REFLECTING ON 2008

So as 2008 comes to an end, I have been thinking about all that year has brought to myself as well as my family. In March we officially adopted Arturo & Isabella, they have been ours, but making it official I can’t even begin to explain how great that fealt. Kimo and I celebrated our 10 wedding anniversary in June. Unfortunately 2008 wasn’t always the best year for our family. We almost lost dad 3 times since August. Fortunately he pulled threw, although he is never really going to get better, it has made us realize how little time we have left. Even with all that looming in our future, I am looking forward to 2009, and all that it may bring my family. I look forward to all that the future holds for my family. Hopefully more good things then bad. I hope that 2009 will be much kinder to my family then 2008

That being said, i hope you all stay safe while ringing in the new year.

REPORT CARD TIME

SO MY BABIES BROUGHT HOME THEIR REPORT CARDS TODAY. I DON’T THINK I COULD BE A PROUDER MOM, BENITO ONCE AGAIN GOT HONOR ROLL, YAY!!BEAR!! ALL HIS GRADES MAINTAINED WHAT THEY WERE OR IMPROVED, (E.G. B’S TO A’S) JASMINE KEPT MOST OF HER GRADES THE SAME, RAISED A FEW BUT OVERALL SHE MAINTAINED. SO SHE IS DOING REALLY WELL AS ALWAYS. AND I AM SO PROUD OF JR. HE BROUGHT UP ALL HIS GRADES, HE IMPROVED IN EVERY SUBJECT AND IT ACTUALLY BROUGHT A LITTLE TEAR TO MY EYES. THEY ARE ALL DOING SO WELL CONSIDERING ALL THAT IS GOING ON AROUND THEM WITH DAD. I AM SO PROUD OF MY BABIES, NOW ITS TIME TO CELEBRATE THEIR WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENTS, YAY TOBEAR, LULA & CHINO. :)

WHAT BELL HAS LEARNED

SO YESTERDAY I WAS TAKING MOM TO THE STORE, AND WE HAD BELL WITH US, I WAS JUST PULLING OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ONTO 75TH AVE WHEN I FEEL SOMETIME TAP ME ON THE HEAD, I LOOK IN MY REAR VIEW AND ITS BELL, STANDING THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VAN, SHE FIGURED OUT HOW TO UNSTRAP HERSELF FROM THE CARSEAT. YAY ME. SO I PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THROW MY HAZZARDS GET OUT AND RE-STRAP HER. BUT THE LADY IN THE CAR BEHIND ME SAW HER AND GAVE ME THE MEANEST LOOK. ITS NOT LIKE I KEPT DRIVING WITH HER LIKE THAT, I HAD SENSE ENOUGH TO PULL OVER RIGHT AWAY, GIVE ME SOME CREDIT. ANYWAYS NOW TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO STOP HER FROM DOING THIS ALL THE TIME, HMMM, MAYBE ITS TIME FOR A NEW CARSEAT WITH A TRICKYER STRAP?

HOW MANY EXCUSSES

IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME HOW MANY EXCUSSES A CHILD CAN COME UP WITH WHILE AVOIDING BEDTIME. ARTURO HAS COME IN HERE 4 TIMES NOW. FIRST, TO SAY GOODNIGHT TO ME(BECAUSE HE JUST HEARD ME COME HOME & I WASNT HERE WHEN THEY WENT TO BED), NO PROBLEM WITH THAT I REALLY HATE MISSING SAYING GOODNIGHT TO THEM. THEN TO ASK ME IF HIS TATA IS GOING TO STAY AT THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT OR AM I GOING BACK TO PICK HIM UP. OK, LOGICAL CONCERN. THEN HE COMES BACK TO ASK ME (FOR LIKE THE 5TH TIME TODAY) IF HE CAN GO TO ISAAC'S BIRTHDAY PARTY ON SATURDAY. OK, NOW HE WAS JUST MAKING EXCUSES. LASTLY TO ASK ME WHERE IS JASMINE BECAUSE HE CANT SLEEP BECAUSE HE FOR GOT TO SAY GOODNIGHT TO HER. UM, DUH HER ROOM NOW HE IS GETTING DESPERATE. AS I AM TYPING THIS HE CAME BACK IN BECAUSE HE COULDNT REMEMEBR IF HE SAID GOODNIGHT TO ME OR NOT, AND HE "COULDNT SLEEP UNTIL HE MADE SURE". WOW MAKES ME WONDER IF I WAS THAT CREATIVE WHEN I WAS HIS AGE LOL....
HE DID FINELLY GO TO BED AND STAY IN BED, HE'S BEEN IN THERE ABOUT A HALF HOUR NOW, SO I'M PRETTY SURE HE IS DOWN FOR THE NIGHT. LUCKELY HE DOESNT DO THIS TOO OFTEN

OUCH!!!!

ITS BEEN A FULL WEEK THAT I HAVE BEEN HOBBLEING AROUND ON CRUTCHES, I THOUGHT THAT THE PAIN WOULD HAVE EASED A LITTLE BY NOW, BUT I GUESS THATS WHY I HAVE TO GO SEE THE ORTHO DOC.
NO IT WASNT ANOTHER ONE OF MY CLUMBSSY MAGA MOMMENTS, LAST WEDS JASMINE WOKE ME UP TELLING ME (IN A FRANTIC WISPER WHICH MADE IT HARDER TO UNDERSTAND HER IT WAS 615 IN THEMORNING)"TATA FELL" I GUESS I JUST OPEND MY EYES AND LOOKED AT HER CUZ SHE REPEATS HERSLEF THIS TIME IN AN ANNOYED VOICE. SO I GO OUT AND FIND DAD LAYING ON THE GROUND WITH BELL STANDING THER NOT SAYING A WORK JUST STARING AT HIM WITH A WORRIED LOOK ON HER LITTLE FACE. SO WANTING TO HURRY AND GET HIM UP TO CALM MY GIRLS DOWN, I CARELESSLY PICKED HIM UP. ANDI TWISTED MY KNEE, I FELT A BURN. NOW I KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY GET HIM UP BUT I THINK I WAS JUST DISTRACTED BY THE GIRLS BEING SO WORRIED ABOUT THIER TATA, AND I WAS HALF ASLEEP AFTER ALL. SO I GOT THE OLDER KIDS ON THE BUS AND WAITED FOR KIMO TO GET HOME FROM WORK AND WE DROPED OF ARTIE AT SCHOOL, WITH DAD AND BELL IN TOW WE WER OFF TO THE ER BECASUE BY THIS POINT MY KNEE WAS SO SWOLLEN THAT MY SWEATS WERE NOW TIGHT AROUND THAT LEG. SO THEY X-RAY MY LEG AND EVERYTHING AND OF COURSE THE OLD 'DOES THIS HURT" EXAM, OF COURSE IT HURTS I TOLD YOU THAT WHEN I GOT HERE BUT FOR SOME REASON THEY HAVE TO PUSH DIRECTLY WHERE YOU TOLD THEM IT HURT UGH OWELL JUST DOING THIER JOB I GUESS. THEY TELL ME ITS PROBABLLY JUST A SPRAIN BUT THERES A GOOD CHANCE YOU TORE A LIGAMENT, SO NOW I NEED TO SEE THE ORTHO DOC TO MAKE SURE THAT ITS NOT THE TARE, THAT ITS JUST A SPRAIN ( I REALLY HOPE ITS JUST A SPRAIN) BUT DAD FELL AGAIN LAST NIGHT AND GUESS WHO WAS BY HERSLEF AGAIN SO THIS TIME I HELPED HIM UP PROPERLY BUT MY KNEE WAS STILL WEAK SO I AM HOPING ITS JUST THAT ITS SORE FROM THAT AND THAT I DIDNT MAKE IT WORSE CUZ IT HURTS WORSE TODAY THEN IT DID YESTERDAY. HE DOESNT FALL ALOT USUALLY STUMBLES AND CATCHES HIMSLEF. IF I COULD JUST GET THOSE KIDS TO PUT THIERE TOYS UP AND NOT ALL OVER THE FLOOR AND HIM TO USE THAT WALKER A LITTLE MORE INSTEAD OF THE CANE I WOULD BE ALRIGHT LOL!!! BUT I LOVE DAD AND MAKING SURE HE IS OK IS WORTH IT TO ME. BEACUSE I KNOW THAT EACH DAY I HAVE WITH HIM IS A BLESSING.

