On My Way

I am so excited!!! Last night Larry and I went to the Art Institute to gather some information on attending their Baking and Pastry program for me. We sat through the presentation and took the tour and I fell in love. I applied on the spot and today I am very proud of myself. I know I would have never made it into the building if Larry wasn't there right next to me, he is so supportive and understands me so well, I love him.

Tubes, Tonsils, and Adnoids... Oh My

It is becoming the end to a very long day and much needed sleep is on its way. Andrew and Logan went in for surgery this morning. Dr. Hackett said Logan would be back in our arms in 10 minutes and honestly he must have performed the surgery in the hallway because there is no way I could have even walked the hallway that fast. Andrews was longer of course but so far so good. He woke up crying (I expected that) and was upset for a couple of hours but for lunch he had a hot dog and for dinner he had soup and salad. Who would have thought?

ENT

Okay, now we have another child getting tubes in his ears. Logan went to the ENT yesterday and is scheduled to have it done on the 25th with Andrew. Are we crazy to have both kids done at the same time? I don't think so. Hopefully they will respond well to surgery and all will be okay.

Joshua has started inflicting himself with bites and scratches. as I write this it makes him sound off his rocker but I think he is just seeing what happens. After his scratches scab over he has taken to pulling off the scabs because he doesn't like the way they feel.

I met Larry for lunch yesterday. I love when we have an opportunity to just be alone doing nothing. When we do happen to find that time it always reminds me of an "Everybody Loves Raymond" episode where Debbie and Ray go on a date and try not to talk about their kids. They end up having a conversation about butter. ha ha Sometimes that is us.

New Year

Wow, it has been a very fast year. Logan has started sleeping through the night which has been wonderful. When I look at him I can't believe he might be our last baby. Sometimes when I see his little hands or feet I think this could be the last little baby hand or foot of mine. On the other hand I think about having all the kids independent and opening a bakery. I don't know if I want another one or not.

Nick's birthday was yesterday. It is so weird to think he is 8 years old. I am a completely different person than I was 8 years ago. I look back and think about what was important to me then and how certain things upset me. I am more laid back now and not as uptight about what people think. At least I think I am less uptight. Maybe I need to see what other people think, lol.

Andrew is going to have his tonsils removed and tubes put in on the 25Th this month. I am nervous for him. I know my own tonsillectomy was a fluke and that Andrew has the risk of bleeding internally but more than likely he will be just fine. I am trying not to let Larry see that I am scared for Andrew. He would think it is silly because it is not going to happen again. And at the same time I am trying not to let my mom see that I am nervous because she is convinced it is going to happen again and I don't want her to worry.

Josh is proving to be a computer wizard. HE gets on his computer and makes it do things that me and Larry can't figure out what he does. For a kid who can't read he can navigate the computer very easily. We wanted to hook the Internet up for the boys but now we are not sure what they might come across or what computer system Josh will hack into.

Cookies

I have been attempting to make cookies for about 7 years. I am not trying to make exceptional, out of this world, blow your mind cookies, I am merely trying to make edible cookies that taste like cookies. My previous cookies have been burned, raw, 1 giant cookie because they have all run together, hard as a rock, and to mushy to pick up without them crumbly in your hand. But this weekend I may have figured it out. I borrowed moms convection oven and made 10 cookies at a time. Never leaving the machine so I had no choice but to actually witness them becoming the perfect shade of brown. None were overcooked nor undercooked and the greatest compliment of all, Larry said, "They taste like my mom's cookie!"

American Sign Language

The kids have started watching an ASL TV show teaching them to sign. It is amazing how fast children pick up new skills. After watching the first show Stephie, Josh and Andrew can sign trees, leaves, summer, winter, cold, outside, warm, grass, and favorite. With each show they learn another 10-20 new words. I have started sign a bit to Logan. Larry just laughs about it but I wonder if he will sign back?

More ramblings

The zoo did come to school for Andrew and he came home to tell me that he touched a millipede. What? This is a boy who refused to touch the bottom feeding sharks at the zoo, wanted to feed the giraffes until the last minute when he saw the tongue reach out to take the food, and hardly brushed past the elephant taking a bath while the other kids damn near hugged it, and yet he touched the disgusting, creepy, big ol' nasty bug.

Nick is at his friend Davids house alone, it is a big leap for me to let him go but Larry took him there and checked the place out and felt really good about leaving him there. He sure is growing up. I remember back in kindergarten I was scared that he would not be able to make friends but he has.

I went upstairs and put Logan to sleep in his crib, it only took 17 minutes this time for him to cry and fall asleep. When I came down I found Josh playing with matches. How cliche!! Luckily he has no clue what they do and was holding them in his hand. I fear that if he knew how to produce fire he would have went around the house lighting stuff on fire just to see what would happen.