Well, that about sums up my week. ;) ;) Just kidding. I know I missed posting about the week before...it was insanely busy I'll tell you that. I ran 55 miles, I hosted a double baby shower..which meant I needed to get my front room put together, finally, (it looks good now, curtains, chairs, lamps & all) and scrubbing walls, baseboards, cleaning carpets, and all that jazz. Then of course there was all the other usual stuff of kids projects, games, practices, school, YW activities & meetings. I swear I was so tired by Sunday I wanted to just sleep in and skip church altogether. But instead I got up, hurried to get the kids all ready and we were actually on time to Church. I was proud of myself. I will confess though that I forgot to eat bfast before church (I had run 30 miles that weekend) and halfway through church realized how dang hungry I was, so what did I do? I had a bag of peanut butter m&ms and ate almost the entire thing. Yes, it was a big bag....not the small ones. It was very tasty.
So, now onto this week. Gosh I can't even think what we did this week. How about I'll just p;ost about each person and that should cover everything.
James: Man, that kids has been one of my biggest stresses lately. Not because he has been behaving poorly or anything. He is just really struggling in school and I have no idea why. He always gets mostly As and some Bs and this term he got Bs and Cs. He seems overwhelmed by all the homework and school work he has to do and his scores in everything are consistently dropping. I look at his work at the beginning of the year and it is far better than what he is doing now. Sometimes I think his brain fell out somewhere.
Anyways, for those of you that don't know. There is a test here in FL called the FCAT. Kids take it every year starting in 3rd grade and if you don't pass....you don't move on to the next grade. Also, schools are ranked by the avg of their FCAT scores. James and Harrison attend the #1 school. They are obsessed with getting the highest scores. Bleh. So, I guess they took some practice tests and James scored in the bottom 20 of everyone. Oh boy. I got a letter from the school letting me know, emails, phone calls...love having everyone tell me how "smart" my kid is. Anyhoo, because of his scores he now has to attend tutoring 3 days a week after school until April. The only problem is that he already stays after for his science club which he loves. I wasn't about to take him out of that. So, we made arrangements with the science teacher and he and some other kids are meeting in the morning for science club and then he staying after for the tutoring. Poor kid, I hope he can hang in there for all this. That's a lot of time at school. I did make a deal with him that while he was doing all this he was off all chore duties at home...bed making, room cleaning..etc. He seemed pretty happy about that, so maybe that'll help.
Last month I signed James up for Football. It was a last minute decision and wasn't cheap. But I just felt like I needed to do it. I am so glad I did. With so much school work he gets hit with, I am so glad he has this fun thing to do on the weekends and during the week. He loves it. He loves it so much and he is good! He has had a couple games already and has done really well in both. In this weeks game he scored a touchdown on the very first play. It was awesome. He talks to me about football all the time and I love it. He and Ben go practice throwing the ball around and have a good time together. He is also on the same team with some friends from his old school and he seems to get along really well with all the boys on the team. Kind perfect for him right now.
He and I write notes to each other in a little notebook we pass back & forth. And it's been a lot of fun. But in one of his notes last week he wrote "mom, here is a secret, I have no friends at school". That broke my heart. I talked to him the next day about how I didn't have any friends until High School and kids teased me and even spat on me, but that I just decided to take charge and start being friendly to everyone. I said hi to most everyone I saw and eventually people started saying hi back. We talked for a bit about how he has friends at church and on the football team and that cheered him up. I've been meeting the boys for lunch every Thursday and he seemed much happier that day.
Harrison: Doesn't like me. If you think I am kidding I am not. The other day I said "Harrison, do you love me? You never tell me so I don't know." He rolled his eyes at me and said "I like you, I just don't like to talk to you." nice kid. real nice. Meh, He'll come around. He gets along with Ben so at least he likes someone right? No, he really is a sweetheart. But he's lazy and I am the mean one that doesn't let him get away with it...so yeah. When I was eating lunch with him this week he was making me laugh really hard. I can't even remember what we were talking about. But he was making the funniest faces while he was talking I was dying. He is funny little boy. He keeps us laughing in this house. Drives us crazy sometimes when we need him to be serious, but for the most part we just laugh.
He seems to be doing much better in school. He rocks in math. Seriously. Every single math assignment and test he brings home is always 100% and he tells me he is always the first one done. It makes me happy to see him excel in something. He still has no idea what he is reading...zero comprehensions...and is in about 50 different intervention programs to get him up to speed at the school but he is rocking in the math dept. Gotta be proud of that!
He is still obsessed with kitties, it is what he does most of his day. Gathers all his stuffed animals/kittens and plays with Sophie. I do love that those two get along so well and can play together. Harrison is a perfect middle kid that way. He can play with Sophie just as well as he can play with James. It makes my heart happy.