CONFERENCE TIME

TODAY WAS ARTUROS PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE (I THOUGHT IT WAS WIERD HE'S I HEADSTART). ANYWAYS IT WAS COOL TO SEE HOW MUCH PROGRESS HE HAS MADE IN JUST THE FEW MONTHS THAT HE HAS BEEN ATTENDING SCHOOL. THEY SHOWED US DRAWING AND PAINTINGS AND WRIGHTING SAMPLES. OF COURSE IN THE BEGINGIN THERE WAS ALOT OF LINES AND SWIRLS AND SCRIBBLES. BUT AS HE HAS PROGRESSED YOU CAN TELL HE IS TRYING NEW THINGS. THE NEWER DRAWINGS WERE CUTE. HE HAS STARTED TRYING TO DRAW STICK FIGURES. HE EVEN DREW A PAIR OF GLASSES ON A PICTURE HE DREW OF BENITO. THEY ALSO DO A JOURNAL, HE BASICALLY DRAWS AND THEN THE TEACHER SITS DOWN AND ASK'S HIM ABOUT WHAT HE DREW. THIS IS THE PART IN THE CONFERENCE THAT I COULD'NT HELP BUT LAUGH. IT WAS LIKE HE JUST STARTED RAMBLING ON ABOUT EVERYONE AT HOME. HE DREW THE BIG CIRCLE WITH A BOX IN IT, THAT WAS DADDY AT "HIS TRUCK WORK" HE DREW THIS TALL (THE LINES WERE VERY THIN SO I THINK IT WAS SUPOSSED TO BE SKINNY) STICK FIGURE WITH LIKE A CIRLE ON IT. THATS "JIMMY HE CANT RIDE THE BUS BECAUSE HE IN TROUBLE SO HE HAS TO RIDE THE VAN" WOW WHEN YOU THINK THEY ARE PLAYING WHILE YOU ARE DISCUSSING WHAT THE OLDER SIBLING DID WRONG WITH SAID OLDER SIBLING, APARENTLY THEY ARNT JUST PLAYING. THEN THERE WAS A STICK FIGURE WITH THIS LINES STICKN OUT OF THE HEAD AND IT WAS ON THIS RECTANGLE SHAPED THING REALLY WASNT SURE WHAT TAHT WAS, "THATS JAZZY O WELL JASMINE RIDEING HER SCOOTER SEE SHE HAS HER BRAID TAILLY TAIL" THEN THERE WAS THIS SMALL LITTLE FIGURE IN THE CORNER "THATS MY ISABELLA, SHE MINE BUT MOMMY SAYS I HAVE TO SHARE HER" THEN THAT LAST THING WAS THIS BIG BLOB OF CIRLCE AND IN THE CORNER "THATS MY MOMMY, I LOVE MY MOMMY" (TEAR DROP) NOW I DONT WEATHER TO BE OFFENDED BY THE FACT THAT I WAS THE BIG BLOB B UT O WELL. I GUESS THE IMPORTANT LESSEN HERE IS TO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY AROUND YOUR 3 YEAR OLD BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HE WILL DRAW IN HIS JOURNAL.
OVER ALL I AM VERY PROUD OF HIM. HE HAS MADE SO MUCH PROGRESS SINCE AUGUST. HE IS LIKE A TOTALLY DIFFERNT KID. AND IT HAS TAKEN ALOT OF HARD WORK(SINCE WE GOT HIME) TO MAKE HIM FEEL SAFE AND SECURE. AND SEEING THOSE WORDS "I LOVE MY MOMMY" MEAN A LOT COMMING FROM HIM. I OFTEN WONDER IF I AM GIVING HIM ENOUGH LOVE AND ATTENTION. IN THIS FAMILY GIVING EACH KID ENOUGH ATTENTION CAN BE A BIG CHALLANGE. BUT I GUESS I AM DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. I AM GALD HE IS NOW DOING SO MUCH BETTER BOTH IN SCHOOL AND AT HOME. HE HAS AWSOME TEACHER WHO TAKE THE TIME TO GIVE EACH OF THIER STUDENTS THE INDIVIDUAL CARE THEY NEED.

PS. THE OLDER KIDS ALSO HAD THIER CONFERENCES RECENTLY, THEY ARE ALL DOING GREAT. BENITO GOT HONOR ROLL, NO SURPRISE THERE, JASMINE IS DOING WELL HERSELF (IF THEY GAVE HONOR ROLL TO 2ND GRADE SHE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT TOO) JAMES IS IMPROVING ALOT, HE IS A VERY SMART LITTLE BOY HE JUST DOESNT APPLY HIMSLEF. BUT OVERALL IM LUCKY BECAUSE ALL OF MY KIDS ARE DOING RALLY WELL IN SCHOOL

MORNING MADDNESS

JUST BECAUSE ITS SUNDAY DOESN’T MEAN THAT IT SHOULDN’T BE JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER DAY. LOL. MOST MORINGS ARE FILLED WITH CRAZINESS. BUT LIKE ANY OTHER MOM YOU WANT AT LEAST ONE MORING FREE FROM IT. WELL THAT WASN’T TODAY. LOL
ITS STARTED OUT WITH MY HUSBAND JUMPING UP OUT OF BED SAYING SOMEONE OPENEND THE FRONT DOOR. APPARENTLY MOM LEFT TO GO SOMEWHERE THIS MORNING AND I GUESS THE DOG GOT OUT SO THE BIG KIDS DECIDED THEY NEEDED TO GO CHASE HIM. KIMO HAD JUST COME BACK TO BED WHEN JIMMY WAKES ME UP AND TELLS ME “MY ROOM SMELLS LIKE PUKE”. I ASKED HIM IF HE SEES PUKE ANYWHERE. HE SAYS WELL “YA BY ARTIES BED” . DUH MAYBE THAT’S WHERE IT CAME FROM. BEFORE I COULD GET OUT OF BED TO GO FIND OUT ABOUT THE PUKE, BENNY WALKS IN AND SAYS TATA NEEDS HELP GETTING UP HE FELL AGAIN. SO JUST AS I AM GETTING TO HIM I HEAR JASMINE SCREAM. SO IM STANDING THERE TRYING TO HELP DAD, BUT WANTING TO RUN AND INVESTIGATE WHY SHE IS SCREAMING, KIMO COMES TO HELP ME WITH DAD SO I RUN TO CHECK ON JASMINE AND SHE IS RUNNING DOWN THE HALL SCREAMING “I GOT NAIL POLISH IN MY EYE” YES THAT’S RIGHT FOLKS NAIL POLISH. SO I GRAB HER AND TAKE HER TO THE BATHROOM AND GET THE FIRST AID KIT OUT TO FLUSH HER EYE OUT AND YUP JUST AS I SUSPECTED SHE WOULD DO, SHE FIGHTS ME ABOUT CLEANING HER EYE OUT. SO AFTER A FEW MINIUTES OF FIGHTING WITH HER SHE FINELLY GIVES IN AND LETS ME CLEAN HER EYE. DID I MENTION THAT IT WAS BARELY 8 AM. O AND KIMO CLEANED UP THE PUKE WHILE I WAS TAKING CARE OF JASMINE. AND THE CULPRATE OF IT YES THE KID THAT WOKE ME UP AND ACTED LIKE HE DIDN’T KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM.
SO THAT WAS MY SUNDAY MORNING, HOPEFULLY MONDAY WILL BE BETTER. ESPECIALLY SINCE I DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING THEM TO SCOOL SINCE THERES NO SCHOOL THIS WEEK, WE SHALL SEE.

UPDATE

WELL I HAVN'T BEEN BLOGGING MUCH LATELY, ITS BEEN REALLY CRAZY AROUND HERE. THE KIDS, THE PTO, AND TAKING CARE OF DAD. BUT I PROMISE TO START BLOGGING MORE. TO KEEP THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE MY FAMILY UPDATED. ALTHOUGH YOU PROBABLLY ALREADY KNOW ANYWAYS. LOL.

