Mom of Boys

This past weekend I spent most of my time watching some of my favorite TV shows and catching up on them so that I can be up to date!  If you watch any of these, I’m just warning you that there may be some spoilers in this blog, so if you have not caught up with your DVR yet, then you may not want to read any further.
American Idol
I’ve been watching this show from the beginning and I’m glad that we are down to the voting part of the show!  I’ll be happier when we get out top 12 guys and gals and AI is only on twice a week.  I haven’t voted in the last couple of years and I don’t plan on voting this year either.  It’s just fun to watch and see who I might be hearing on the radio next year! 
LOST
I just caught up on the show this weekend and I am going crazy about the cliff they left us dangling on!  Marcus told me before I watched it that he caught the last few minutes of it and that Kate had Claire’s baby, but he didn’t see the whole thing.  So, halfway through, I told myself that she didn’t have Claire’s baby, she had her own baby!  She got pregnant with Sawyer.  It made even more sense when it appeared that Jack wouldn’t come to visit her and the baby.  (Because it was Sawyers child.)  But when Claire got home and you hear that the baby’s name is Aaron??  OMG!!!  Did she really take the baby or did she just name her baby Aaron so that she would never forget them??  I mean come on, don’t leave us like that!!  I am glad that she didn’t go to jail… upset that she wouldn’t let her mom see the baby…  And totally shocked that Sayid is now working for BEN!!!  Wow!  The clips for the next show look a little weird…  I’m excited about where this show is going though. 
Eli Stone
I saw the first episode 4 weeks ago and I laughed and laughed!  It’s such a great comedy and it’s not as cheesy as I thought it would be.  I don’t normally laugh out loud at anything, especially if I’m watching it alone, but I certainly had to keep myself from laughing too hard while watching this show so that I didn’t wake up Alec who had fallen asleep next to me.  If you haven’t seen this show yet, go to the ABC website and you can watch the first 4 episodes right there on your computer!  Definitely a new favorite of mine!
Brothers & Sisters
I got into this show a little late.  Marcus downloaded the episodes for me and I’m caught up with it now.  I really like this show and while it hasn’t left me with too many cliff hangers, it gets me laughing at times.  I like following the ups and downs of the family and the characters. 
ER
I actually haven’t seen this show since last fall.  Excited to start watching it again though.  All I remember is that I’m really pissed at Abbey for what she did!  Ugh… She needs help! 
Looking forward to a great Spring season!

I finished this book tonight.  I had heard so many mixed reviews on the book and when I had finished it took me a couple of hours to really come to my own conclusion about how good it was.  I liked the book, it was well written.  It was hard for me to get into, but once the I had gotten past the into the first couple of chapters of the story, I was able to get into it more.  It’s a sad story and I think I can almsot understand how some people wouldn’t be able to get into it.  I feel like I can relate to the story a little… not directly of course, but it’s interesting to think about.  I picked up this book just before Christmas and I didn’t know much about it except for what I had read on the back cover.  My grandmother saw the book and asked me if she could borrow it.  Of course I didnt’ mind…  As I read the story I was aware of what my grandmother found so appealing about the book.  The story starts with a doctor who delivers his son, a healthy baby and then delivers his daughter who has down syndrome.  He tells his nurse to take the girl away to an institution, but the nurse takes her away and raises the girl as her own.  He tells his wife that their daughter had died… and he changes all of their lives in that one night. 

My grandmother has a twin brother.  She’s told me about how difficult it was for her to be the girl twin…  My grandmother also had a daughter with Downs.  She passed away when she was 7 years old and I have not heard much about her, but this book made me feel like I knew more about her and her condition.  I don’t know why…  I wont even try to explain it. 

It didn’t end exactly like I thought it would, but I did like it.  I’m not sure it would have been as good if it had ended any differently actually.  I give this book a 7 out of 10.

Bean woke up today not knowing that it was Valentines Day.  I just havn’t really talked to him much about it I guess.  He knew that we were baking cupcakes for the party and he knew that his friends would be here to play, but we have been inviting our playgroup over more and more…   So, before the party, I told Caleb that we were going to make Daddy a card for Valentines.  Caleb did pretty good with his writting and the placement of his stickers.  He wrote “Happy Valentine” on the front and on the inside he wrote, “To Daddy, Love Caleb”  It was sweet!  Then his friends came over and we had a great party!  I love hosting and having people come over.  The boys love it too!  I can see the change in lil’ bean when his playmates are here!  He loves to show off and share his toys. 

As the guests were all leaving and Beans best friend M and her brother were getting ready to leave too.  They hugged and kissed and Bean said, “Happy Valentines!” as she was putting on her coat.  She ran over to him to hug him again and almost knocked him down.  It was sweet.  Later he comes to me and says, “Mom, you forgot to give me my Valentine Kisses!”  He loves hugs and kisses, so any excuse to get more!  I love that kid! 

