Still Here!

Since its been almost a month since i posted anything i decided i better give an update. The month of September with very busy and October is looking like it will be the same way!!

I have started back to school, i am going into my third week of classes and so far its going well. I am starting to figure out how online classes work, and my brain is remembering how to do homework again:)

The kids are all doing well in school. I have an IEP meeting for Dylan tomorrow to go over the services he is getting in school. So far it sounds like his year is going great, so that is a huge relief for me, i should know better tomorrow.

Jackson has had a series of doctor appointments. The last time i posted i think i mentioned he has asthma. Well i am also suspecting allergies. He has had a constant running nose since....man i don't even remember...birth maybe:) Its been a long time. He coughs all the time, and certain things seem to make it worse. So Friday i took him to Sioux Falls and then did some allergy testing on him. I should know the results of that later this week. I am just really wanting answers so that i can finally get him healthy!!!

Also in September Logan turned 4!! He is such a mix of naughiness and sweetness LOL. He has this HUGE brown eyes that can get the naughty look to them, but when he gets in trouble he can melt you heart!! He has also started preschool. He has his good days and at school, but thats Logan for you.

Saturday i took the kids to pumpkin land by myself!! Very proud of myself as i rarely take four kids anywhere by myself!! We had a good time, the kids got some pumpkins and i managed to keep track of all four kids:)

So thats what is new in our lives. October should also be a busy month but i will try to stay in touch!

CHAOS...Thats my life!!

This has been another very busy week, and its only Wed.!! I keep thinking that sometime soon things will slow down a bit...well it not going to happen in Sept, maybe October???

Monday Jackson had his appointment with the pulminologist. It went well and Jackson actually smiled at the doctor a few times!! Normally he hangs onto me for dear life and starts to cry the minute doctors come near him. Needless to say he has had a lot done to him in his little life and he remembers a lot!!

This doctor has diagnosed Jackson with reactive airway disease or asthma. So Jackson is being put on inhaled steriods and singular. The inhaler is actually going fine, so far. Its a regular inhaler but the inhaler gets stuck in a tube and on the end of the tube is a face mask that looks like a duck. Well Jackson likes to quack when i put it over his mouth....so at least he tolerates that!! The singular is not going so well. Its granules, kind of like a suger packet that you can sprinkle on soft foods and then let him eat it. Well last night i put it in some applesause...well i guess he hates applesause cause he gagged everytime i put some in his mouth. Not sure how i am going to get him to take this, as he is not really big into jello, pudding, mashed potatoes...anything soft. I am gone this evening so i will see if Brian can come up with some creative way of getting him to take it....i am not holding my breath!

Yesterday Morgan started piano lessons. So far its going well and she really enjoyed it. She even got up early this morning so she could go play the song she learned. Its two notes over and over and over....but she is very proud of her song and makes her brothers listen!!

I am also working on getting stuff ready for a garage sale that starts tomorrow. Its just a lot of work!! I am hoping a lot of stuff sales because i do not want to haul it all back downstairs!! The garage sale will be Thursday-Saturday, so that a lone will keep me plenty busy.

If thats not enough the kids want to go camping a few more times yet this year. So we are hauling our camper to Sandy Hollow. A whole 8 miles from home:) But its a campground and thats all the kids care about. So once i am done with the garage sale stuff, hopefully i can relax a little bit.

We go camping again next weekend to a campground in RockValley. Its new and actually really nice. They have a little swimming pond with a beach...however since the temps have only been in the 60's lately i doubt there will be any swimming going on. I also might have Logans birthday party out there...depends on the weather! So yes, i have another birthday coming up so that will be keeping me busy as well!!

Then school starts for me in two weeks.

Pray for my sanity:)

Steph

Not much new....

Not much new in our lives lately...not that that is a bad thing!! We spent our Labor Day weekend mostly at home. I needed to get a ton of cleaning done, and get stuff ready for a garage sale. I did not get near finished, i can't believe how much stuff is packed into our house!!! Its time to do a DEEP cleaning in every room, just not sure when i will find time to do this!!

