sorry I forgot toupdate

Moo's refluz has improved, but not enough to stop giving her the meds

So we will see them again in a year

the testing was HORRIBLE

but sahe did so good

Love Children's Hospital they are so good to my babies :)

back to helping the homework Monster :)

just adding a picture :)

moo's test day

Today we go for the lovely tests they do at the urology department of Children's hospital

Please pray that they find she has grown out of this kidney reflux thingy

and and wont need surgery, or will no longer have to take antibiotics every day.

we have 4 appointments today, starting with the first test at 10:45 AM and the last one is at 4:30 PM


Messy's fields trip has been canceled due to weather


and I can't find my recipe for apple pie I have a folder full of my favorite recipes, but the apple pie one is not in it

:(


I tried to google but, do you know how many apple pie recipes are out there???

LOL

lobster, apples, and some changes it's good to step out of your comfort zone

Dh talked me into buying lobster

it was a good price
and we heard a news story about lobster fisherman basically going out of business because they were not getting enough money for the catch, yet Lobster was still priced high for hte consumer

So to do our part for the local economy LOL

we bought lobster

I looked up online how to cook it :)

success


I didn't take the picture

that was the guy who wants to be a professional photo0grapher that took it :) (DH)

it was easy and I learned a few things

Lobsters are easy to cook

it's not as hard as I thought to put them in the pot

they don't scream like people say

the men in the family LOVED it

the women had issues :)

actually I loved it, but the girls did not want to touch it

well until after when they played with the shells LOL

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We went apple picking this weekend
to the same place MB broke his collar bone

we had not been back since, and it was a big step for the boy, because he had a little fear, and in his head the Hay maze he fell from was HUGE, but they were not really that big, and he easily climbed up and played around with the other kids on it. My new Header is him on the haystacks :)

on the other hand

it was higher than Messy's height
which meant I could not let her climb on it
I kept Moo off too so Messy wouldn't feel left out :(

but we had fun feeding goats and picking apples

this is the same place Messy has a field trip to go to this week

*sigh*

I know I haven't been updating much

why?
what is my excuse?
is it
a) computer trouble
b) busy life
c) addiction to the hatchery
or
d) all of the above

ROFL

hope you all have a nice week


Oh I had to change the setting as someone posted a spam thing and a phishing thingy in the comments and I said "Oh no you didn't!" and had to take that ability away

sorry

is this pink enough?

ugh I swear the other pink killed my eyes

the pink is the problem

it actually hurts my eyes

man I need to find a new pink

tips for Kids with Autism and Halloween

WOW do I wish I saw this BEFORE!!!
From the Autism Society Of America

http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer?pagename=halloween_tips

Tips to Make Halloween Enjoyable for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

The very things that can be so exciting to neurotypical kids—wearing the costume of a favorite character, being outside with other kids who also have on costumes, knocking on doors to ask for treats, and getting treats from every house you visit—can be anxiety producing for children with autism spectrum disorders.

Wearing a costume is unfamiliar, as is going from house to house to ask for treats. New routines and behaviors can be enjoyable for kids on the spectrum when they are approached with planning, and the necessary supports are identified and provided. Following are some things you can do ahead of time to help your child enjoy this child-focused occasion:

1. Begin early (even a month before) to prepare your child for Halloween activities. Read a story about Halloween and the activities that surround it, like carving pumpkins, wearing costumes, and trick-or-treating. Teach your child the skills involved in participating—knocking on the door, holding out the bag, saying “trick or treat” or using assistive technology (a picture or device) to communicate the message, and then saying “thank you.”

2. Help your child choose a costume that will reflect his interests. Let him practice wearing the costume around the house while practicing the skills. If wearing a costume is irritating, ask him if he would rather wear face paint, a scarf, or a hat on Halloween. No costume is also OK.

3. Write a social narrative describing what your child will do on Halloween. Include in this story information about wearing the costume (if she will) or face paint, and carrying the trick-or-treat bag. Identify which houses your child will visit, what your child will say at each house, and what she will do with the treats she receives.

4. Create a visual schedule with the Halloween activities for the evening marked on it.

5. Let your child practice trick-or-treating with familiar individuals and houses. If he has a restricted diet, give these individuals special treats for him.

6. Keep the trick-or-treating session short and comfortable. If two houses are her limit, that is fine.

7. Teach your child to give out candy for trick-or-treaters. Use role play to let him practice the skill before Halloween. Write a social narrative about this aspect of Halloween so he will know what to expect and what to do when the doorbell rings that evening. This way, even if his trick-or-treating session is short, he will be involved in the celebration.