Sophie: Was sick all week long. And is still sick. Poor girl. I went to go visit a friend at the Hospital this week (her daughter is there) and didn't get back until very late. I went to check on Sophie in her bed and she was burning hot. I took her temp and she was 103.7! yikes. Thank the heavens for tylenol and ibuprofen. She had that fever for a few days and then came down with a really crappy cough. Now her voice is all scraggly and she is pretty grouchy. But I've let her watch waaaaaaay more TV than I ever do, so she hasn't been too sad about being sick. I did spend one afternoon just holding her. She never lets me cuddle her anymore and I wasn't going to let that chance slip past me. So I scooped her up and just held her until the boys came home. Love that girl so stinking much.
She kept me up most of the week. I would wake up in the middle of the night to her face right in mine. Usually scared me half to death at first. But then she would say something sweet like "mom, my throat is scratchy and I don't like all the boogers in my nose" So I'd get her a tissue & a drink and tuck her back in. One night she woke up throwing a mighty fit and I could not calm her down for anything. She was suuuper sweaty (fever broke) So I changed her jammies, got her a drink and some meds, finally calmed her down and then suddenly she was out like a light. Completely asleep. The next morning she came to me crying about how she had lost her jammies (the ones I had taken off her) and she didn't know what had happened. She didn't remember anything of the night before. Funny baby. Can she just please stay my baby forever?
Last night she was tired of staying down and we had a little tea party together. We made heart shaped sandwiches, pink frosted sugar cookies, and apple juice. We then pulled out the barbies and played dolls until bedtime. It was great fun. The boys even got involved with their stuffed animals and pretended to be monsters. It was a fun night. I hope she gets feeling better soon though.
Ben: Is working around the clock. Remember how I said they got their funding and all that. I spoke too soon. Long story and I don't even think I get it. But to sum up. They didn't get the funding and are starting back over trying to get investors. Oh man. So Ben is working around the clock trying to get some new features done that people are wanting. I really really hope they are able to find funding, not because I am worried about Ben's employment. (he has never had a hard time getting a job...ever) It would just suck to see this company go down. I know how much work they have all put into it, and it would be a bit heartbreaking to see it fail. I don't think it will, they are all pretty determined to make things happen. It'll be interesting to see how things shake out.
Me: Oh gosh, where to start? Running Running running. Not just for exercise. After kids, errands, cleaning house, making dinners. Fortunately I only have one more week of training and then maybe I will have a little more energy. maybe. Wait who am I kidding? Life is busy no matter what. Ha!
This week was good. One of the main things I did was go to the Temple. I missed last month and I just felt like I neeeeeeeded to get my butt there. So I set a day apart to go, made arrangements and I swear everything that could go wrong went wrong. That was the night Sophie got sick. She kept me up most the night crying and not sleeping. Then I wondered about leaving her while she was sick...then my car was out of gas and I went to get it filled and for whatever reason my card wouldn't work for anything (turns out my card accidently got cancelled...what?) Fortunately we have a few different accounts so I paid a different way. Oh and we woke up late that morning, my friend that was going to come with me called and couldn't go last minute....it just seemed like I was NOT meant to go to the Temple. But I knew I needed to go, so I just went. So glad I did. Seriously. So glad. It was the ONE thing I needed to do this week. If nothing else worked out this week, I needed that trip. It was beautiful and cleared my mind and helped me refocus my brain to where it needed to be. I'm always so grateful that we have a place of peace that we can go to and feel of the spirit. It was wonderful. I came home ready to put my mom shoes back on and get to work.
For our YW activity this week we got all the girls registered online on lds.org so we can track their personal progress. I love that I can see where each of them are at now and can keep track of it all online. awesome!! They still have their books and are using those too, it is just nice to have both. In fact for New Beginnings I am sewing book holders for the girls. They are really cute and I am excited to give them to the girls. But I'd better get cracking on them if I want them done on time. hehehe.
Family Things:
We had a great FHE where we talked about the Holy Ghost, then had some valentine's treats I had made. My kids are loving the jar of marshmallow hearts. Can't remember if I posted about that or not....everytime they show love for someone they get to have a heart shaped marshmallow. I have a big jar full of them. I have been getting a lot of love notes from my kids....I'm not complaining. :) We started that when we had a lesson about Jesus and his love for us.
We had our Friday Family Fun night. Our kids love that night most of all. We always have some sort of pizza, a kids movie and a family treat. This week we even had soda! They thought it was pretty awesome. Then I let them have a sleepover together in the boys room. Sophie always ends up on Harrison's bed and James and Harrison end up on James' bed together. They are cute all together.
WEll, I think that is about it. This week scares me. seriously. I'm in charge of another activity I need to get a bunch of stuff for, it is my biggest week for training (almost 60 miles to run this week) One of the sisters I VT is starting Chemo and I neeeeed to visit her, I need to sew things for YW, James' schedule is crazy for school tutoring, football and science. Ben doesn't have any extra time...just working every spare minute he can. Fortunately I am starting things ahead of the game. Laundry is all caught up. I have no problem with frozen meals for the week. and I am making a bunch of muffins and stuff for snacks for the week. And as far as cleaning goes...it just might have to wait until next week.
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