BINGO NIGHT

SO WE HAD OUR FIRST FAMILY NIGHT OF THE YEAR AT THE SCHOOL. FOR MY FIRST BIG EVEN AS PTO PRESIDENT, IT TURNED OUT REALLY WELL, WE HAD OVER THE TARGET NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHICH WAS 200. WE HAD TONS OF FUNS O AND WE MADE TONS OF MONEY, GETTING US THAT MUCH CLOSE TO GETTING THAT PROJECTOR FOR THE SCHOOL.
THE STAFF AT THIS SCHOOL IS AMAZING, THEY ALL HELP, WE EVEN HAD THE PRINCIPLE MAKING NACHOS, WHICH THE KIDS GET A KICK OUT OF SEEING THIER TEACHERS AND PRINCIPAL DOING STUFF LIKE THAT. AND ITS COOL FOR THE PARENTS TO GET TO KNOW THE STAFF A LITTLE TOO.
I JUST HOPE ALL OUR EVENTS GO OFF WITH OUT A HITCH.

THE FUN HAS STARTED

SO THE BOYS FINELLY GOT THIER INSTRUMENTS TODAY. BENNY'S TRUMPET WAS WAY HEAVIER THEN I REMEMBERED A TRUMPET BEING. SO BENNY HAS MADE SOUNDS, JIMMY STILL CANT FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK THE FLUTE, THEY GOT HOME AND COULDNT WAIT TO GET HOME AND PUT THEM TOGETHER AND PRACTICE. THE BAND TEACHER SHOWED THEM HOW TO PUT IT TOGETHER AND TOLD THEM TO TAKE IT HOME AND JUST MAKE NOISE. GUESS THATS HOW YOU GET COMFORTABLE WITH IT. BUT THEY ARE BOTH ENJOYING THEMSELVES. SO IM HAPPY, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL PICK UP ON PLAYING IT BETTER THEN I DID.

LIFE, SCHOOL

SO ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAVE BLOGGED. ALOT OF STUFF HAS HAPPEND, THE KIDS STARTED SCHOOL LAST MONDAY, THE 4TH. BUT THE MOST STRESSFUL EVENT HAS TO BE THE FRIDAY BEFORE THEY STARTED SCHOOL, WHEN WE ALMOST LOST DAD. BUT THANK GOD FOR THE DOCTORS, HE IS DOING SO MUCH BETTER NOW. IF YOU SAW HIM RIGHT NOW, YOU WOULD NEVER BELIEVE HOW SICK HE WAS JUST A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. I JUST HOPE HIS HEALTH IMPROVES, OR AT LEAST MAINTAINS FOR A LONG TIME, BECAUSE NONE OF US ARE READY TO LOSE HIM.
ARTIE STARTED HEADSTART, IT WAS A ROCKY TRANSISION, THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS, HE REFUSED TO EAT BREAKFAST OR BRUSH HIS TEETH, BUT WE DROPPED HIM OFF TODAY IT WAS INCIDENT FREE. KIMO GOT INTO THE CAR AND SAID AWWW, HE'S A BIG BOY NOW, HE DIDNT CRY OR ANYTHING.
THE BOYS ARE STARTING BAND, WE HAD THE BAND RENTAL NIGHT, AND THEY PICKED OUT THIER INSTRUMENTS, JIMMY CHANGED HIS MIND LIKE 3 OR 4 TIMES. BENITO STUCK WITH HIS FIRST CHOICE, I JUST HOPE THAT THEY BOTH STICK WITH LEARNING AN INSTRUMENT, EVEN IF THE FIRST ONE DOESNT WORK OUT FOR THEM. JIMMY ENDED UP CHOOSING THE FLUTE, AND BENITO'S CHOICE, WAS THE TRUMPET. SO I HOPE THEY HAVE AN EASIER TIME LEARNING HOW TO PLAY THEN I DID....:)
SO TUESDAY IS MY FIRST OFFICIAL PTO EVENT OF THE YEAR, WE ARE HAVING A BINGO NIGHT, IM REALLY EXCITED BUT NERVOUS TOO. BUT THE KIDS ARE ALL EXCITED ABOUT IT TOO, SO I HOPE IT WILL TURN OUT RIGHT, MOST OF THE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CANT WAIT EAITHER.
SO ITS HAS STARTED OUT TO A VERY BUSY SCHOOL YEAR FOR ME TOO, BUT ITS ALL WORTH IT. BECAUSE ITS FOR MY BABIES.

THE LIEING GAME

I'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY KIDS THINK INSTEAD OF SAYING YES I DID IT, THEY WOULD RATHER GET IN TROUBLE TWICE, FOR THE ORIGINAL OFFENCE AND THEN FOR LYING, WHY DO THEY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WONT GET IN TO AS MUCH TROUBLE IF THEY JUST TELL THE TRUTH.
THIS MORNING, I ASKED A SIMPLE QUESTION DID THE PANS GET WASHED LAST NIGHT, AND DEREK AND JIMMY BOTH STAND THERE AND SAY YES. THEY LEAVE THE ROOM AND GUESS WHAT, THEY DIDNT WASH THEM. WHY DID THEY LIE, "BECAUSE THEY DIDNT WANT TO GET INTO TROUBLE FOR, FORGETTING THEM". UGH, NOT THAT BIG A DEAL, JUST WANTED TO KNOW, SO THAT I CAN WASH THEM TO MAKE BREAKFAST. INSTEAD OF IT BEING A SIMPLE THING, NOPE THEY WOULD RATHER GET IN TROUBLE, FOR LYING. I DONT LIKE BEING LIED TO AND IT BOTHERS ME THAT THEY BOTH CAN LOOK ME STREIGHT IN THE EYE WITHOUT HESSITATION AND AND LIE. HOW THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GET AWAY WITH IT, WHO KNOWS. AND WHAT I REALLY DONT GET IS WHY, IS THAT REALLY SOMETHING THEY NEED TO LIE ABOUT. SO NOW THEY ARE AT RISK OF MISSING OUT ON SOMETHING THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL WEEK, AND FOR WHAT, A DARN SKILLIT.

CALANDER

OK, SO I HAVE BECOME ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT DOES'NT PLAN ANYTHING WITHOUT REFERING TO HER CALANDER. THIS IS IN MOST PART BECAUSE, I WOULD COMPLETLY FORGET ABOUT APPOINMENTS. NOW I WROTE THEM DOWN ON THE WALL CALANDER, BUT HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE SOMEHTING ALREADY PLANNED IF ITS AT HOME. SO I STARTED USING MY MSN CALANER BECAUSE IT SENDS ME EMAILS THE DAY BEFORE OR (WHENEVER I CHOSE TO SET IT), TO REMIND ME OF MY APPOINTMENTS. WELL IT WORKED SORT OF, BUT I STILL NEEDED A WAY SO THAT I WOULDNT DOUBLE BOOK MYSLEF FOR THINGS. WHICH I DID SEVERAL TIMES WITH DADS DR APPTS, SO I WENT OUT A WHILE BACK AND GOT ME A CALANDER PLANNER THING(NOW ALL I HAVE TO DO IS REMEMBER TO WRIGHT IN BOTH LOL) WELL ITS BEEN WORKING FOR ME. I GET VERY BUSY AROUND HER WITH ALL THE KIDS, SCHOOL, PTO, DAD'S STUFF.
SO I WAS UPDATING THE TWO CALANDERS MAKING SURE I HAVE THE DATES IN BOTH PLACES, (SOMTIMES IF I'M AT MY COMPUTER WHEN I SCHEDULE SOMTHING I PUT IT THERE, AND VISE VERSA WITH THE PLANNER) AND I AM LOOKING AT THIS THING AND MAN AM I ONE BUSY PERSON FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THAT DOESNT EVEN COUNT THE PTO EVENTS, WE DONT SCHEDULE THOSE UNTIL OUR MEETING ON THE 5TH. YIKES. MOST OF IT IS FOR STUFF FOR THE KIDS, SO I GUESS ITS OK, BUT MAN IS IT INTIMIDATING TO LOOK AT THE CALANDER. BUT ITS OK ITS ALL WORTH IT. JUST DONT BE SURPRISED IF YOU INVITE ME AND I CANT MAKE, :)

