Sunday, January 3, 2010
3/365
This is going to be a short post.Its after midnight and -Im just getting home from picking Al up from the airport.Today I am thankful for my mother who went through hell getting Al to and from Maryland! Keeping an extremely active almost two year old still for three hours each way is no easy task.And to make matters worse the passengers around her were not the friendlist! If you get the option go with Southwest rather than Continental! Southwest is far more family friendly and you don't have to pay for your bags! Thank you Mom; Al, Tony and I all appreciate it!!!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
2/365
Today I am thankful for a clean house! While Allie is gone I took the time to deep clean most of the house today! There is nothing better than a spotless house in my opinion! And with school starting back Monday it makes life so much easier to be organized! Allie comes home tomorrow along with my camera so new pics. and of course another update :)
Friday, January 1, 2010
1/365
My New Year's resolution this year is to create a post EVERYDAY of 2010! I have done a blog challenge before when I posted everyday in November...but this goal isn't a month, it's a year! Much harder! I got the idea from http://vietnamlucy.blogspot.com/. And if I can pull it off I think it will be a cool keepsake for the kids to have! I'm also going to try and post something I'm thankful for everyday!
Today I'm thankful for quality time with my older kids. Tony has Allie in Maryland allowing me a much needed break and lots of quality time with Joe & Julie. Allie is, shall we say, "high maintenance" and literally keeps me on my toes all day long! So I don't get as much one-on-one time with them as I'd like. Today, we have not left the house the entire day! We have been hanging out with Cindy, relaxing and playing Wii! It's nice to just be with them without any distractions! They are growing up so fast and it both sacares and amazes me when I stop to think about it!
Today I'm thankful for quality time with my older kids. Tony has Allie in Maryland allowing me a much needed break and lots of quality time with Joe & Julie. Allie is, shall we say, "high maintenance" and literally keeps me on my toes all day long! So I don't get as much one-on-one time with them as I'd like. Today, we have not left the house the entire day! We have been hanging out with Cindy, relaxing and playing Wii! It's nice to just be with them without any distractions! They are growing up so fast and it both sacares and amazes me when I stop to think about it!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Joe's School Eval.
So I went to Joe's doctor apt. this morning only to find out that they scheduled us in the wrong office so it had to be moved to tomorrow morning at 10. That's okay because I already had a packed schedule. I had a policy council meeting at 10 then an eval with Joe's teacher, then an enrollment appointment to get Julianna in school for next year.
I was nervous about Joe's evaluation. As most of you know Joe has Asperger's Syndrome. Now, Asperger's is not an excuse or free pass. Yes, he will have trouble in some areas but he will just have to work harder than the rest of the kids. I was expecting him to be somewhere in the bottom 25% of his class. I was pleasantly surprised when his teacher said he is in the TOP 25%!!! That's HUGE for Joe! Here is a list of some of his accomplishments...
*Knows how to write his name
*Know his name by sight
*Knows 6 letters by sight (the goal is to know 10 going into kindergarten next year)
*Can sing the alphabet
*Knows Author, Illustrator and parts of a book
*Can draw a picture to reflect a story that was read
*Can give daily news
*Knows patterns
*Can count to 25
I knew going into the eval. he could do most of this I just didn't know what was "normal" at his age. Apparently, he is right on track, even AHEAD of some kids! I am so proud of him! The teacher said that Joe is really funny! He apparently is always cracking jokes in class! And his teacher said that she has never seen a more proud big brother! He is always talking about "his girls" (aka. his sisters)! His teacher also said he is always looking out for the other little girls in class. How sweet is that?
I was nervous about Joe's evaluation. As most of you know Joe has Asperger's Syndrome. Now, Asperger's is not an excuse or free pass. Yes, he will have trouble in some areas but he will just have to work harder than the rest of the kids. I was expecting him to be somewhere in the bottom 25% of his class. I was pleasantly surprised when his teacher said he is in the TOP 25%!!! That's HUGE for Joe! Here is a list of some of his accomplishments...
*Knows how to write his name
*Know his name by sight
*Knows 6 letters by sight (the goal is to know 10 going into kindergarten next year)
*Can sing the alphabet
*Knows Author, Illustrator and parts of a book
*Can draw a picture to reflect a story that was read
*Can give daily news
*Knows patterns
*Can count to 25
I knew going into the eval. he could do most of this I just didn't know what was "normal" at his age. Apparently, he is right on track, even AHEAD of some kids! I am so proud of him! The teacher said that Joe is really funny! He apparently is always cracking jokes in class! And his teacher said that she has never seen a more proud big brother! He is always talking about "his girls" (aka. his sisters)! His teacher also said he is always looking out for the other little girls in class. How sweet is that?
