February 8, 2009
Well I realized I have done no updating on the crazy shenanigans of five little boys so I decided to sit down and post on the blog today!
We are trying to come up for air every once in a while, but it seems like this will be impossible from now until the unborn baby is 25! It does not matter how much I try to plan and anticipate craziness, all my preparations are foiled and another curve ball is sent our way. It really is fine with me, though. Life is NEVER DULL!
Aiden has earned his bobcat award and is working tirelessly on his wolf badge! He LOVES scouts and can not wait until Thursday evenings. We had the blue and gold banquet last week where he had a chance to dance his traditional Samoan dance. I had to miss it because I was home with Gager, but everyone said Aiden was quite the ham. I wonder from where he gets that?
School is going well and he just finished up his first report on Jupiter! He loved learning about the great gas giant and loved even more working with his dad on the model! I am sure it does not surprise you, with Mitch at the helm with his creative genius, the project was museum worthy! Aiden was so thrilled to go to school and share his knowledge with his friends. He has three little friends in his class who love learning and school as well and they talk about animals, planets, and the like while on the playground and at lunch. It is better than potty humor which is the typical topic at the second grade lunch table! He did ask me the other day, though, if I thought he was a geek because he liked to learn! No Way, Buddy!
Grey is doing well too. He has been having legitimate anxiety attacks and nightmares about fires because of the emphasis on the fire drills at school. He fears fire, and gets all worked up about the potential fire drills that may or may not occur. He did master a drill the other day which we must celebrate because he is way too young to have panic attacks! He had a melt down here at the house too when while cleaning the oven in the self-cleaning mode, the debris caught on fire! Of course, he had to witness that. Poor kid! I do feel genuinely bad for him, but I also have no idea how to alleviate his fears!
Gage has been feeling a little under the weather! We even had to cancel preschool on Tuesday due to the Rotavirus. He picked it up at a birthday party last weekend. He actually has had a mild case of it, but I still have been doing laundry every day- sometimes four loads each day. I Lysol and Clorox Clean-Up every surface in the house. I really do not want the Coops to get it. Our little neighbor also got it, and he had to be put in the hospital to be put on an IV because he was so dehydrated! So horrible!
We did have preschool on Thursday, though because I thought he was just fine. At 5:00 that night, he did toss his cookies just as we were trying to go to the Blue and Gold Banquet! Again, wash the rugs in the bathroom and the shower curtain—how is that the sickness reaches everything within a 3 feet diameter? I am grateful though that it did not get on the carpet! I love tile and the fact that he is almost 5, therefore, far better at getting to the bathroom even if it does not make it in the toilet!
He had a great time with preschool in any event. He loves it when we host. We learned all about our body parts! He got to play Twister with his friends, got to put letter stickers all over his different body parts, and practiced his writing in rice! What more could a young guy want?
Jace loves it when I teach as well! When I teach, he gets to go to school too! He, unfortunately, got the virus last night so I am home with him today. He keeps telling me that he is not sick, and he needs to go to Sunbeams! I am sure the other moms are grateful that he is not with the other sunbeams! Jace also loves books and asks me to snuggle with his each day and read books. He may be my earliest reader yet! Speaking of snuggling….Jace has begun the wonderful stage where he climbs into our bed while we are sleeping and joins us in our bed because he is cold! Oh how Mitch and I hate this stage. We can not wait for warmer nights. When those come, he does not wake up in the middle of the night to find Daddy’s body heat. Mitch will welcome that most of all!
Cooper is still not talking much! Oh it is so frustrating for me. I hate the grunt and point stage! I, of course, make him sign, but he initiates so few of the signs. I know that it will come, but I hope it comes sooner than later. He is great at making demands even if his manner is not appropriate. Try telling his four older brothers to not give him what he wants when he yells at them and points to what he wants! We are all learning a lesson in Baby Communication 101!
Well I picked up two more tutoring students so I am up to 7! I only tell good friends yes, but there are a few who I just can’t turn down. The boys want to do sports, but seeing that I tutor everyday after school, it makes it tough! Hopefully I can figure something out! I have goals—that is the first step!
Mitch is OK too. Work has its good days and bad. He has way too much to do and not nearly the time to focus on it all. It will all smooth out, I’m sure, but it makes for some stressful days. He is glad to come home to Indian Rain Ct. where it is calm—now that is saying something!
And our last piece of news is that we got a new car! Yes, we had to since as soon as the baby arrives (Yes, we will welcome the little one next month.), we would have grown out of our van. Gage and I were the saddest to say goodbye to the van. Gage cried half the way home. The dealings with the dealership were pretty painless. We got a 07 Suburban for $23,700. After taxes, etc. it was just over $25,000. We cannot complain about that! It is beautiful and has only 20,000 miles on it! I am not quite used to it yet, but I am getting better. I freak a little with reversing it, but I have figured out how to get between the while lines while parking. I think parallel parking is next, but I am not holding my breath that I will master that any time soon. The SUV is gargantuan!
That’s it for us right now. Think healthy, calmer days for the Bishops!