SUPPLYS

OK SO ITS THAT TIME A YEAR AGAIN WERE WE HAVE TO START THE BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING. NOW I THOUGHT I WOULD GET A HEAD AND STARTED GETTING STUFF LITTLE BY LITTLE ALL SUMMER LONG, WELL AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT I GOT ONE THING THAT IS ON THE LIST FOR THE FOURTH GRADE. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE STUFF THAT I DID GET FOR THE BOYS (THINKNG THEY WOULD NEED IT) MOST OF IT WAS ON THE 2ND GRADE LIST. NOW THESE LIST GET MORE AND MORE OUTRAGOUS EACH YEAR. THE BOYS LIST ISNT BAD AT ALL ONLY 7 ITEMS, PAPER, PENCILS, GLUE STICKS, CRAYONS, RED & BLACK PENS, ERASERS. WELL AFTER LOOKING IN MY BING OF SCHOOL SUPPLYS, THE ONLY THING I NEED IS THE PENS, BECASUE KIMO WOULDNT LET ME BUY THEM WHEN I WANTED TOO BECAUSE HE SWORE THEY DONT NEED THEM UNTIL JUNIOR HIGH, BUT O WELL THEY HAVE THE BIG BAG FOR LIKE 88 CENTS. BUT THE 2ND GRADE LIST. OMG ITS LONG AND STUPED. 15 ITEMS, ARE NEEDED. BUT THATS NOT THE PART THAT GETS TO ME, SHE HAS TO HAVE 3 BOXES OF KLEENEX, NOW THIS ISNT AN OPTIONAL ITEM. AND SCISSORS, BUT A SPECIFIC BRAND OF SCISSORS. AND A LARGE BOTTLE OF HAND SANITIZER. WHATS ON THE OPTIONAL LIST COLORD PENCILS AND MARKERS, OK I THINK THATS A LITTLE BACKWARDS, IT SHOULD BE OPTIONAL FOR THE KLEENEX AND HAND SANITIZER, AND REQUIRED FOR THE MARKERS AND COLORED PENCILS. SO NOW I HAVE TO RUN OUT AND GET THE KLEENEX AND HAND SANITIZER AND A COUPLE MORE ITEMS THAT I DIDNT EVEN THINK ABOUT WHEN I WENT ORIGALLY, BUT SHE DOES HAVE THOSE MARKERS AND COLORD PENCILS, THOSE WERE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT I BOUGHT FOR THE BOYS THINKNING THEY WOULD NEED IT. SO AT LEAST IM GETTING USE OF IT SOMEWAY.
ON TOP OF THE STUFF THAT I NEED TO GET FROM HER LIST, I STILL NEED TO GET SOME CLOTHS FOR THEM. BUT IT S NOT TOO BAD, BECAUSE I ONLY NEED 2 MOR UNIFORM SHIRTS A PIECE FOR THEM, THANKFULLY A FEW OF THOSE EARLY. BUT SOMEHOW IM THINKING NEXT WEEKEND ISNT GOING TO BE ANY FUN FINDING ALL THIS STUFF. GUESS I'LL HAVE TO START EVEN EARLIER NEXT YEAR. BUT IN THE PACKET THE SCHOOL SENT THEY SENT SUPPLY LIST FOR EVERY GRADE, SO IM GOING TO SAVE THEM SO WHEN I GO NEXT SUMMER TO GET STUFF I CAN BE CLOSER TO HAVING WHAT I NEED THEN I WAS THIS YEAR......

HE'S HEADED FOR SCHOOL!!

SO WE GOT THE OFFICAL WORD (A POSTCARD FROM THE HEADSTART PROGRAM). ARTURO HAS BEEN EXCEPTED INTO THE HEADSTART PROGRAM IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. YAY. THE TEACHER WILL CONTACT ME ABOUT DOING THE HOME VISIT, AND WHEN HE STARTS. NOT SURE WHICH OF THE 3 SCHOOLS THAT HAVE HEADSTART INOUR DISTRICT HE WILL BE GOING TOO. I'M HOPING IT WILL BE THE ONE THATS JUST ABOUT A MILE FROM HERE, BUT WITH MY LUCK IT WILL BE THE ONE THATS A 15 MINUTE DRIVE FROM HERE... O WELL I'M JUST GLAD HE GOT IN....

POTTY UPDATE

SO SHE HAS BEEN DOING PRETTY GOOD, JUST A COUPLE ACCIDENTS, WE KEEP HER IN UNDERWEAR DURING THE DAY, AND AT BEDTIME WE PUT HER IN A PULL-UP, SHE HAS GOTTEN REALLY GOOD AT TELLING ME SHE HAS TO GO, OR AT LEAST TRYING TO TELL US. WE ARE REMINDING HER TO GO CONSTITLY, SHE HAS THE GENERAL IDEA. BUT SHE TRYS TO PUT ON A PULL-UP WHEN SHE GETS TIRED OF HAVING TO USE THE TOILET, SO I HID THEM FROM HER. SHE IS A PRETTY SMART ONE, A LIL LASZY TOO... LOL BUT I AM PROUD OF HER OVERALL SHE IS DOING WELL, JUST GLAD TO BE DONE WITH THE WHOLE DIAPER THING SOON, YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SHE FINALEY DID IT!!!!!!

YES THATS RIGHT SHE FINALEY USED THE POTTY ON HER OWN.. YAY BELLA!!! WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING HER IN JUST UNDIES AND A T-SHIRT AT HOME FOR LIKE THE LAST MONTH OR SO, AND A PULL-UP WHEN WE GO OUT. SO YESTERDAY SHE SURPRISED ME WHEN SHE SAID I GOTTA GO POTTY, AND RAN TO HER POTTY, AND WENT, WE WERE ALL SO PROUD OF HER. SHE HAS SAT THERE A COUPLE TIMES. BUT YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST TIME SHE WENT IN THERE. SO I HOPE SHE KEEPS UP THE GOOD WORK AND WE WILL BE DONE WITH THE POTTY TRAINING DONE SOON, A FEW ACCIDENTS I EXPECT, BUT I THINK WE ARE HEADED INTO BETTER DAYS, NO MORE PULL-UPS EVEN WHEN WE GO OUT, WE SHALL SEE. :)

who needs sleep?

It was 5:40 the last time i looked at the clock, then the phone rang at 7:15, so on about an 1 1/2 of sleep, I actually had a really good day, starting to feel tired, so I shutting down turning my TV off and going to bed. hope i get a few solid hours in tonight. I didnt take the sleep aid, because i was afraid it would leave me all groggy tommarow, no matter what time i took it, because of the lack of sleep that i got last night. I think tonight is going to be a good night, keep your fingers crossed.

INSOMNIA SUCKS,

I really hate having this insomnia issue. I have had it for a while now, the dr gave me something to help me sleep a little, problem is remembering to take it early enough, because if I dont, I end up sleeping most of the day, so half the time I dont take it because its too late. I try not to take it too often, because I dont want to become addicted or dependent on it. I have tried everything tonight, warm bath, I hemed some cloths, I mopped the floors, then i just layed in bed wide awake trying to make myself fall asleep. So now i dont know what to do, its almost 5, its been a while since its been this bad, usually fall asleep around 2 3 at the latest, ugh, right now I am so annoyed, because i know that i will get tired, or fineally fall asleep right before the kids get up, ugh!!!! Its reallygoing to be a long day today:(

THEY ALWAYS MAKE ME LAUGH

Anyone that has known me for a long time knows that I have never been the serious type. So sometimes parenting is very challenging for me. They do stuff like Lula did tonight, and i should probablly scold them or somthing, but i cant help it I try really hard not to, but i laugh. Its real hard to discipline them when all i want to do is laugh. Most of the time in these ocasions thats where kimo steps in(i usually have to leave the room) But tonight Kimo was at work already. She scared the crap out of me but seeing her run from the scene of the crime in her koolaid soaked jammies, was hilarious. Yes she was tryng to serve herself Koolaid, and i guess Jimmy (he served himself last) didnt put the lid on it right. So when she goes to serve herself, i hear, bam slpat splash. I jump up because the noise scared me. I run into the living room/dining room area and she's running out of the kitchen screaming "Jimmy you didnt put the lid on the Kool-aid right, now my jammies are wet" As you might have already guessed I cracked up.
Now first who do i get upset him, or her, or both because they were supposed to be in bed. O well, too late to scold them now. They did however help me clean it up,
Hopefully someday I will learn to control my laughter, maybe :)

WHY DONT THEY JUST LISTEN

Last thursday was payday, but yet again someone in omaha screwed up again, and sent the checks to the wrong terminal. This happens so much that we decided to get a bank account and have his check direct deposited. It happens like 4 times a year, and I really wish I was exagerating. So somehow there was a mix-up on the form and it never got done. So since then I have told the man at least 50 times, to resubmit the forms. He has brought it home like 2 or 3 times, but somehow it never gets turned in. So thursday when we went to get the check and that happend, and he got another form from his boss, I sure did make him fill it out and turn it back in right then and there. So now i know that its done. So next time this happens again we will not have to worry about it... Maybe next time he will listen to me and do things, instead of putting them off.