8. Remember, practice helps make any activity feel like a routine!

From The Sphere (Fall 2007-Volume I/Issue 2), newsletter of the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence. Reprinted with permission.

did ya ever notice?

when you put the recycling out the night before like you are supposed to

they never show up until 2 pm to pick it up

but

the one time you get lazy and wait until morning to put it out

yup

they got here early

sheesh

busy day

today was hectic
my schedule didn't work today, a combo of a few minutes late leaving and traffic caused issues, we didn't get back to Messy's bus, so we had to take her to school, which she actually handled WAy better than she has in the past she usually doesn't like anything to be different from her normal routine.

then it was picture day for the boy and I forgot the paperwork, so I had to bring it to him
I didn't want to drive there and back, and then turn around and go pick him up, so I tried to grocery shop near his school before I picked him up....what a mistake LOL I like my store, maybe I am a bit like my daughter

ok does anyone else think it's odd that a nine year old (Mapboy) wants me to tivo the debate so he can watch it???


when I was that age I hated anything to do with any of that
if they interrupted my tv shows then I would be upset but other than that the government ran without me noticing.

ok was that a poor job done by the school I went to? or a great one done by the school he goes to...or the opposite? is it healthy for a nine year old to understand what "lipstick on a pig" means?

I know they were learning about it in school, they were talking about planning a field trip to the campains' headquarters, but it fell through.

seriously the kid didn't ask me to tape the redsox in the play offs, he asked me to tape the presidential debate

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on another note MB is going on a field trip tomorrow
freedom trail, I wish I could go! it is cool living here sometimes :)

Oh darn I forgot some things at the store

is there a twelve step program for furniture?

So one of the things I remember when I was a kid was a bed, it looked like a castle it was a loft bed with a play area underneath, my father had plans to build it for me, we would sit and talk about how cool this bed would be we drew pictures of it and I really thought he was going to make it...but the bed never got made :(


OK so that may explain why I am really too emotionally attached to this bunk bed, we bought it, and painted it to look like a castle....ok it doenst *look* like a castle to you and me, it is no way even close to the one my dad dreamed about, but to a five year old and a two year old, it looks like a castle! LOL

So Now the epilepsy Dr says NO to bunk beds
Ok I'll be honest I didn't think of it as an issue, but what can I say?
We can't put the 5 year old on the bottom, because the 2 year old really is just too small for bunk beds KWIM?

so silly me thinks, OK we will sell the bunk bed and use the money to buy a trundle
ROFL

Dh didnt think anyone would buy a painted bunk bed (why is he always right?)

OK so apparently a bunkbed loses value when it is painted by a mom and her kids to look like a castle ROFL

here am I thinking I have this thing of value and I can't even give the thing away.

so the new plan is to take the thing apart and put it away until the littlest one is old enough to climb up to the top, of course you do know that by that time it wont look like a castle to them anymore. ROFL

a whole month

I am keeping my blog pink for the whole month of October!
well I am going to TRY and keep it pink

As you may know I like to change my blog around a lot LOL

rambling on

The news had a horrible story about a 7 year old boy who broke into a zoo and killed some of the animals

how awful


I have a headache

and I see Messy's bear today is bear day at school
and I thought she put the bear in messy's backpack :(

gosh can I be more pathetic?

it's picture day today at Messy's school

you know one of the good things about her going to school, is that at least now I can have a nice picture of her at least once a year...because we know I just don't have enough pictures of her LOL

seriously the fact that she was interested enough to tell me she wanted to wear her hair down, and she wanted to wear her sparkly wale shirt

is AWESOME

of course I let her wear the 2 dollar walmart shirt I CANNOT believe that she asked to wear it :)


She also told me she wants to be a witch for Halloween I can do THAT too :) although a few minutes later she asked if she could be santa claus

I'll be honest I think she really means she wants to *BE* Santa ROFL

gosh she seems almost normal ROFL

Wacky Wednesday

Wednesday is turning out to be my really busy day

the school specialist comes over today

so even if I did have everything all done I would still be fretting over how clean the house is.

argh I am obsessed


last week I left a cleaning product out on the counter

I NEVER LEAVE CLEANING PRODUCTS OUT!!!!

and of course she noticed it

sooo the rest of my day will be checking to make sure I haven't left anything stupid out

