Okay then...I tried to post with no avail...I hit the enter key after naming this post...ooopsie ;)
I finally got on this and noticed that I haven't posted anything since January. So much has gone on since then, but hell if I'd remember. Summertime is here. The kids are home and I would love to see them go back :P~~~ Most of the time they are good, however...one ticks off the other and starts a round of war. We know how that is...we have siblings.
So...Chrystan will be in 8th grade this year. Seems that her middle school drama has been minimal to say the least, thank GOD! I know many of us have had rather swallowed broken glass than go through the aches of middle school. She is smart, athletic and an all around good kid. I have been fortunate to be a part of her life. I have been blessed!
On to Caet! Caet is going to be in second grade this fall. SECOND GRADE!!!! Oh my word. The time flies, doesn't it? She had a pretty good first grade experience. A few bumps along the road, but she passed with flying colors. She is also very smart. She is a child who just has to know why things happen. Telling her doesn't get the point across...she has to actually do the experiment to see just why. Tends to get awfully messy, but the mess is short lived, as she will grow up someday.
Then there's Conor. Conor is in the "terrible two" phase. My girls kind of missed that all together so I am getting it 100,oo0%. Of course when he doesn't get his way, he will let you know by a slap, scratch or scream. He is really smart. He has known his alphabet and colors for quite a while. We are working on shapes and colors now. He can form full sentences wonderfully. Some of his favs are "Who is that, mom?" "Where's Caet?" And then there are the "dammits" shits" and other swear words he's absorbed into his vocab. Oh well. I would rather him get it out of his system now. Preschool will be happening next fall, and I don't want him spouting these words there ;)
Hope everyone has a wonderful 4th and fabooo summer!!!
Friday, July 2, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Another Day~
Okay...so I know...it's been a while. Some much needed updating is in order. I feel terrible that I haven't had any time to do this. Actually, I don't have time now, but oh well :P
Let's start at the top.
Chrystan is doing well. We are approaching the much dreaded teenage years. These years are tough. It's much tougher to have to contend with another mother. She wants her freedom, but gets it taken away much of the time. She is really a good kid. She fights with her sister, helps out with her brother (every once in a while) and she does well in school. I can't really complain. It could be worse I suppose :)
Caet...now Caet...Caet is her usual self. She is sick at the moment. The "flu bug" is hitting the school pretty hard. Apparently there was a 1st grade class that only had 10 students in it. She is doing well in all of her subjects, however I think she is getting a bit board. I also have a feeling that the teacher likes to single her out. She gets in trouble, well, a lot. Silly things really, but it makes her really upset when she is sure it's the other child's fault. She is clever and smart. The other day her father was showing her a card trick. The trick is he pulls out 2 red queens and 2 black kings. He then does something silly and ends up with 2 red kings and 2 black queens. Most people will sit there in amazement at the trick. Caet didn't skip a beat and told her father that they were, in fact, different suits. Only true Hutchins blood could have picked that out :D
On to Conor-the amazing screaming boy. I tell you, this boy screams more than any kid I have ever encountered. I mean, holy crap!!! He is now speaking a few full sentences. To my amazement. I asked him where the remote was, he answered "mote?" "I don't know where it is." The phrase of the day, he dropped something, screamed and said "don't do that!" I am amazed all over again what these children pick up. Of course the usual swearing. I am thankful that only I can usually understand the swearing, but soon enough he will say it loud and clear and probably during mass :)
Have a great day!!!
Let's start at the top.
