronchitis. so I had to give her breathing treatments 2x a day. I went back today for a follow~up... she's getting worse not better.... Double ear infection, still has bronchitis .. so now she has to take breathing treatments 3x a day, an antibiotic, and an oral steroid.. plus she finally cut a tooth.. This poor baby!!No wonder why she has been fighting nap time... and through it all she is still a pretty good baby. Now I have to take her back on Friday to make sure this is round of meds. is working... please pray for her

home~made with love

I found this neat material at my local Wal*Mart that had smocking on it.The print is cherries[I have a love for cherries] So I bought some and made Callie a dress out of it. Simple enough, right? WRONG!! Every time I tried to fit the material on her for measuring Callie would scream.. I had the hardest time figuring out where to place my ribbon straps on it! After all said and sewn, it turned out beautiful. I love it. Then of course I have now found another use for my ribbon addiction... sewing it on to fold-over socks to create a cute ruffle. So now I can make her match form head to toe...I will be the 1st to admit it.. I am a DORK!!

first day of trout

Saturday the 29th of March was opening day of Trout. Owen and Carter spent the night with Nanna & Pappy and they were able to go fishing with Pap and Uncle Nunner! When Jason and I went to pick them up in the afternoon Owen was beaming. He had caught a fish.. So did Carter! Uncle Nunner was nice enough to clean the fish and Owen insisted that we have fish for dinner. Yuck!! I hate fish. So Jason brought the fish home and grilled on his new grill (it is an early father's day gift form me and the children). Carter does not like fish!! it is yucky. Owen ate it but I don't think it was his favorite. He does like salmon, though!

lunch at Pizza Hut

Carter is doing book-it in his Pre-K class and he qualified for his free pizza hut personal pizza.. He came home yesterday demanding that we go to pizza hut! So we called Nanna and Pap and asked them out for lunch . We went today and had a grand time. We all got the buffet and Carter a lil cheese pizza... and Callie ate some cinnamon bread sticks. She couldn't get enough of them!

5 things...

After stumbling across this topic on BBC I knew I needed to do this for my own children... This is 5 things I love about each them!!

Owen
1.his crooked lil finger
2.his strong will
3.his toothless grin
4.his ability to make Callie squeal in delight over nothing
5.his loving nature

Carter
1.that he loves getting his picture taken
2.that he tells me I am his favorite Momma
3.his gorgeous blue eyes
4.that he is the spittin image of his daddy
5.the gentleness he shows his sissy

Callie
1.her RED hair
2.her smile
3.how she adores her 2 big brothers
4.how she kicks her leg when she is happy
5.her ability to melt my heart over and over again

the trials of a raising an ADHD child

About 3 months ago Owen was finally diagnosed with having ADHD! I knew in my heart ever since he was a toddler that he had it... However I could never get anywhere when i mentioned it to the Doctor or to his teachers. They would say he is just a boy! Yes he is a boy but they didn't see what i saw on a daily basis or have to deal with his behavior. It was a chore to go anywhere with him. He liked to "explore" way too much. And with him being our first we really didn't know how much was normal! Then Carter came along and he was so much more mellow.
It was a blow to have him diagnosed with this disorder but it could be worse, right? We are very thankful for being able to have him finally diagnosed and now we are learning that there is so much we were doing wrong with him... like how we were punishing him.. what we expected out of him... and how he got things accomplished! We cannot just tell Owen to go clean his room. We have to be more specific and give him one thing at a time to do, like..pick up all of your cars, then when he is finished with that then we can go to the next thing.. pick up all the clothes on the floor and put them in the hamper, and so on! It does become very frustrating as a parent to deal with. He is very hard-headed to begin with(Mom says he gets that from me)so this just seems to add to it! I love the booger just the way he is and wouldn't want him any other way! When I talked to the Doctor about my options we decided to go with medication, however I didn't want Owen to lose his spark! I just wanted him to be a tad bit more able to concentrate! So far we have been able to achieve that! He is doing so much better in school! He is able to focus and keep his natural urge of outburst under control! That is what are goal was... He doesn't really fully grasp the whole picture on this. He knows he takes medication to help and wonders at times for how long and if he will ever be able to stop. He also keeps this his secret to his friends. I guess he doesn't want them to think any less of him. He is such a caring and lovable boy. I hope he is able to keep those qualities throughout his life!!!

my baby is getting too big..lol

Callie is forever doing domething new... She now plays pat-a-cake and can "roll it up".... which is way toooo cute!! She is standing on her own for brief moments.. loves walking if you hold her hands.She still isn't sleeping through the night.. Most times I feel like she sleeps worse than a newborn! I am very grateful though that Jason takes the weekend duty for me, so I at least get some rest! Of course she is still toothless. She was running a fever last week for 3 days and the Pediatrician told me she was teething.. well I wanna know where her tooth is then??? I say she is gonna be toothless until she is a year old.. How odd would that be?