Dylan had an appointment last week at the Child Health Speciality Clinics. I always enjoy these appointments as it gives me a good idea of how Dylan is doing on all levels. He has gone down on his BMI which is AWESOME NEWS!!! We just keep pushing healthy foods and lots of exercise. He is doing great with gross motor and cognitive, and as normal still way behind on fine motor, that i am sure will never change. They will also start monitoring him for ADHD this year just because he is at such high risk for learning disorders and shows a few signs.

Jackson goes to see a few specialists next week, i can't wait!!!! I am ready to figure out why he is always getting Pneumonia, and what we can do to keep him healthier this winter...last year was awful!! The poor kid is terrified of doctors, i can't say as i blame him, he has had a ton of stuff done to him in his short life.

Morgan went to the dentist today, she has only one small cavity...that is great news!! She does however have to see an orthodontist because she has an over bite and a crowed ed little mouth. Not suprising that she will be needing braces sometime in the next couple of years.

Logan and Jackson started at their brand new daycare today. They were so excited and i can't say that i blame them, it looks like a very cool place. Everything is so new and nice...not sure how long that will last with over 100 little kids attending this daycare!

Well that's about all for now. I should probably get some work done!

Jackson being cute at the beach

Back to school...

Morgan and Dylan started school again this week. Very hard to believe since i swear they just got out!!

Morgan is starting 2nd grade, and so far seems to like it and is in a class with all her friends. Dylan is starting kindergarten, and is also doing fine so far. I worry a little about that boy, he likes to talk more then he likes to listen!

As usual for the first week of school it has been hot, but thankfully they have not gotten out early because of the heat yet.

I took some pictures of them in their classrooms. Dylan was fine with it, but i think i am starting to be a little to uncool for Morgan...she really did not want me taking her picture:)

Oh, and Morgan FINALLY learned to tie her shoes the day before school started!! WOOHOOO!!! i was starting to think she was going to go to college with velcro shoes:)

Birthday Girl!!

For the past couple of years Morgan has wanted to have a birthday party with some of her friends. In the past i have always said no, because it just seemed like a lot of work and she always gets tons of gifts from relatives that she really doesn't need anymore.

Well this year i gave in. I figured she is only a little girl once, and to be honest she is already growing up so fast!!

So Morgan decided that if she was turning eight, she should invite 8 friends...i talked her into six. After some thought i decided it would be fun to have supper at the Pizza Ranch and from there go to a hair salon and get a manicure done on all the girls.

Well as it turned out the girls could pick from 2 out of 3 things, there toes done, their finger nails done. or their hair done all pretty! Well of course the girls all wanted their hair done, and then some chose to do their toes and some their finger nails.

All in all i would say the girls had a blast!! They loved getting their hair all curled, they loved the viabrating massage chair that they got to set in while getting their toe nails done. They just loved being pampered!!

After it was all done last night Morgan wanted to know if she could do it again nextyear...HA! Probably not. My ears are still ringing from 7 squealing girls!!

Vacation

We decided to take one more small vacation before the kids head back to school next week. We went to a place called Scharnberg park. Its was a nice little camping place where you can camp, swim, fish, or just relax...i was all for the relaxing!!!

We went up on Wed. night after work and came home on Sunday. We really had a good time. We went to the beach every day, and i am SO happy to say that Logan actually got in the water and by the last day went in all the way up to his SHOULDERS!! That is a huge step for him!

Other then that the kids did a little fishing...and i mean little. The fish were very tiny and Brian would no more then get one fish off the hook then another one would catch one. Needless to say after an hour Brian had had enough fishing.

Sunday we celebrated Morgans 8th birthday....My baby!!!! She opened her gifts and then it was time to pack up and head back home. It was nice to get away, but i must say there is nothing like my own king sized bed compared to that awful, uncomfortable, back killer of a bed we have in our camper:)