Monday, January 31, 2011

Oh my Emma

Its nighttime and we are sitting by the sliding glass doors. She looks over to her reflection and says "Oh! Hello there Black Emma!"

tee he he!

Sunday, January 30, 2011

And now, if I may, a picture montage...


Believe it or not, the best Christmas Day shot I have of the kids...


Lots of snow! (For Virginia standards) 5 inches.


My boys.


Emma and her new bed...



Lost his first tooth Jan 5th 2011...

Daddy bought Wyatt Mouse Trap for his birthday before he left for sea..


Wyatt and I at Wyatt's Pre-Daddy Leaving Dinner

Emma looking all sassy.



Emma studying hard.

Wyatt and his class at their "Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea" Muscial Production. They all look a little nutty because it was Pajama day, then the kids had to put on their tropical gear on top of it for the production. It was adorable. And this year Wyatt actually sang and moved his hands! Woot!

Saturday, January 29, 2011

sad thoughts



My boy will be 7 in a week.
Wyatt is super sad. Now all of a sudden out of freakin' no where, he wants a kids party ON HIS BIRTHDAY and not after. (we were going to do something after Randy got back end of the month) He's really upset that people wont be here for a party. I dont know what to do. I put a event on my mommies site for a pajama party the day before his birthday to watch Despicable Me and have pizza, but no one has replied and I dont think anyone will. They just don't know us well and a lot of the womens kids are younger. It sucks. I just...feel so helpless. Part of me just wants to say the hell with it and put invites in his bag on Monday and see what shakes. I wouldn't have a clue what to do for a birthday party, I dont have games ready and Wyatt thinks hes getting a magician on his birthday and I have no idea where he got that from. *cry*
This is such a mess. I just feel so bad for him
on top of that....
Emma was sitting on the couch looking like someone shit in her cherrios. I asked her.. Whats wrong?" she told me "want friend to come play with me" I said "Where, at school?" She said "No, I want my old friends to come my house and play with me."
That broke my heart. I knew Wyatt was having trouble not having friends, I had no idea Emma was sad and thinking about it too.
Well babies...that makes 3 of us.
My God. Just tell me what to do. Tell me how to make this better for them.


Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Classes

Kind of excited.

I've enrolled Wyatt in Mad Science. Its a science program that does after school projects with interested kids. Wyatt is very interested. He loves all things science. I'll take it. As of yet, Wyatt isnt a sporty kid. But hell....I say the world doesn't need more athletes...it needs more scientists and critical thinkers. Cant wait to see if he likes the classes.

Emma is enrolled in soccer. Hes uber happy about it. She cant wait to get the "soccer socks" I have no idea why. Shes a really aggressive kid, though. Im a little nervous about that on the soccer field. We'll have to wait and see!

Randy has been gone only a week. Its been a looooong week. Got about a month left.

Pinewood derby is coming up! Cant wait to post the pictures!

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

My bad

Christmas was good. It went by in a blink. Randy had to be back to work right after Christmas. On the plus side...it did snow here in craptastic Virginia Beach. Of course on Christmas night when it started to snow, Wyatt leaned his head out the window to touch it and got all twitterpated, said something like "Wow! I cant believe its actually snowing!" Which was then met with my ass-hat neighbor screaming "Shut Up!" at Wyatt. Merry Christmas asshole, enjoy life on the sexual predators list and your case of crotch mouth. I said as much (drunk as I was) and get nothing but smiles from the freak. Have I mentioned lately that I LOATHE THIS PLACE?
We had our usual silly string party for New Years. Was able to have it outside in the snow. Fun was had by all.

Preschool search.
I have been researching preschools. To my dismay, the cost is ridiculous. It will be about 300 a month for Emma to attend 4 days a week. Yes...a MONTH not a semester. I have a feeling I will be giving up my hopes to work to home school Pre-K. Don't get me wrong. We can pay for it.... at the expense of not being able to save a nickel the entire time shes in school. That is unacceptable to me. They cram so much in Kindergartners heads. Its appalling to me that Pre-K isn't offered by the school system. bleh.

Emma's speech continues to improve and grow. She is carrying on full understandable conversations now. Its great. The surgery was clearly a success.

Wyatt is doing OK in school. We have gotten to some tricky things. His autism. Never before has he had sensory issues. Now he is. He is making noises pretty consistently. Say he's bored with the lesson, or not interested, the noises will start up. Somewhat loud and obnoxious. He will make noises when he's content too, but they are more quiet and to himself. Its seems to be the way he's handling the energy he needs to get out. Hes progressing in school, not falling behind, but we need to work at it. Just have to keep him interested.

Randy will be gone for a month in a few weeks. He will deployed for the big one in the spring "sometime" I feel like I'm... prepared? I guess. Because during his training in San Diego then his stationing in Norfolk, we didn't see him for 7 months. Its going to be hell on the kids. On Randy too. He's been gone so much in the last year. The kids and I will most likely be spending part of the summer back home. Better to be home than baking like a fritter in the Virginia heat.

oh! Wyatt's obsession with when I'm dying vs. when he's going to die seemed to ease last night. We were looking at a height chart we are marking him on and it goes to 12th grade.
He asked me "Are you going to be alive when I'm a senior?"
"Yes" I told him. He perked right up and had a big smile on his face. It looked like a lifted a real weight off him by telling him that.
So I said, "I'm going to be there when you go through college, and find a wife and have kids..." He says "Then I get to watch my kids grow like you did me?"
"Yes" I said. And his relief was obvious.
So I wonder all this time he's been stressing about when I was going to die I've been unable to ease him about it in any way until last night.......Did he think I was going to knock off soon, or what?!

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Im the mother of a 7 yr. old and a 10 year old. Married for 100 years to a sailor. Formally a criminal justice student that got lots of sleep and laid on a bed not covered in goldfish crackers.