- Henry had his 15 month check up this morning. He weighed 26 lb. 12 oz. I can't remember the rest and I forgot his shot record booklet, so I have to get that filled out next time. That was a first-I've never forgotten it before. He got 2 shots in his arms. He only cried for one of them and that was just for a second. He's such a happy boy. He has another ear infection though. We are starting meds for that. He was showing no signs of it, but that is typical for Henry. As for the "charts", he is only like 50th for weight, so apparently there are a lot of boys bigger than him, believe it or not. He was tall for his age though, which seems weird because he seems short, he has really short legs. Anyway, he checked out fine. We just need to work on eating more solids, I explained the trouble we were having and she wants us to work on it and doesn't think we need the feeding clinic right now. Thank goodness, I don't know anyone who's been there, but I honestly don't feel like he needs something drastic. He just doesn't like textures and prefers his baby food or bread. We'll get through it.
- Emilynn's recital went great. She danced really well and I can't wait to see her video! What a difference a year makes. She loved the stage this year. She even told me she was going to do a flip on stage. Luckily that didn't happen. Especially since it wasn't part of the routine! Dustin and I took her to one of our favorite Mexican resturants afterwards and it was so nice to spend time with just her. I am glad we had a babysitter for the boys!
- My sister Abbey graduated from high school Saturday. I feel so old, I remember the day she was born....I think I was about 15......not to date myself or anything! We had a cookout Sunday for her and it was so nice and relaxing. I don't know if everyone thought so, but I did! We stayed 5 hours which is a record for us to be somewhere with the kids-they were having so much fun and really well behaved. I feel kind of guilty I didn't do much to help prepare for it. I will try to do better at the next event!!
- My sister Tori's appendix ruptured early last week. She's still in the hospital from that, and missed all the graduation festivities. I knew that was a serious thing, but wow has it really put her down. Poor thing! We visited her once, just me and the kids. Wasn't I brave? They didn't go too bad, but once they got comfortable at the hospital ( meaning more rambunctious), we had to leave!!! I hope she is on the mend soon!
- We got a garden planted, complete with fence around it. I sure hope we grow something, the kids are so excited about it. We have corn, yellow squash, green beans, cantaloupe, green peppers, red peppers, jalapeno peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, and radishes planted. The kids each chose a vegetable THEY wanted to plant. Carson chose carrots. Emilynn chose the radishes. I don't think she's ever eaten a radish, so I'm not sure what that's about!!!! We put them in there though and will see if they grow. It has been fun so far seeing the little seedlings sprout out from the ground, and the plants grow. Watering has also been fun, yet challenging with the kids! The twins and I were all soaked after last night's watering.
- Henry and I went to a couple of stores after his appt. today and got a few good deals on clothes for Carson. I was so excited! I had a $10 Kohl's coupon with no restrictions (you didn't have to use your Kohl's Charge). I got Carson an outfit for $2.08 out of pocket-yay! I also found a few clearance things at Target, but I really hit it big at the new Goodwill! I got a huge bag of clothes for $21. It was all name brand, in good shape. I got Henry a pair of snow bibs for next winter for $1. For Carson I found a John Deere sweatshirt for $2, a Tommy Hilfiger collared short sleeve shirt for $3, and lots of shorts and tees for Carson for $1 per pair. They were all Children's Place, Gap, Cars (he loves the movie), Old Navy, and a few random ones with frogs or things I knew he'd love. I think he's now set for summer except for his seasonal John Deere t-shirt purchases. I may even wait till the beach to get those because there is a John Deere store there. I was so happy to find some nice things for him. He was wearing his clothes from last summer, but it was like overnight he gained a few pounds and can now actually wear a bigger size! He can now wear 3s, and some 4s even! Emilynn of course is set for summer from the dress factory sale, consignment sale, and all her grandmas who love buying girls clothes, and Aunt Alyssa. She is the roughest on her clothes though, so it's good to have variety with her!!!
- Our beach trip is just about a month away now. I am so excited!!!! The kids ask everyday if they can go to the beach. I hope they aren't disappointed!!! I just need to finish getting our beach envelope fully funded (we use the Dave Ramsey envelope system-most of the time). I actually looked online and found out exactly what everything we wanted to do costs, added it all up, and figured out how much money we need to have on hand. I think this will be much easier than taking a random amount with us, as we've done in the past, and then wonder where it went. I figured right down to the toll on the way down and back! I have to say- I love Dave Ramsey (I should post about that one day!).
- Swim classes finished up Friday. They got report cards on their progress. Emilynn accomplished everything in class except there were maybe two things she was very close on. The teacher said she could move up, but we may keep her down one more round of lessons because she is very excited and energetic and needs to slow down when doing the kicks, etc. to be more effective. We'll see. Carson's report didn't have much on it. He really did not participate in many classes. He has always been very cautious near the water-even in the bath tub. He has gotten a lot better and even gets his face wet voluntarily now. He did join the swim class for a few activities but not many. He will remain a "pike" for a while. We are thinking about doing private lessons for him, to see if that helps. I certainly won't push him, we'll let him go at his own pace.
I think that's all that's been going on around here. It's been a lot! I am honestly enjoying a break this week from everything, even though we did have an appointment today. Yesterday was a nice, calm, relaxing Memorial Day. We didn't do a whole lot, Dustin worked part of the day and we got Applebee's Carside to go for dinner. It was nice and low-key. It's tempting not to do swim lessons for a session to get a break, we'll see! It is peak pool season though, so we probably should so the kids will have lots of practice time at everyone's pools. I think we COULD wait till mid-July though, and we may do that for a teeny break. Dance is over until September, as we aren't doing summer classes. Maybe I can finally get the laundry and dishes caught up once and for all!!! I'm sure something will come up to save me from that!!!! Haha!
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