A TRIP TO THE DOCTOR

Sometimes I really hate going to the doctor, it seems like everytime I go, he has nothing but bad news for me... It was an ok visit this time. I am back on my Asthma meds, which I kinda figured I needed, so thats good news. Now I'm just waiting for my blood test results, but since I havnt hear from them, I guess I can assume that its all ok...

ULTIMATE I-SPY

Yes my kids tried to create thier own version of the old classic game. we were on the way to my doctor, when i hear one of them say "hey lets play ultimate I-spy". So what is it you ask, basically its like the old game only thing is, in stead of one item, you see two. Yes i know it makes no sence to me either, but hey it kept them busy. When you live on the outskirts of town like i do and a simple trip to the dr take 30 minutes. You are thankful they are playing a game and not arguing about something silly.

YAY HE FIXED IT!!!!

ok, so he's the one who broke it to begin with lol!!!
So Kimo got me a laptop for my birthday/christams present last year. He was always downloading stuff and getting virusus and stuff like that on his desktop. So to save me the headach he got me the laptop to do what i wanted with it. Well I made the mistake of letting him use it. Yup he downloaded somthing and crash went my computer. He leaves me to fix it, I think I got it, then the mouse pad wouldnt work. So after 2 1/2 days without my computer its fixed... finelly! Yay Kimo!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I can blog about the stuff that has gone on for the last few days.

KUNG FU PANDA

EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ALL FEELING THE CRUNCH AT THE PUMPS, WE STILL WENT A HEAD TOOK THE KIDS TO SEE KUNG FU PANDA, WE HAD BEEN PROMISING THEM A MOVIE FOR A COUPLE WEEKS AND THINGS JUST KEPT POPING UP, YOU NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO DO..... SO WE FINELY SAID TODAY FORGET IT LETS GO, NOT REALIZING THAT THE MOVIE JUST OPEND THIS WEEKEND THOUGH.... I HATE GOING TO MOVIE OPENING WEEKEND. I MAKE IT A POINT TO WAIT TILL THE SECOND WEEK AT LEAST BEFORE GOING. BUT WE WERE SHOOTING FOR THE NARNIA MOVIE, BUT WE DIDNT MAKE IT TO THE THEATURE IN TIME, SO KUNG FU PANDA IT WAS.....
NOW IF TAKING MY 5 OLDER KIDS WASNT ENOUGH, I DECIDED LETS TAKE MY BROTHERS KIDS, TRADE HIM OUR YOUNGER 2 WHO I DIDNT THINK WOULD SIT THROUGH THE MOIVE, FOR HIS 2. SO WE LOOKED PRETTY CRAZY WITH ALL 7 KIDS, BUT THEY WERNT TO ROUDY. WE GO TO THE THEATURE WHERE WE HAVE CARDS FOR FREE POPCORN, SO WE GOT 4 BAGS OF POPCORN, FREE OF COURSE, 5 SODAS, ONE FOR ME, ONE FOR KIMO, AND THEN WE PAIR THE KIDS UP. BENNY AND MY NEPHEW OF COURS BECAUSE THOSE TWO ARE UNSERPERATBLE WHEN TOGETHER, DEREK AND JIMMY, AND THE THREE GIRLS, JADA, JASMINE, AND MY NIECE. WE GET IN THE THEATURE TO SIT DOWN, GUESS WHAT NO SEETS TOGETHER, SO I GOT LUCKY AND FOUND 3 SEETS SO THE GIRLS COULD STAY TOGETHER, FOUND 2 MORE IN ANOTHER ROW. THEN 2 MORE IN ANOTHER, SO THAT JUST LEFT ME AND KIMO STANDING THER, WITH NO WHERE TO SIT.....YES NO WHERE FOR US TO SIT. LUCKLY A FAMILY NOTICED US AND MOVED OVER AND MADE ROOM. FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER THERE WERE SEATS IN BETWEEN THE PARENT AND THE KIDS, ANY WAYS WE SAT IN OUR SEETS, I HAD A HARD TIME TRYING TO WATCH THE MOVIE BEACAUSE I FOUND MYSELF LOOKING FOR THE KIDS, NOW I KNOW THEY ARE NOT BABYS, THEY SAT A BIG ONE WITH A LUL ONE, SO I KNOW THAT THE BIG ONES WILL TAKE CARE OF THE LIL ONES, BUT STILL WAS A LIL NEVOUSE,

ANYWAYS THIS WAS THE ONE OF THE FUNNIEST MOVIES THAT I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME... IT HAD ME AND KIMO LAUGHING THROUGH THE WHOLE MOVIE.... AND THAT DARN PANDA REMINDED ME WAY TOO MUCH OF MY LIL BRO.... BUT IT WAS A REALLY CUTE MOVIE AND I LOVED IT. SO DID THE KIDS, GUESS I WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR NARNIA TO HIT DVD.....:)

GAS WOES!!!!!!

OK, SO THIS WHOLE GAS SITUATION IS GETTING OUT OF HAND, I MEAN ISNT THERE SOMTHING SOMEONE CAN DO ABOUT IT. IT TOOK DECADES FOR THE PRICE OF GAS TO RISE ABOVE $2.00. IT ONLY TOOK ABOUT A DECADE FOR IT TO RISE $2.00 MORE. MAKING THE PRICE PER GALLON OVER $4.00. $4.09 A GALLON IS WHAT I PAID THIS AFTERNOON (OK I GUESS ITS WOULD TECHNACLLY BE YESTER, DARN INSOMNIA) IT COSTED 74.75 TO FILL MY TANK. THATS JUST GAS FOR THE WEEK, FORGET ANY EXTRA TRIPS. OH AND I GUESS NO OUT OF TOWN TRIPS THIS SUMMER. ITS ABSOLUTLY RIDICULOUS. I HAVE BEEN WORKING A PART TIME JOB, AND IT SEEMS LATELY THAT I WORK MY PART TIME JOB SO WE CAN HAVE EXTRA GAS MONEY. BEFORE WE SPENT ABOUT 75 TO 100 EVERY TWO WEEKS ON GAS, IT TOOK THAT MUCH JUST TO FILL UP. WHICH MEAN ITS GOING TO COST 150 TO 200. KIMO AND I WERE TALKING TODAY ABOUT ALL OUR LIL TRIPS HERE AND THERE , TAKING THE KIDS TO THE MALL OR EVEN TO THE MOIVES, JUST GETTING THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE, WITH THESE PRISES, ITS ALMOST TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CANT JUST GET IN YOUR CAR ANYMORE AND GO BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO CHOSE BETWEEN TAKING THE KIDS ON AN OUTING OR SAVING GAS AND STAYING HOME AND DOING SOMEHTING....UGH.....

MOVE CLOSER

SO AFTER YEARS OF LIVING WAY ACROSS TOWN IN A AN APARTEMENT, MY LITTLE BROTHER AND HIS FAMILY HAVE MOVED CLOSER TO US, INTO A BUTIFUL HOME. I AM SO HAPPY FOR THEM, BUT I ESPEACIALLY LIKE HAVING THEM CLOSER TO ME.. SO I CAN GO OVER MORE OFTEN, AND THEY CAN COME HERE MORE OFTEN. THE KIDS CAN PLAY TOGETHER MORE OFTEN. THEY HAVE ALREADY SPENT MOST OF THE LAST WEEK TOGETHER. I AM JUST HAPPY THAT THEY ARE CLOSE ENOUGH FOR THE KIDS TO SPEND WAY MORE TIME TOGETHER.....YAY!!!!!!!

DONT BE SO QUICK TO JUDGE........