Chrystan is doing well. We are approaching the much dreaded teenage years. These years are tough. It's much tougher to have to contend with another mother. She wants her freedom, but gets it taken away much of the time. She is really a good kid. She fights with her sister, helps out with her brother (every once in a while) and she does well in school. I can't really complain. It could be worse I suppose :)
Caet...now Caet...Caet is her usual self. She is sick at the moment. The "flu bug" is hitting the school pretty hard. Apparently there was a 1st grade class that only had 10 students in it. She is doing well in all of her subjects, however I think she is getting a bit board. I also have a feeling that the teacher likes to single her out. She gets in trouble, well, a lot. Silly things really, but it makes her really upset when she is sure it's the other child's fault. She is clever and smart. The other day her father was showing her a card trick. The trick is he pulls out 2 red queens and 2 black kings. He then does something silly and ends up with 2 red kings and 2 black queens. Most people will sit there in amazement at the trick. Caet didn't skip a beat and told her father that they were, in fact, different suits. Only true Hutchins blood could have picked that out :D
On to Conor-the amazing screaming boy. I tell you, this boy screams more than any kid I have ever encountered. I mean, holy crap!!! He is now speaking a few full sentences. To my amazement. I asked him where the remote was, he answered "mote?" "I don't know where it is." The phrase of the day, he dropped something, screamed and said "don't do that!" I am amazed all over again what these children pick up. Of course the usual swearing. I am thankful that only I can usually understand the swearing, but soon enough he will say it loud and clear and probably during mass :)
Have a great day!!!
Monday, September 14, 2009
"Capatillers"
We went to NY to see Chris' fam over the holiday weekend. His cousin is preggo with twins, so they held her babies shower :)
On Sunday, before we left, Caet was playing with a white Capatiller (that's what she calls them). Later on that day, she discovered a rash all over her tummy. This rash was really itchy. I gave her benadryl when we got home and it seemed to help just a little bit. Monday came and went and it seem to fade a lot. I sent her to school on Tuesday and the nurse called and told Chris we needed to go get Caety from school because she didn't know what the rash was and didn't know if it was contagious. I don't recall any rash that was contagious. If it were dangerous at all, it would be the primary illness that would be the problem. Not the secondary rash. Anyhooooo...I called the dr's office before I left the house and they said to bring her right in. I got there and they told me that there were a total of 7 rash cases that day alone. Dr said that it was an allergy and gave her some allergy meds, a note and sent her back to school.
Thursday night, Caet and Tanza were in the back yard playing and found another Caterpillar. This one was yellow and black, rather than white. Tanza took it home to bring in to her teacher on Friday. Wendy called Friday morning and asked if Caet had played with the evil worm. Caet said she didn't and Wen told me that Tanza was covered in itchy hives. Upon doing research , these caterpillars are toxic. There little hairs release from there body and they actually have a venom in them. They cause hives and other skin irritations.
Friends don't let friends play with capatillers :P
On Sunday, before we left, Caet was playing with a white Capatiller (that's what she calls them). Later on that day, she discovered a rash all over her tummy. This rash was really itchy. I gave her benadryl when we got home and it seemed to help just a little bit. Monday came and went and it seem to fade a lot. I sent her to school on Tuesday and the nurse called and told Chris we needed to go get Caety from school because she didn't know what the rash was and didn't know if it was contagious. I don't recall any rash that was contagious. If it were dangerous at all, it would be the primary illness that would be the problem. Not the secondary rash. Anyhooooo...I called the dr's office before I left the house and they said to bring her right in. I got there and they told me that there were a total of 7 rash cases that day alone. Dr said that it was an allergy and gave her some allergy meds, a note and sent her back to school.
Thursday night, Caet and Tanza were in the back yard playing and found another Caterpillar. This one was yellow and black, rather than white. Tanza took it home to bring in to her teacher on Friday. Wendy called Friday morning and asked if Caet had played with the evil worm. Caet said she didn't and Wen told me that Tanza was covered in itchy hives. Upon doing research , these caterpillars are toxic. There little hairs release from there body and they actually have a venom in them. They cause hives and other skin irritations.
Friends don't let friends play with capatillers :P
Sunday, August 9, 2009
what to do?
I hope this is a phase. Caet has become quite destructive. If I was even remotely that destructive, I pity my poor mother. This kid will send me into a stroke before I am thirty. So what do I do? How can I make Caet see that this isn't really who she needs to be or who she wants to be. Chrystan has had many crafty things completely ruined and now sitting in a landfill. Any suggestions?
