good mornin mornin
hello sunshine. wake up sleepyhead.
I have been sick. not fun. slept from about 6 friday night till about 8 sat morn flippin and flopping and fever dreams. feeling better today but stll feeling feverish off and on. So I didnt go anywhere. Put all the toys in Sophie's room since they seem to like playing there. She loves having everyone in her room. As long as I can still get her wheelchair in to put her to bed it should be fine. I was going to leave the trundle bed up for Chrysta but she wont be back for a month so why should we all put everything on hold until then? we can always pop the trundle up again when she comes. She will probably have a fit to share what she still deems HER space. Then again she will probably be so busy running here and there with this one and that one and seeing all her nonfriends while she is here she wont have time to complain. (I say nonfriends because she always whined about not having any friends but when she left suddenly she had dozens of friends she had to say goodbye to, and visit while she is here.)
Eric took three kids to the Tweed today(art museum) and dropped a fourth at a friends. Chrysta is no longer here, Cody is at Grandma's so life here this afternoon is VERY quiet with only 4 kids. Some people would say FOUR? ONLY FOUR? but when ten is the norm four is quiet. Ben and Sophie play well together and play a lot together. Natasha likes to cook and hang with me and Jaeger loves tv. So for the moment Jaeg and Natash are watching tv and Ben and Sophie are playing. Natasha and I got a carrot cake in the oven, She cleaned up the living room and brought up the trees, waiting for daddy to come home to put them up. Diana is staying at her friends house for dinner. They are having her MOST UNFAVORITE MEAL. Spaghetti. I am looking forward to hearing all about it. lol. I am planning a shephards pie of sorts for dinner with leftovers from thanksgiving. Stuffing, chicken, sweet potatoes, carrots(leftover shreds from the cake)and mashed potatos on top. No corn pudding because Diana ate it all! there wasnt any left she loved it so much on Thanksgiving that she finished what was left in the pot instead of putting it away.
I have to get my van fixed this week sometime. I hope I can get it scheduled. Tuesday I have appt with Ethan for psych testing start. Weds is PT and OT for Sophie and I have cancelled so many times in recent weeks I am afraid I will lose our time slot if I cancel again! but the four Ukies have to go to the twin cities to see their specialist next week and there is now snow on the ground so I cant risk the van konking out on the way hours from home.
Tuesday night is a FASD support group I am wanting to go to. Ideas and relating to people who get what its like to live with these kids is what I look forward to. Last night we sent AJ to bed early for saying he was going to kill someone if he had a gun. he is 9 with a body like a 4 year old which makes it even more puzzling that he is the way he is. IQ is low. body is small, head is small, impulsivity runs high, I really just dont understand what makes him tick. so I hope this once a month support group can become a regular event for me to even just be able to say AJ does______ and it drives me crazy. and people wont say aww hes a normal kid. all kids do that. etc etc. and well you wanted him. (yeah because I wanted him I am not allowed to say I am frustrated or need help. thats not the way it is for BIRTH kids, no for them you are supposed to get all the help you need and if your kid is different you get health care and respite and support. but if they are adopted you are supposed to suffer silently. That isnt fair. I am guessing many of the parents attending this meeting will be adoptive parents. Although there are some parents who have kids with FAS and manage to straighten up and raise them.
I guess I dont have much more to report today. I am out of words I guess. Fabio in the pic is no longer with us. He moved to greener pastures, ie: he went to pee on someone elses floor. I hope he is happy there because I loved him but after YEARS of training he wasnt getting it. Java, our 6 month old mix breed sits at the door, any door, and barks if she wants out. she has piddled ONE time in the house and that was when I wouldnt let her out because the bus was out there. She DID tell me.
I have been sick. not fun. slept from about 6 friday night till about 8 sat morn flippin and flopping and fever dreams. feeling better today but stll feeling feverish off and on. So I didnt go anywhere. Put all the toys in Sophie's room since they seem to like playing there. She loves having everyone in her room. As long as I can still get her wheelchair in to put her to bed it should be fine. I was going to leave the trundle bed up for Chrysta but she wont be back for a month so why should we all put everything on hold until then? we can always pop the trundle up again when she comes. She will probably have a fit to share what she still deems HER space. Then again she will probably be so busy running here and there with this one and that one and seeing all her nonfriends while she is here she wont have time to complain. (I say nonfriends because she always whined about not having any friends but when she left suddenly she had dozens of friends she had to say goodbye to, and visit while she is here.)
Eric took three kids to the Tweed today(art museum) and dropped a fourth at a friends. Chrysta is no longer here, Cody is at Grandma's so life here this afternoon is VERY quiet with only 4 kids. Some people would say FOUR? ONLY FOUR? but when ten is the norm four is quiet. Ben and Sophie play well together and play a lot together. Natasha likes to cook and hang with me and Jaeger loves tv. So for the moment Jaeg and Natash are watching tv and Ben and Sophie are playing. Natasha and I got a carrot cake in the oven, She cleaned up the living room and brought up the trees, waiting for daddy to come home to put them up. Diana is staying at her friends house for dinner. They are having her MOST UNFAVORITE MEAL. Spaghetti. I am looking forward to hearing all about it. lol. I am planning a shephards pie of sorts for dinner with leftovers from thanksgiving. Stuffing, chicken, sweet potatoes, carrots(leftover shreds from the cake)and mashed potatos on top. No corn pudding because Diana ate it all! there wasnt any left she loved it so much on Thanksgiving that she finished what was left in the pot instead of putting it away.
I have to get my van fixed this week sometime. I hope I can get it scheduled. Tuesday I have appt with Ethan for psych testing start. Weds is PT and OT for Sophie and I have cancelled so many times in recent weeks I am afraid I will lose our time slot if I cancel again! but the four Ukies have to go to the twin cities to see their specialist next week and there is now snow on the ground so I cant risk the van konking out on the way hours from home.
Tuesday night is a FASD support group I am wanting to go to. Ideas and relating to people who get what its like to live with these kids is what I look forward to. Last night we sent AJ to bed early for saying he was going to kill someone if he had a gun. he is 9 with a body like a 4 year old which makes it even more puzzling that he is the way he is. IQ is low. body is small, head is small, impulsivity runs high, I really just dont understand what makes him tick. so I hope this once a month support group can become a regular event for me to even just be able to say AJ does______ and it drives me crazy. and people wont say aww hes a normal kid. all kids do that. etc etc. and well you wanted him. (yeah because I wanted him I am not allowed to say I am frustrated or need help. thats not the way it is for BIRTH kids, no for them you are supposed to get all the help you need and if your kid is different you get health care and respite and support. but if they are adopted you are supposed to suffer silently. That isnt fair. I am guessing many of the parents attending this meeting will be adoptive parents. Although there are some parents who have kids with FAS and manage to straighten up and raise them.
I guess I dont have much more to report today. I am out of words I guess. Fabio in the pic is no longer with us. He moved to greener pastures, ie: he went to pee on someone elses floor. I hope he is happy there because I loved him but after YEARS of training he wasnt getting it. Java, our 6 month old mix breed sits at the door, any door, and barks if she wants out. she has piddled ONE time in the house and that was when I wouldnt let her out because the bus was out there. She DID tell me.