THIS ACTUALLY HAPPEND FRIDAY, I POSTED IT ON MY MYSPACE FORGOT TO POST IT HERE. BUT I HOPE WHEN YOU READ THIS, AND HOW IT MADE ME FEEL AS A PARENT TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN YOU THINK TWICE WHEN YOU PASS JUDGMENT ON OTHERES...



MOST OF MY CHILDREN ARE NOT MINE BIOLOGICALLY, BUT I LOVE THEM ALL THE SAME. SO SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT I RECENTLY ADOPTED THE YOUNGER 2 OF MY BROTHERS KIDS, CERCUMSTANCES BEYOUND MY CONTROL BEYOUND THE KID'S CONTROL, THE STATE PLACED THEM WITH ME & MY HUSBAND. MY OLDEST TWO ARE MY HUSBANDS FROM HIS FIRST MARRIAGE
YES WE HAVE 7 KIDS AND I AM PROUD OF IT. SO WHAT, IT'S NO ONE'S BUSINESS BUT OURS, I USUALLY DONT LET IT BUG ME WHEN I SEE PEOPLE LOOK AT US WIERD ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GO SOMEWHERE WITH ALL SEVEN OF THEM UNTIL TONIGHT. AND WE ONLY HAD THE FIVE LITTLE ONES.
WE WENT TO WALMART, LIKE WE ALWAYS DO. WE JUST WENT FOR A FEW THINGS. WE WERE BACK BY THE DIAPERS, AND ME AND MY DAUGHTER WERE WALKING AWAY FROM THE REST OF THEM TO OUR NEXT PURCHASE, WHEN SHE SAYS "MOMMY WHATS WELFARE". I WAS STUNNED I DIDNT KNOW WHERE THIS WAS EVEN COMMING FROM. I ASKED HER WHY SHE WAS ASKING THAT. "CAUSE ONE OF THOSE LADYS SAID O MY GOD ALL THOSE KIDS, AND I BET THEY ARE ON WELFARE". AS MUCH AS I WANTED TO GO BACK AND SMACK THAT LADY, I JUST GRABBED HER HAND KEPT WALKING TO THE NEXT PART OF THE STORE.
I SEE THE FACES PEOPLE MAKE WHEN THEY SEE ME AND FAMILY, HECK I HAVE EVEN HEARD OTHER PARENTS AT THE SCHOOL WHERE MY KIDS GO SAY THINGS. JUST HEARD SOMEONE SAY'N STUFF AT THE SCIENCE FAIR A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. I HAVE COME TO JUST LET IT GO. IF I LET EVERY STUPED COMMENT OR LOOK GET TO ME, I WOULD BE A BASKETCASE. ITS JUST NOT WORTH IT. BUT THIS TIME MY DAUGHTER HEARD IT. SHE SHOULDNT BE SUBJECTED TO THAT KINDA SHIT.
SO MY POINT IS, THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE A LARGE FAMILY, DONT BE SO QUICK TO JUDGE, YOU DONT KNOW HOW OR WHY THEY ARE SO BIG. AND THINK THIER KID MIGHT HEAR ME... I WOULDNT CHANGE MY FAMILY ONE BIT, ITS MINE AND I AM HAPPY WITH IT. SO I DONT CARE WHAT PEOPLE SAY OR THINK JUST CAUSE I HAVE 7 KIDS, IT JUST ANGERS ME THAT MY POOR BABYGIRL HAD TO HEAR SUCH A THING. I AM JUST GLAD THAT SHE IS STILL INOCENT ENOUGH TO NOT REALIZE THAT, THAT LADY WAS BEING MEAN AND HATEFUL...


O AND FOR THE RECORD WE ARE NOT ON WELLFARE, MY HUSBAND BUST'S HIS BUT FOR EVERYTHING OUR CHILDREN HAVE.......

PULLUPS .COM

ALTHOUGH MY BABY SISTER DOESNT HAVE ANY CHILDREN OF HER OWN, I OFFTEN TALK TO HER ABOUT MINE, SHE PICKS ON ME BECAUSE I READ PARENTING BOOKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SHE JUST TEASES, NOT TO BE MEAN BUT BEACUSE SHE THINKS IT S CUTE. ANYWAYS I WAS TALKING TO HER ABOUT THE POTTY TRAINING HEADACH BELLAS GIVING ME, THE OTHER DAY. TODAY I GET THIS TEXT, "ITS POTTY TRAINING AWARNESS MONTH GO TO PULLUPS.COM THEY HAVE REWARD CHARTS AND STUFF THERE....
FIRST OF ALL I DIDNT KNOW THERE WAS SUCH A THING, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS AWARNESS MONTH OR WEEK FOR EVERYTHING THESE DAYS.......
I WAS THANKFUL FOR HER TIP.

NOW I HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, 6 TIMES BEFORE, ALTHOUGH I DIDNT DO DEREK AND JADA FULL TIME, I STILL HELPED WITH THEM, NO TWO CHILDREN ARE THE SAME WHEN IT COMES TO THIS. BUT THIS CHILD SEEMS TO BE FIGHTING ME ABOUT THIS. NOW I DONT DO PULLUPS, NEVER HAVE. THE ONLY TIME I USE THEM IS AT BEDTIME'S. I TAKE THAT BACK WITH ARTIE I DID USE PULLUPS, BUT HIS CIRCUMSTANCES WERE DIFFERENT. I HAD MY REASONS. BUT BELLA I KNOW THAT SHE KNOWS WHAT I WANT HER TO DO, BUT SHE IS JUST AS STUBBORN AS HER MAMA, AND I GUESS SHE WILL DO IT WHEN SHE IS GOOD AND READY, I WLL JUST HAVE TO LEARN TO BE MORE PATIENT..........

I DID GET SOME USEFULL HINTS ON THAT SIGHT THOUGH, IT WASNT ALL ABOUT USING THIER PRODUCT WHICH I WAS WORRIED IT WOULD BE AT FIRST. SO I HOPE THIS HELPS ANOTHER MOM IN MY SITUATION OUT......

CATS!!!!CATS!!!!CATS!!!!

GROWING UP, I ALWAYS WANTED A CAT BUT WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ONE BECAUSE MY MOM WAS ALLERGIC. SO WHEN I GREW UP AND GOT MARRIED I FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY THAT I TOO AM ALLERGIC TO CATS. I HAD THE CUTEST LITTLE KITTEN WE NAMED PIPPER. WE HAD HER A FEW MONTHS, WHEN I WENT FOR A PRENATAL CHECK UP AND THE DR WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE I HAD BEEN EXPERIENCEING SOME COLD LIKE SYMTHOMS, FOR THE PREVIOUS FEW MONTHS. SO WHEN HE DISCOVERED THAT I WAS ALLERGIC TO CATS AND THAT I HAD ONE, (THIS IS SOMTHING I DIDNT KNOW UNTIL HE FOUND IT) HE DEMANDED I GET RID OF THE CAT, BECAUSE MY ALLERGY WAS SO BAD, AND I WAS PREGNANT. SO I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO GET RID OF HER. I WAS SO SAD AND UPSET BEACUSE I ALWAYS WANTED A KITTIE.
SO TODAY PABLO AND ROCHELLE WATCHED THE KIDS FOR US, SO THAT WE COULD GO TO A MOVIE AND LUNCH, FOR OUR ANNIVERSERY. LIKE ALWAYS WHEN WE GO TO PABLO'S WE NEVER JUST GO AND COME RIGHT BACK WE USUALLY END UP SPENDING THE DAY, WE WENT SWIMMING AND JUST HUNG OUT WITH THEM AND HAD DINNER. I WAS FEELING GREAT UNTIL ON THE WAY HOME, I WAS HOPING IT WOULDNT HIT ME UNTIL I GOT HOME AND COULD TAKE MY MEDS, BUT IT DIDNT WORK OUT THAT WAY. SO NOW I AM UP CANT SLEEP BECAUSE I CANT BREATH RIGHT WHEN LAYING DOWN, MY EYES ARE ITCHING, AND BURNING, AND MY MEDS DONT SEEM TO WANT TO KICK IN. UGH......DOES THIS MEAN I WILL SPEND LESS TIME THERE, HECK NO.... I LOVE MY BREOTHER AND HIS WIFE, AND NOW THEY ARE ONLY TEN MINUTES AWAY FROM ME, I WILL BE SPENDING MUCH MORE TIME THER. SO I GUESS I BETTER GET MY REFILL SOON....LOL..... I JUST HOPE I WILL BE A LIL LESS SENSITIVE TO THESE CATS, THE MORE TIME I SPEND THERE..... WISH ME LUCK.......