Monday, July 27, 2009
sorry about the lack of updates
I haven't really had anything to blog about. My daily routine is: Jump outta bed because the phone is ringing or the state workers are paving my road and are obscenely loud. I then try to make sense of the crazy ass dream I had. After shaking that off, I walk wearily into the kitchen to drink the nearly 4 hour old coffee. I find that I am completely out of fat free Coffeemate, I curse at the refridge and get the crappy off brand powder stuff from the cupboard. I then sit to check my FB page and email. Realizing that I am a FB junky and I should really check into some sort of rehab. All this fun is followed by a baby who has decided to throw his binki on the floor, rip off his diaper and pee between the slats in his crib nearly nailing the biniki that's sitting on the floor (by the puddle of pee.) I walk in and the only thing this kid says to me is "UH OHHH!" How could you not laugh at a 14 month old, standing stark naked pointing his doodle between the slats? Then comes the war of breakfast. First, Conor gets his usual Cheerios and juice. After devouring the first round and looking at me like I haven't fed him it what seems like months, I give him round 2. He gets board and decided the Cheerios look much better everywhere else. One swipe of his tiny little hand and *POOF* 85% of his Cheerios are on the kitchen floor. I call it a war zone because as you make your way towards him, you step on the land mines he has so strategically placed around him. I, again, curse under my breath (I learned the hard way that these little buggers are quite the sponge and eventually everything you say will get repeated in the most inappropriate places.) I know God has a sense of humor, but the older ladies in church look at you in complete disgust. Okay, back to the Cheerio situation. I go for the reliable Swiffer Sweeper Vac. I pull it outta the closet and turn the sucker (literally) on only to find out that the last individual that used the stupid thing forgot to plug it back in to charge. I am left with a dead Vac, cheerios all over the floor and now...now some of the cheerios are crushed. Again cue the swearing. Meanwhile, Conor is screaming at the top of his lungs because he no longer has anything to shove into his mouth. I find something to give him, usually the puffs work for a while. As I turn to put puffs on his tray I realize that the spill proof sippy cup is not really spill proof. I step in juice and now the floor is sticky and covered with cheerios.
Cue Caet, stage right. Nekkid as the day she was born. "Mom, what day is it?" I have to fish out the calender because it seemed like it was just Sunday or Thursday. "I don't know Caet." She continues on with the "I'm hungry" thing. We argue about breakfast for a few minutes until I cave and make her Ramen Noodles. I know, gross. She likes it, she is not wining, and there has to be some sort of nutritional value in those things. It's a win-win.
About an hour later, Chrystan decides to grace us with her presence. Wild hair and all. She wearily walks to the coffee pot, makes herself a cup and also is mad because there is not fat free Coffeemate. I think if i allowed it, she would have cursed the fridge too. She finds something to eat. I try to get some stuff cleaned up. I haven't figured out why I even attempt to clean. You would think that I feed, clothe, launder enough for an army. Conor gets down from eating and he drops enough food from his diaper and other crevasses to feed a third world country. Caet decided after one healthy heaping serving of Ramen (which she call ra-mon emphasis on the ra) she wants to eat whatever crunchies available. She eats these on the couch, and for some reason misses the large gaping hole in her head we call a mouth. How she misses that thing is beyond comprehension. I fetch the Swiffer only to realize the previous mishap in the kitchen. Okay, leave the crumbs until later. Note: it is now almost noon, I haven't showered yet, and Chrystan has already made plans for the evening. She wants to go with her mother, but 15 minutes before she is supposed to leave, she decides she doesn't want to go again. That is how my day usually starts. Any questions?
Cue Caet, stage right. Nekkid as the day she was born. "Mom, what day is it?" I have to fish out the calender because it seemed like it was just Sunday or Thursday. "I don't know Caet." She continues on with the "I'm hungry" thing. We argue about breakfast for a few minutes until I cave and make her Ramen Noodles. I know, gross. She likes it, she is not wining, and there has to be some sort of nutritional value in those things. It's a win-win.