When one of the co organizers went on maternity leave, and another co organizer got too busy in her personal life to help out… there were just 2 of us who were planning events.  It seems as though this past week, both of the other girls came back and since we had done such a good time orgnizing events, we filled up the entire month of February before the month started!  Now, we are working on the Calendar for March and it just seems so far away now.  I can put indoor activites on the Calendar, but March is when it’s suppose to get warmer outside…  I have so many ideas that I can’t put on the Calendar now, and I have to put them SOMEWHERE! 

I’ll be coming back to update…  So here they are: (so far)

St. Patrick’s Day Treasure Hunt:  Meet at Local Park and hide some cold coins for the kids to find.  “A leprechaun visited the park and lost all his gold, so we are going to be there to help find it!”

Easter Egg Hunts

Also Later in the year:
http://www.dinosaurland.com/

National Zoo

Ok, so I talked to Maddy’s mom the other day and she told me about what had happened since the tragic day that she was dumped by my 4 year old son.  Apparently, the next time we got togetherCaleb, who was aware that he hurt her feelings told her that… She didn’t have to worry, because after he married Jayden, he could marry her!  Well, she was so excited and happy again that when she got home, she told her dad about their future plans!  Well, her dad said, “Oh no Maddy, don’t you ever settle for second best!”  When her mom told me this, I just laughed!  Later I told Caleb that he had plenty of time before choosing his wife and that he really could only choose 1 of them!  He sighed and said, “Well… I guess I can’t marry Maddy then!  I’m just gonna have to marry Jayden!”  Ah, this kid cracks me up!

We started a book club in December for MTW (Moms the Word) and the first book we read was The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory (Thank you Heidi!).  So the MOVIE for this book will come out at the end of February and as soon as I saw the TRAILER for it I posted a Moms Night Out on our Calendar to go see it.  Since I posted it, more of the moms have been interested in reading the book, so that’s cool… I can’t wait to go see this movie! 

A few weeks ago I went over to a friend’s house to watch a game.  My friend, Jason, AKA Chaos, just moved back in the area so it was nice to see him!  Before I left he offered me a mint, which I declined at first because I don’t like the mint flavor, but he insisted and gave me 2-3 at a time.  “Trust me.” is all he ever says, which I usually do and I haven’t been let down yet…  Sushi and DDR are among the several things that he’s introduced me to.  So I ate them and YUM!!!  The’re called  ICE BREAKERS Restore Pomegranate Lemon-aid Mints with vitamins A, C, E & Zinc.  He told me I could get them at Target but I also found them in CVS and at Walmart.  They are not minty at all… They taste just like Lemonade and they are SO GOOD!  I’ve already bought several… 
 

Yesterday I went to the doctors so that I could FINALLY try and figure out what was wrong with my back.   I’ve been waiting for this appt all week.   He gave me an anti-inflammatory to start with.   Blah!  We’ll see if it works I guess…  I also mentioned to him the spell I had last week.  I have these dizzy spells where see spots in both eyes, I get dizzy and my tongue goes numb.   Sometimes I black out, sometimes it passes in 10 seconds.   They’ve been happening since I was 12 or 13 and a doctor once told me it was from my anemia, so I never questioned it again.   But last week I had one and my left arm started to shake uncontrollably.   This doctor was concerned, so he’s sending me to see a Neurologist.

Later Caleb was try a baing to pick up a ball and tripped over it instead… He slammed his face into the edge of the train/bus table and busted his lip wide open.   Blood was EVERYWHERE!   I was on the other side of the room and saw it…   By the time he turned around his face was covered in blood and it was just gushing out.   I screamed for Marcus and tried to contain the blood.   Alec started crying and of course Caleb was too….   Marcus came and took him into the bathroom to clean it up.  I ended up taking him tot he hospital while Marcus stayed home with Alec.  Caleb fell asleep int he car, which greaked me out, but he was fine.  We saw the doctor and Caleb needed just 1 stitch.   He has cuts all around his lip, but there was 1 that was just huge.   It was Horrible to watch and to hear him screaming… they numb the lip by injecting right into the spot where he got cut.   **cringe**   and then they take a hook needle and pull the sting thru the 2 sides and tied it together.   He hated that part just as much as the shot.   The doctor barely waited a minute to start… I’m not sure it was numb yet.   But his lip was the size of my finger when he was done!   It was horrible…

Then this morning, I woke up to Alec throwing up every half hour or so…   Poor guy.   His 15 month appt was today since it was moved back from 2 weeks ago when he had pneumonia.   We went and he has a major diaper rash from the meds he was on before and another ear infection.   They gave him more antibiotics and some ointment for his rash.  I have to go back again in a week or two to get his shots.

From there we took our puppy to the vet.   He has Kennel Cough just like we knew he did…  He’s on meds too.

There you have it… My last 24 hours.