Updates on my little guys...random thoughts...

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Update on my little guys... random thoughts...
Current mood: tired

So I just wanted to update everyone on how the boys have been doing.
Joshua - Loves school! He can count to 100 on his own... How many 4 year olds do you know can do that? He knows his entire ABCs, he is recognizing small words and is now learning the sounds that each letter in the alphabet makes and how to associate it to words! Seems they learn a lot more in Kindergarten these days than when I went. He also writes his name pretty well. He can use the keyboard for the computer to type his name in too! He is hardly playing video games anymore and not that he can't he just doesn't want to! He's found other things to do, like he LOVES to read books. Hes so smart sometimes I can't stand it, he will have full conversations with you like a little adult and asks some pretty amazing questions. AND if its past his bedtime he will let you know and tell you that he needs to be in bed or he won't wake up in time for school! Finally some stability in his life and he loves it, shows how much kids really need it!
Seth - Is potty trained!! No thanks to his parents... they didn't even work on him. He goes everytime and only has accidents at night... hes still young though, just turned 3! So at night and at naptime he wears pull-ups and underwear during the day. Seth can count to almost 20 on his own, he will chant along the ABCs with Josh but misses a few, hes still learning. He is in pre-school were they are teaching him his alphabet. He's doing very well. He is also practicing his name! Hes our little sassy one and likes to always ask Why and What if, which is good, it stimulates the brain but he thinks hes being funny and hes really being sassy. We are working on that. Hes also our little Cookie Monster he has the ME problem (Me want, Me thirsty, Me hungry) He's working on it though and doing pretty good, he corrects himself on his own now most of the time. He will be starting speech therapy soon I hope, it will be really good for him.
Caiden - He's mostly a happy little guy, except when you stop him from doing whatever hes doing. He throws a complete and all out fit! Reminds me too much of his stupid mom. Just goes to show how much babies pick up on at such a young age. He throws himself on the floor and stiffens up his entire body and arches his back, screaming and crying. Then he will either hit or yell and shake his fist (How else would a 23 month old learn this if not by seeing it by his stupid parents?) When he is done, its completley over like turning on and off a switch. On a lighter note, he LOVES to paint, color, draw, anything to make a mess or get a little creative, which is good. He likes to play with action figures and make them fight each other (acting out what hes seen with his parents again). But hes expressing his anger so we don't pay any attention when he does that. Hes definatley got some built up anxiety and anger. He tries to sing along the ABCs with the others and counts to 3. He is always copying what his brothers say, learning a lot. He loves school too, always happy while there and lights up when we walk through the door.
Random thoughts...

So I was mapping out all my daily things like taking the kids to school, going to school myself and physical therapy, thinking that MAYBE I could get a part time job and make some money once my doctor allows me to go back to working. I found I only have 26.5 "free hours" each WEEK. Time that I could give to a job and its like 3 hours one day and 4.5 the next and very sparatic like that. Seasonal help might work for that, but then the thing is when Sergio comes home in November I don't want to have to work and take away from my time with him, hes only going to be here for three weeks and then trying to get Thanksgiving to go to his parents, they would prolly fire me before they even hired me! So, I haven't figured out what I want to do with that yet, prolly wait until after he has to go back to Korea which I DON'T want him to :( .
Well I will leave it at that for now... comment if you want!