Monday, March 2, 2009
Catching Up
So in order to get this blog up to date so I can start posting regularly again (it's a goal of mine) I need to get everyone up to date. Let's start the biggest news...
* Allie turned ONE on the 25th!!!! We started the day with a stop by the donut store to get her favorite breakfast (donut holes). We then went to Monkey-N-Around, an indoor playground and she had a blast playing with all the toys. We then came home and had dinner (potatoes, carrots and chicken...her favorite dinner) and then had cake and ice cream which she enjoyed immensely! I took a ton of pictures but unfortunately they are not uploaded on this computer. You can see them at my myspace www.myspace.com/lizpilkerton. It's public and all of the pictures are in an album there. She has 10 teeth now with more coming in all the time. Every time I look in her mouth I see new ones. She isn't walking yet. Today she did stand alone and took two steps so I was really excited about that.
*Julie is still her fun loving sweet self. I have so much fun with her. She truly is a joy. Right now she is still SO into her dance class and lately all she has been talking about is wanting to be in pageants. Today she said "You want to be a pageant mom?" NO Julianna I don't. I don't say that to her but that's how I feel. I'm not into the whole idea of pageants, I'm hoping this is a phase of hers and she will forget about it soon!!!
*I'm really worried about Joe lately. Over the last two weeks he has developed a really bad stutter, that is getting progressively worse. He has a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning so hopefully I'll find out what's going on then. He even says now "Mommy why do I stutter?" It's heartbreaking. And it's not a mild stutter...it's bad! I'll update tomorrow and let you know what I find out. With everything going on lately, it may just be his way of dealing with stress. Thankfully Bubba and I haven't been fighting but I think just the whole idea of us living in different places now is alot for him to handle.
*As for me I've been doing okay. Life has obviously gotten a lot more difficult with me having to do ALL the work. Bubba sees them Wednesday and Saturday. He is now in AA and I must say that he is making huge progress. His mind is in a good place right now and he seems really focused. I have been staying busy with the kids and their activities. I've been helping plan Joe's pre-school graduation (May 19th) and working on Julianna's dance recital (May 23rd).
Anyway, that's us in a nut shell right now. Hope life is going well for all of you. I'll update tomorrow after Joe's appointment.
* Allie turned ONE on the 25th!!!! We started the day with a stop by the donut store to get her favorite breakfast (donut holes). We then went to Monkey-N-Around, an indoor playground and she had a blast playing with all the toys. We then came home and had dinner (potatoes, carrots and chicken...her favorite dinner) and then had cake and ice cream which she enjoyed immensely! I took a ton of pictures but unfortunately they are not uploaded on this computer. You can see them at my myspace www.myspace.com/lizpilkerton. It's public and all of the pictures are in an album there. She has 10 teeth now with more coming in all the time. Every time I look in her mouth I see new ones. She isn't walking yet. Today she did stand alone and took two steps so I was really excited about that.
*Julie is still her fun loving sweet self. I have so much fun with her. She truly is a joy. Right now she is still SO into her dance class and lately all she has been talking about is wanting to be in pageants. Today she said "You want to be a pageant mom?" NO Julianna I don't. I don't say that to her but that's how I feel. I'm not into the whole idea of pageants, I'm hoping this is a phase of hers and she will forget about it soon!!!
*I'm really worried about Joe lately. Over the last two weeks he has developed a really bad stutter, that is getting progressively worse. He has a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning so hopefully I'll find out what's going on then. He even says now "Mommy why do I stutter?" It's heartbreaking. And it's not a mild stutter...it's bad! I'll update tomorrow and let you know what I find out. With everything going on lately, it may just be his way of dealing with stress. Thankfully Bubba and I haven't been fighting but I think just the whole idea of us living in different places now is alot for him to handle.
*As for me I've been doing okay. Life has obviously gotten a lot more difficult with me having to do ALL the work. Bubba sees them Wednesday and Saturday. He is now in AA and I must say that he is making huge progress. His mind is in a good place right now and he seems really focused. I have been staying busy with the kids and their activities. I've been helping plan Joe's pre-school graduation (May 19th) and working on Julianna's dance recital (May 23rd).
Anyway, that's us in a nut shell right now. Hope life is going well for all of you. I'll update tomorrow after Joe's appointment.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Sorry for the Absence
I know I have majorly been neglecting this blog. Alot has been going on in life right now and I have in a way been "hiding" from it all. And when I say that I mean just not in the mood to talk about it. I'm better this week than I was last and plan on getting back to blogging, especially blogging about the kids, which is probably where I will keep the focus of this blog. I didn't want anyone to think I had fallen off the earth, just on a brief hiatis. More to come tomorrow.
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