I really stink at this stuff

a cute moo story

she has those magnetic letters from leapfrog that stick on the fridge, or they go into the little thingy and sings the song "A says ahh, A says ahh, every letter makes a sound, A says ahh" and so on LOL between that and the leapfrog movies she has the letter sounds down pat :)

well those magnets are not approved for the car, wouldn't be safe in an accident, but she must have smuggled it into the car

she does have animal, they are mostly beanie babies but she has a few others.
now she sits behind me in the car so I don't usually look at her directly usually through the mirror but she will say "mommy I got a bear" and I will growl at her and she will grown bacl,a bd then she will grab a cat and say "mommy I got a cat" and we will meow You know LOL


Well she said "mommy I got a bee" so in my head I pictured her with her little bee puppet and I said "buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz buzzzzzzzzzzzz" she didnt say a word so I looked in the mirror at her shocked face she held up her little magnet and siad "mommy it says Ba"

ROFL

you gotta laugh

they still wouldn't pay for it

well I got them to pay for Messy's Lamictal, but they would not pay for Moo's Bactrim

what are you going to do?

I so cannot wait to hear the Dr say that the reflux has gone away and I can stop giving her this crappy stuff whoo hoo! October 21s a day of tests for her, they wont be fun, but I CANNOT WAIT see this is me being optimistic :)

not the best parent alerrt (it doenst sound as good as "bad mommy alert" but it's better for my self esteem)

paper he has been working on is due tomorrow
he did well writing the first draft which is graded by peers
second draft is graded by the teacher

Teacher has a list of rewrites
he doest want to do it.

I talk to him about the importance of planning ahead

I tell him that we really need to go to the store and get bread and bologna and milk


the boy said it


"why didn't you get those things yesterday when daddy was home?"

I told him I had forgotten

yup he said it

he really did

he set me up and I fell for it


yes I should plan ahead too


off to the grocery store with three grumpy kids, one who is trying to do his paper in the back of the car LOL

bad mommy huh?

I could complain but.... I am so darn lucky!

So moo's medicine has run out, but her drs appointment isn't until October 21 so you can blame me for that I wasn't paying attention but they wont refill her prescription it's expired

Messy's medication has been increased
no one told the insurance company...the insurance company wont refill it
Dh called the epilepsy clinic because the regular drs office is closed
the on call dr sent in a refill for 12 pills and we are to call our dr Monday
we figured that was set
umm no one still told the insurance company so yeah they wouldn't fill the prescription

Mapboy is on a new medication

Dh had his dr transfer all his meds to 90 supply to utilize the new money saver thingy at the drugstore

So DH's medication with the new cheaper program 70 bucks (it's really a lot cheaper)
MB's old medicine 35 bucks (no you can't return it) new medicine 35 bucks
Messy's 12 pills to tide up over until this morning was 46 bucks ( no it's not refundable )
Moos medicine well that is zero since I haven't gotten a call back from the dr yet

so in the last week the drugstore has gotten 186 bucks from us
and tonight it will be 70 more for the two girls

you know it's really scary to think of all the meds my family takes
:(
but it's funny, like what can go wrong will go wrong kind of thing

"umm yeah sorry I couldn't make my mortgage payment because I had to buy drugs" ROFL

Gosh you knwo it isn't really funny at all

we are so freaking lucky to have insurance to help us pay for all this

sheesh I can't even imagine having to pay for all this in full?

late night blogging

can't sleep got into a heated discussion with Dh...that's never good
I would make a terrible debater, I just lose control of my brain and say things wrong

I wish I wasn't like that

speaking of debates...RE: Presidential Debate, I found it interesting that all the people believe that their guy won the debate

I'm not going to share my opinion of it LOL
frankly I'm not a big fan of politics.
but I do find a lot of humor in it all....even stuff that should NOT be funny...I know I'm pathetic.

I don't understand why I have allergy symptoms today it's supposed to be very low right now
but it's bad


the sox got killed tonight, I didn't watch it because I had to record the debate for DH, but i watched part of it on gameday and then I had to stop KWIM it's never good when they lose to the Yankees but they got pounded :(

rain is good


my composter has rodents in it :( what's up with that?

so the meeting at the school was...interesting

the whole thing was completely done by the boy

they gave him a form to fill out, and he was supposed to just answer the questions

the good part?

the only academic issue he had was that he has trouble with the the way thsi school does word problems in math.

the bad part

the whole rest of his presentation was about being bullied and trying to make friends and not be shy

again the teacher was shocked to hear him talk about being shy---he doenst seem shy to her


*sigh*

also wanted to mention that I'm more than a little nervous about this banking thing