10TH ANNIVERSERY.

TEN YEARS AGO TODAY, I MARRIED THE LOVE OF MY LIFE KIMO. WE HAVE HAD OUR UPS AND DOWNS, BUT WE ALWAYS SEEM TO WORK IT OUT SOONER OR LATER. EVEN THOUGH OUR MARRIAGE ISNT PERFECT, I AM HAPPY, HAPPIER THEN I HAVE EVER BEEN, NO ONES MARRIAGE IS PERFECT, IF IT IS, IT ISNT REAL, IN MY BOOK, LIFE ISNT PERFECT. BUT I BELIEVE THAT THROUGH ALL OUR ISSUES IT HAS MADE OUR MARRIAGE STRONGER. HE IS MY BETTER HALF. HE ISNT PERFECT, BUT THEN AGAIN WHO IS. BUT HE LOVES ME AND THAT ISNT ALWYAS EASY, AND HE LOVES HIS CHILDREN ALL OF HIS CHILDREN. HE STEPPED UP AND WAS A FATHER TO OUR LIL ONES, WHEN HE DIDNT HAVE TO BE, WITHOUT HIM I WOULDNT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE THOSE TWO BUTIFUL CHILDREN A LOVING HOME, WITH OUT HIM BY MY SIDE ALONG THE WAY WE WOULDNT BE THE FAMILY THAT WE ARE TODAY. HE IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS TO EVER HAPPEN TO ME, I TRUELY BELIEVE THAT HE IS MY SOLEMATE, AND HE IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, AND I CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS........OR FIFTY:)

POTTY UPDATE!!!!!

SO I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON THE POTTY TRAINING, ITS NOT GOING QUITE AS WELL AS I WANTED IT TOO. I HAVNT GIVEN UP, BUT MAN IS SHE TRYING MY PATIENTS. LOL!!!!! SO THIS IS WHAT SHE DOES, IT SEEMS LIKE SHE IS TRYING TO HOLD IT, SHE DRIBBLES A LIL ON HER PANTY'S AND I PUT HER ON HER LITTLE POTTY, AND SHE JUST SITS THERE AND PLAYS, AROUND WITH IT. THEN I CHANGE HER PANTY'S AND A LIL WHILE LATER, DRIBBLE AGAIN. THEN ITS NAPTIME, OR BEDTIMES AND I PUT ON A DIAPER, AND SHE GETS THIS BIG GRIN ON HER FACE, AND I NOTICE THAT ITS ALREADY WETT AND I HAVNT EVEN FINISHED STRAPPING IT ON. LIKE I SAID SHE IS TRYING MY PATIENTS..... I THINK SHE IS TOTALLY PLAYING WITH ME, TO SEE HOW FAR SHE CANT GET AWAY WITH IT. BUT ALL THE EXPERTS SAY DONT PUSH, SO WHAT DO I DO. PLUS SHE IS JUST TOO CUTE TO BE MAD AT. AAAHHH I THINK SHE GOING TO START SCHOOL AND STILL NOT GOING IN A TOILET LOL!!!!! NO BUT SHE IS DEFFINATLEY GIVING ME A RUN FOR MY MONEY SO TO SPEAK, WE SHALL SEE. HOPEFULLY SHE WILL BE IN PANTYS FULL TIME BY THE END OF THE SUMMER. CROSS YOUR FINGERS:)

IT SUMMER TIME!!!!!!

TODAY WAS THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR MY KIDS, THEY WERE ALL KINDA SAD. THEY REALLY LIKE THIS SCHOOL, EVERYONE HERE IS SO NICE AND FRIENDLY. MUCH BETTER THEN PREVIOUS SCHOOLS THAT THEY HAVE GONE TO. I DID REASSURE THEM THEY THE SUMMER WILL BE OVER BEFORE THEY KNOW IT AND THEY WILL BE SAD THAT THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND CANT STAY UP LATE.
OF COURSE THEY ALL HAD THIER END OF YEAR PARTY, AND THEY ALL WANTED MOMMY TO GO TO THIER PARTY,. SO OF COURSE I SAID YES. YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN ME GOING FROM CLASS TO CLASS TO CLASS, THEN BACK ALL OVER AGAIN. BUT HEY I WAS THERE RIGHT,. THEY WERE ALL EXCITED WHEN I CAME IN. NONE OF THEM THOUGHT THAT I WAS GOING TO GO BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE WITH ONE OF THE OTHER KIDS. ALL THE KIDS WERE GIVING EACH OTHER HUGS AND SAYING THIER GOOD BYES. TOO CUTE!!!! WHAT WAS REALLY FUNNY WAS THAT SOME OF THE KIDS FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD, (WHO COME OVER ALL THE TIME) WERE SAYING GOOD BYE TO THE KIDS LIKE THEY WERENT GOING TO SEE THEM ALL SUMMER. THEN MY DOOR BELL RINGS AND THERE THEY ARE. KIDS ARE SO CUTE.
SO THE SUMMER FOR THE KIDS OFFICIALLY BEGINS, AND THEY ARE ALREADY ASKING "MOM WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS SUMMER". TRYING TO FIND ACTIVITYS FOR THEM TO DO THAT ARE FREE OR LOW COST, WE SHALL SEE. THEY ARE ALREADY WANTING TO GO TO THE LIBRARY LIKE THEY DID LAST SUMMER. SO WE ARE GOING TO HEAD THERE NEXT WEEK,. WE LOVE THE LIBRARY, THEY LOVE TO JUST SIT AND READ. I THINK ITS THE WHOLE LIBRARY EXPERIANCE, THE PEOPLE PICKING OUT THE BOOKS THIER SELVES, CHECKING THEM OUT BY THEMSELVES (WITH ME IN THE BACKROUND OF COURSE). THE PHOENIX PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM, SO THEY REALLY LIKE THAT. I WISH THEY HAD IT ALL YEAR, SO THEY WOULD HAVE THAT PRIZE TO LOOK FORWARD TOO, ALL YEAR ROUND. NOT THAT THEY DONT READ, BUT THEY SEEM TO READ WAY MORE DURING THE SUMMER.
WHATEVER THE SUMMER MONTHS BRING, I KNOW THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF KAOS, BUT HEY WITH THIS MANY KIDS, THERE WOULD BE SOMTHING WRONG IF THERE WASNT KAOS RIGHT. :)

ICE CREAM SOCIAL

LAST NIGHT WAS THE FIRST EVENT FOR THE PTO WITH ME RUNNING THE SHOW. IT WAS PRETTY NICE. WAY MORE PEOPLE SHOWED UP THEN WE THOUGHT, SO OF COURSE I DIDNT GET ENOUGH HOTDOGS, WE SOLD OUT IN LIKE THE FIRST HALF HOUR, SO WE ENDED UP HAVING TO SEND THE TREASURER TO THE STORE, THEN SHE HAD TO GO BACK LIKE A HALF HOUR LATER CUZ WE RAN OUT AGAIN. BUT ALL THE KIDS HAD A BLAST, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME OUT TO SPRAY THE KIDS WITH WATER, WATERED THE LANDSCAPING OUT IN THE FIELD TOO LOL.... MY GOAL WAS TO SELL AS MUCH OF THE SODAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE HAD LEFT OVER FROM OUR PREVIOUS EVENT SINCE THIS WAS THE LAST EVENT OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, SO I MET MY GOAL, AND WE MADE A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TOO.

PTO.