About an hour later, Chrystan decides to grace us with her presence. Wild hair and all. She wearily walks to the coffee pot, makes herself a cup and also is mad because there is not fat free Coffeemate. I think if i allowed it, she would have cursed the fridge too. She finds something to eat. I try to get some stuff cleaned up. I haven't figured out why I even attempt to clean. You would think that I feed, clothe, launder enough for an army. Conor gets down from eating and he drops enough food from his diaper and other crevasses to feed a third world country. Caet decided after one healthy heaping serving of Ramen (which she call ra-mon emphasis on the ra) she wants to eat whatever crunchies available. She eats these on the couch, and for some reason misses the large gaping hole in her head we call a mouth. How she misses that thing is beyond comprehension. I fetch the Swiffer only to realize the previous mishap in the kitchen. Okay, leave the crumbs until later. Note: it is now almost noon, I haven't showered yet, and Chrystan has already made plans for the evening. She wants to go with her mother, but 15 minutes before she is supposed to leave, she decides she doesn't want to go again. That is how my day usually starts. Any questions?
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Hot!!!
I again apologize for my lack of updating. We are busy here with soccer and softball. It is all coming to an end...THANK THE GOOOOOOOOOD LORD!!!!
Anyway, so last night we went to the grocery store at like 8pm. Yeah, kinda late, but hey...there was almost no one there and we didn't have to wait in line.
After that we went o Sheetz to get coffee and gas. Caet decided that she would get a Mt. Dew slushie thingie. She looked at me and said, "HAHA, I got Mt. Dew and that doesn't make you too happy, does it mom?" I told her no. She said, "Boy Mom, your hot when your mad. Isn't she daddy, she's really hot when she's mad?"
Okay then....
Anyway, so last night we went to the grocery store at like 8pm. Yeah, kinda late, but hey...there was almost no one there and we didn't have to wait in line.
After that we went o Sheetz to get coffee and gas. Caet decided that she would get a Mt. Dew slushie thingie. She looked at me and said, "HAHA, I got Mt. Dew and that doesn't make you too happy, does it mom?" I told her no. She said, "Boy Mom, your hot when your mad. Isn't she daddy, she's really hot when she's mad?"
Okay then....
Monday, April 13, 2009
todays fun..
i will have to go backwards on today's events...
on our way to grammy's tonight we saw a rabbit that seemed so tame. caet said oh there's a hare. then she was silent. i thought she was saying that she found a hair, but apparently she was claiming that there was indeed a hare.
caet has decided that she was turning into a crazy old woman...
so, while i was with chrystan practicing for softball, taylor (their cousin) was hanging out with her and playing on the playground equipment. caet got this juice called bug juice. taylor tried it and said it was gross. caet said that she also tried it and at first it was gross, then she got rid of some of her taste buds and it's okay now.
caet was watching, i think it was the discovery channel, and she came running in and asked me if i have ever been to argentina...i told her no...then she came running into conor's room to ask me if we live in america...i told her that we live in north america. she did the whew sound and said that it was really good we don't live in south america, there are too many scary animals there...
i think that there is more, but i just can't remember them right now...
on our way to grammy's tonight we saw a rabbit that seemed so tame. caet said oh there's a hare. then she was silent. i thought she was saying that she found a hair, but apparently she was claiming that there was indeed a hare.
caet has decided that she was turning into a crazy old woman...
so, while i was with chrystan practicing for softball, taylor (their cousin) was hanging out with her and playing on the playground equipment. caet got this juice called bug juice. taylor tried it and said it was gross. caet said that she also tried it and at first it was gross, then she got rid of some of her taste buds and it's okay now.
caet was watching, i think it was the discovery channel, and she came running in and asked me if i have ever been to argentina...i told her no...then she came running into conor's room to ask me if we live in america...i told her that we live in north america. she did the whew sound and said that it was really good we don't live in south america, there are too many scary animals there...
i think that there is more, but i just can't remember them right now...
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