Those two little words these day’s sends a chill up my spine and a howell from my son! Why, it is very simple, but takes some explanation.
About 3 weeks ago we became the proud parents of a Dwarf hamster my son calls Fuzzy Wuzzy. As far as rodents go he, or she is a cute little critter. We had promised our son a hamster after we redid the flooring and had the den set up. We both had hamsters when we first married. We know they make a lot of noise. So the plan was to set up a nice hamster habitat in the den. Well the floors are done but not the den. My SIL called a few weeks ago and said they were getting a dog and could not have a dog, 3 Ginny pigs and a hamster. So we took the hamster. The kids loved it, and spent a lot of time watching him run around.
Now to further explain why these words make me quiver you have to understand my daughter. All her dolls and stuffed animals are simply named (baby) she will them up and say “aww cute baby”. She will put whatever is “baby” today in the crib cover it up and then say “shh, baby sheep”. During the time when we first got Fuzzy her “baby” of choice was a stuffed “Po” (panda from Kung foo Panda) She wrapped him in blankets and cuddled him constantly.
So when she came down when we were getting ready for Taekwondo and said “Were baby?” I naturally started looking for were the Panda was. I found the panda and said “here he is hunny”. However, that was not it and I didn’t know until she started crying and said “NOOO, Baby, baby out!” and pointed to her brothers room. “I shoory mommy baby out” Then it dawned on me, she was talking about the hamster! This led to 45 min of chasing the poor little thing around my sons room to catch him.
She has now done this 3 other times. So the statement “where baby” makes us rush to the room and shut the other animals out and start the hamster hunt. We are currently looking for a screen that will fit snuggle and that we can secure were she can’t get it open!
My little girl is now 5 yrs old. Somehow she no longer a baby or even toddler. She is now a darling little girl full of giggles. She has brought such happiness into our world. We had a party with her friends yesterday and she had a wonderful time. We decorated with Disney’s Enchanted, the kids tossed water balloons at each other and had a water gun fight. We had chalk art going on as well.
We have now passed the Fisher Price Little People and moved swiftly into the world of Barbie and Easy Bake Ovens. A difference this year, that was noted by all the guests was her use of words. From saying “Hey, Adam” to clearly saying ” Tank Eww” for her gifts. In the last 12 months she has made such great strides with her speech. I honestly can see that one day she will talk normally. I am so proud of her.
Today we will play with all the toys, finish the cake and I will start writing her thank you notes. I will hug and hold my darling little girl. My heart will be with a women on the other side of the world, whom I am certain will be thinking of and grieving for my daughter. I am so blessed to have this little miracle in my life. Happy birthday sweet baby girl.
I am not sure about Parker at this point, for a while he wanted to be a Jedi, then a zoo keeper, now it might be Indiana Jones.
However, I do have a problem with what Holly wants to be.
Today she announced (and might I add pretty clearly to)
“ant be mirmade” (I want to be a mirmade)
she then pointed at her legs and feet and stated “ant tail”
So how do you grow up to be a Mirmade? I don’t think I want her to make any deals with Ursala like Arial did!
Or as our little girl says “buperfies”! You can only imagine the excitement in the house today. The caterpillars formed there chrysalis (caccoon’s) on Friday. I thought it would take longer for the butterflies to appear. So I had not started putting flowers in the tree house yet. At noon my niece tried to open the tree house and I instructed her not to. At 3pm when my sister-in-law and nephew came to get my nice we had 3 butterflies. After my niece went home we made an “emergency” trip to the grocery to buy flowers and oranges. You put a sugar an water concoction on the flowers and just lay the orange slices out. We fixed up our house then went to TaeKwonDo and came home to find the butterflies ‘munching” on there supper.
My daughter is so excited and the amount of words!!!! She called one Grandma an clearly said “caccoon,,buperfies,,,,eat” Her grandma was so excited to hear the words!
So I truly endorse this product. They said they guarantee that 3 of the 5 caterpillars would form butterflies. We had 4. We may not be so lucky next time. However, this is taping in to speech for my daughter, plus my son totally enjoyed the experience and learned a lot! He reminded me that we needed to get oranges for them and insisted on getting an entire bag.
Ok,,,enough of the commercial :-) We plan to keep them for a few days and release them before the weekend. My butterfly bushes are in full bloom so hopefully that will make a good home for them.
Well the big day came and went and it was wonderful and emotional all wound up in one! Not only was it graduation but it was also the close of our time at the little preschool as our daughter will not be returning there next year. Our son was very excited about his cap and gown as well as his first tie! Yup, his first clip on tie. He was so cute putting on his navy blue paints and light blue dress shirt. He looks up at me after he is dressed and said “Mommy I look good, I look just like a little man”! Ahh, yes he did and I felt the tear well up. He is growing so fast!
The “commencement ceremony” was very cute! It was all about dinosaur’s. They said poems and sang songs about the dinosaurs. Each child had there own line as well. Our son had to say “which dinosaur had wings and could fly”. He did so great with his “big” stage performance and said his line loudly and clearly :-) At the end of the ceremony they moved there tassels from the left to the right and received a certificate. I have been informed by my little man that I am to frame it :-) We then came home and had a cookie and about on hour of loud playing before bed time. The next day was the end of the year program for our daughter. Again it was an emotional day for me as I said good bye to her teacher. This teacher has worked very hard with our daughter. Our daughter has been in her class for 3 years (since 2 day 2’s) When we started there our daughter did not talk, period, so she has seen her blossom from the scared non-verbal 2 year old to a more chatty confidant 4 year old. Our daughter even sang most of the words to the songs in there program and she was louder then some of the older children!
So now we have the summer stretching before us, though it will be shorter then the last summer breaks. I am happy to have my children home with me all day for a while. There will be trips to the park, picnics, visits to grandparents etc. Come August though, they will start full time school and I have no idea what I will do all day!
OH,,,did I get suckered in! But this could be fun. It has always been hard for us to reward our daughter. Our son readily tells us what new “thing” he wants. However, do to her Apraxia it has always been a challenge to pick something out for our daughter. Granted this has been easier in the passed year as she will point to things when we ask her what she wants. When my sister visited this spring she “scored” a new out fit because she continually said “Nope” to all the dresses my mom and I showed her. When my older sister picked out an out fit and showed it to our daughter,, her reply was “YUP” so my sister bought it for her.
Now, it is no secret or surprise that I would here her response to the Butterfly Tree House. My daughter may dress like a princess but in reality she is a tom boy (just has good taste in clothes and likes her tierras ), she loves bugs. She really loves butterflies and anything that looks like a worm or snake. So caterpillars are on her favorite list as well. Last summer she would dig up worms and chase our son with them by the end of the summer she finally got him to touch one.
A few weeks ago I was making dinner and the kids were watch TV when I heard the “yell”
“OHH OHH OHHH,,, MOMMY, MOMMY, ANT DAT, OHH ANT DAT!!!!” followed quickly by her foot steps as she ran in the kitchen. She grabbed my hand and pulled me to the living room to see the end of the commercial. She then pointed to the TV and said “ANT DAT, UTTER FY,,, peas peas” with the pleases she put her little hands together prayer style. Her black eyes shining with excitement. How could I not say YES.
Friday our tree house arrived and we are now the proud parents of 5 caterpillars that are currently eating up the medium in the bottom of the container. Soon, according to the announcer on TV they should spin there cocoons and then we wait for the Butterfly’s. The kit included a how to DVD that also tells you how to feed your Painted Lady Butterfly’s. After we release them we can order more caterpillars. Soon we will have our neighborhood swarming with Painted Lady Butterfly’s. And of course being the box also included a catalog with all the other wonderful things we can order from the company as well. My daughter has already pointed out a tent she would like as well as the frog habitat.
This post will end with a simple TO BE CONTINUED……..
Yesterday was my daughters IEP (Individual Education Plan) at the public elementary school. There were so many people there! At one point I had to finally ask who the teacher was! Luckily they thought it was funny and joked about how many people have to attend these meetings.
Other then my crying when they asked about my concerns the meeting went well. Having a delayed child I am so worried about her getting picked on or “left” behind in the classroom. I was assured that she would be accepted more coming in young then latter. We also discussed the fact that she needs more time to answer questions and my need pictures to help her. As we are discussing all of this the kids are in the back writing on the dry erase board (what ever happened to chalk boards?). The teachers were amazed at her art skills and the details she puts into faces.
I am now comfortable with our decision to send her on to public school next year. I will miss the sweetness of the private half day program. However, the support they can give her in the public school is wonderful and that is what she needs at this point. The other advantage is may be an easier transition for her as her brother will be starting there at the same time. Of course, I will need a bucket or two full of kleenex to get through the first day! But I will make it,,,,the kids will be just fine.
A grandparents job (as I have been told) is to spoil there grandchildren and send them home. Load them up sugar and treats so the are “pinging” off the walls ect. Due to my spouses blended family my children are lucky enough to have three sets of grandparents! All whom spoil them in different ways.
I have also been told that the joy of grandparent-hood is seeing your own kids get there “payback”. This I know is true because I know how rotten I was and I am seeing some of that Karmic return already. I just hope I can do as well as my parents did!
My father (known as Papa by my kids) never had a son. He finally got a “son” when my spouse and I married. My darling little boy was the first grandchild and the first boy on my father’s side in about 35-40 yrs. All girls in this clan. So my dad tells everyone “I know girls, I know how to raise girls”. And I agree…I don’t think I turned out half bad and I know my sisters are pretty well adjusted and settled adults. Therefore, when our second child was a girl dad was just as excited as if we were having another son.
The minute he saw her she smiled and wrapped him tightly around that tiny little pinkie of hers! I even have the photo to prove it! One of the few things our daughter could say pretty clearly and in her first real words was Papa. She loves to go see her Grandma and Papa and asks to go a lot with the statement “Want Papa” (sounds more like “On Papa”) She knows it makes me happy that she loves him so much (I am a true bonafide Daddy’s girl) So as often as we can and she asks a I reward her words by phoning my parents and seeing when we can come for a visit.
Well lately she has put a twist on “want Papa”. She is now saying these words in hopes that she wont have to go to the time out spot (the bottom step in out house). Yesterday she was in trouble and headed for the step of course crying all the way when she looks up and says “Want Papa”. It took me by surprise so I asked her to repeat her words. She says again through sniffles and tears “Want Papa”. So I asked her she was tell me she wants Papa. She nods her head yes and the big tears fall down her cheeks. My next question was “do think Papa will get you out of sitting on the step” her reply was “yup”. BAM Karmic return! Manipulating Mom by saying something she likes to get out of trouble! Now I have to keep my serious your in trouble little one face on and get her to do her time out. Once my back is turned and can smile and chuckle.
Of course, being the good daughter I am I called my mom and told her all about the incident. I want her and my dad to have all the benefits of grandparent-hood. Spoil the kids, send them home sugared up. And I want them to get say “ha ha you did that to me,,,that’s what you get”!!!
Lord help me through the teen years!!!! YIKES!!!!!
It is so hard to believe that 6 years have flown by! This time 6 years ago I was watching the flight tracker to see were Parker’s flight was!
What a joy these last 6 years have been. When my guy came home he was such a quite little thing. His greaving consisted of just not sleeping. He stayed awake pretty much for 3 days, then slept. As the days and weeks slipped by during my maternatiy leave he opened up and bonded. He is still a very cuddly little boy and loves hugs and kisses.
He has now learned to read and he is doing simple math. He is learning about the presadnats and comes home with neat information like “Mommy, did you know Presadant Taft got stuck in the bathtub?”….well I don’t remember learing that,,but his teacher “throws” in neat things about the presadants to help them remember
Here is a vidio I put together for him.
and it was wonderful and emotional all wound up in one! Not only was it graduation but it was also the close of our time at the little preschool as our daughter will not be returning there next year. Our son was very excited about his cap and gown as well as his first tie! Yup, his first clip on tie. He was so cute putting on his navy blue paints and light blue dress shirt. He looks up at me after he is dressed and said “Mommy I look good, I look just like a little man”! Ahh, yes he did and I felt the tear well up. He is growing so fast!
), she loves bugs. She really loves butterflies and anything that looks like a worm or snake. So caterpillars are on her favorite list as well. Last summer she would dig up worms and chase our son with them by the end of the summer she finally got him to touch one.