SO I WAS RECENTLY MADE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PTO/PTA AT MY KIDS SCHOOL. I HAVE OFFICIALLY TAKEN OVER THINGS, AND TUESDAY IS MY FIRST EVENT AS ME BEING OFFICIALLY IN CHARGE, AND I AM SO NERVOUS THAT I AM GOING TO MESS THINGS UP OR SOMETHING. WE ARE HAVING AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL, SO ALL THIS IS GOING THROUGH MY HEAD RIGHT NOW, HMM DID I BUY ENOUGH ICE CREAM, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH SODA, TO SELL, WHAT IF NO ONE SHOWS UP,. YES I KNOW WAY TO PARANOID. I WANT TO SHOW EVERYONE INCLUDING MYSLEF THAT I CAN DO A GOOD JOB, BUT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO BEING PRESIDENT THEN ONE WOULD THINK,. ITS MY JOB TO KNOW WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING, SO IF SOMEONE COMES TO ME TO ASK I CAN GIVE THEM AN ACURATE ANSWER, I ALSO HAVE TO RUN THE MEETINGS THAT MEANS HAVING SOME SORT OF ORDER TO THEM, SO I HAVE HAD TO CREAT AN AGENDA FOR MY MEETINGS AND I FLYERS AND THINGS, AND I HAVE TO STAND UP IN FRONT OF ALL THESE OTHER PARNETS AND TEACHERS AND PRETEND THAT I HAVE SOMEWHAT OF AN IDEA OF WHAT THE HECK I AM DOING,. SO FAR I HAVE RAN ONE MEETING, I HEAR I DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB BUT REALLY WHO IS GOING TO TELL YOU, YOU DID A BAD JOB TO YOUR FACE. I HOPE THAT WE MEET OUR GOALS FOR THE YEAR, AND THAT I DO A DECENT JOB, BECAUSE MY KIDS ARE COUNTING ON ME ...EEEK..... SO MUCH PRESSURE, IT DOESN’T HELP THAT THINGS WERENT EXACTLLY IN ORDER LIKE WE ALL ASSUMED, NOW DON’T GET ME WRONG THE FORMER PRESIDENT DID A GOOD JOB, SHE DIDN’T HAVE MANY HELPERS JUST HER ME AND TWO OTHER MOMS, WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT MORE INTEREST IN HELPING US FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, SO I THINK THAT WILL HELP EASE THNGS A LOT. I GUESS WE WILL JUST HAVE TO SEE, ONLY TIME WILL TELL. OH, AND WISH ME LUCK ON MY FIRST EVENT. YAY!!!

GRADUATION TIME

TONIGHT MY COUSIN JOSEPH GRADUATED FROM HIGHSCHOOL. WOW I FEEL OLD, I REMEMBER BABY SITTING FOR HIM. IT WAS SO COOL TO HEAR HIS NAME CALLED AND ALL THE LITTLE ONES GET EXCITED ALONG WITH US BIG ONES, MY AUNT AND UNCLE WERE SO PROUD. UNCLE STEVE, AUNT BETTY, ROSIE, AMANDA SASHA, ME KIMO BENNY JIMMY JASMINE, BELL, ARTURO, PABLO, ROCHELLE, PABLITO, ANGELICA, UNCLE PAUL AND AUNT JOSIE, WERE ALL THERE TO CELEBRATE WITH HIM. SATURDAY THEY ARE HAVING A BIG PARTY FOR HIM. CANT WAIT FOR THAT,
AS WE SAT THERE WAITING FOR THE CERAMONY TO START MY AUNT TOLD ME THAT THEY PRACTICED 6 TIMES, AND HAD A GRESS REHEARSAL LAST NIGHT TOO, SO I GUESS THEY TAKE GRADUATION SEROUS THERE, BUT SERIOUSLY WHO NEEDS TO PRACTICE WALKING SIX TIMES, NOW IF WE WOULD HAVE PRACTICED THAT OFTEN WHEN I GRADUATED THEN I REALLY WOULD HAVE FALLEN, LOL
THE WHOLE THING REMINDED ME OF MY GRADUATION I CANT BELIEVE THAT I GRADUATED 11 YEARS AGO. WOW!!!! LIKE I SAID I;M GETTING OLD,

TALLENT SHOW FIELD TRIP!!!!

SO TODAY WAS A VERY BUSY DAY FOR ME. I HAD JASMINE'S FIELD TRIP IN THE MORNING, AND THEN THE TALENT SHOW THIS AFTERNOON. WELL THE FIELD TRIP WENT PRETTY GOOD, BUT IT WAS A PUPPET SHOW AND THE KIDS ENJOYED IT ALOT. NOW I TRIED MY HARDEST TO GET INTO IT BUT I JUST COULDNT, AND BEFORE I NEW IT I HAD NODDED OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, DARN THEM FOR TURNING THE LIGHT OFF IN THE THEATURE.LOL BUT I WASNT THE ONLY ONE, A COUPLE OF OTHER PARENTS DID TOO. BUT IT WAS FUN FOR THE KIDS. THE SHOW WWENT ON LONGER THEN IT WAS SUPOSSED TO SO WE GOT BACK TO THE SCHOOL LATE SO WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE 3 RD GRADERS TO GO THREW THE LINE, BEFORE WE DID, CUZ THEY DIDNT WANT THEM TO MISS OUT ON RECESS BECAUSE WE WERE LATE. SO WE GET IN LINE GO THREW GOT OUR FOOD AND WENT BACK TO THE CLASSROOM TO EAT, THEN THEY WENT OUT AND HAD A SMALL RECESS,

THEN AFTER LUNCH IT WAS THE TALENT SHOW. WHICH WENT REALLY REALLY WELL. ALL THE KIDS DID A GREAT JOB. JIMMY GOT REALLY NERVOUS WHEN HE LOOKED UP SO THE ACORDIAN SLOWING STARTED GET HIGHER AND HIGHER AND BEFORE WE NEW IT IT WAS INFRONT OF HIS FACE. THEN WHEN HE WAS DONE, HE WAS DONE. BUT HE DID REALLY REALLY WELL AND I WAS PROUD OF HIM FOR GETTING UP THERE IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL AND ALL THE PARENTS THAT SHOWED UP. THAT IN ITSELF TOO A LOT OF CURAGE AND I WAS PROUD OF ALL THE KIDS. I WAS ALSO A PROUD MAMA WHEN THEY ANOUNCED THE WINNER, YES MY SON PLACE. HE GOT 3RD. HE TIED WITH ANOTHER KID BUT STILL HE GOT THIRD PLACE. THE REALLY COOL THING WAS THAT THE TEACHERS, PRINCIPAL AND VICE PRINCIPAL ALL GOT UP AND PERFORMED A DANCE WHILE THE JUDGES WERE TALLING UP THIER SCORES. IT WAS REALLY COOL, I REALLY LOVE THIS SCHOOL THEY GO TO.

TRIP TO THE SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WENT TO THE SCHOOL TODAY TO TAKE CARE OF SOME PTO STUFF, THEN I DECIDED TO GO TO LULA'S CLASS TO VOLUNTEER. (I GUESS IT WAS TECHNICALLY YESTERDAY CONSIDERING THE TIME LOL) SO I WENT IN AND THE KIDS WERE ALL EXCITED TO SEE ME. I GOT THERE AS THE TEACHER WAS BEGING HER READING LESSON. SO I SAT AT ONE OF THE TABLES AND WATCHED, WAITING TILL THEY WENT TO THE READING CENTER'S SO I COULD HELP WITH THE READING CENTER.

FRACTION'S ACTION'S THATS WHAT THEY WERE READING IN CLASS TODAY, SO THEY START THE LESSON WITH THE TEACHER, THEN THEY BREAK OFF IN PARTNER'S ONE GETS TO BE THE TEACHER, THE OTHER ONE GETS TO BE THE STUDENT, AS I AM OBSERVING THEM IN PARTNER'S, I NOTICED THAT THERE WERE THESE TWO LITTLE GIRLS WHO COULDN'T AGREE ON WHO WAS GOING TO BE THE TEACHER AND WHO WAS GOING TO BE THE STUDENT. SO I NOTICED THEM DOING ROCK, PAPER, SCICCORS. ONE GIRL WINS THE FIRST TIME, THEN THE SECOND TIME THE OTHER GIRL WINS, SO THEN THE SECOND GIRLS IS THE TEACHER. I THOUGHT IT WAS CUTE THAT THEY ONLY DID IT TWICE LIKE THAT. BUT THEY FIGURED IT OUT WITHOUT FIGHTING, LULA TOLD HER PARTNER VERY MATTER OF FACTLY, I AM THE TEACHER AND HE QUICKLY WENT ALONG.

WHAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING IS THAT WHEN THE KIDS GOT A LITTLE LOUD OR WERNT PAYING ATTENTION. ALL IT TOOK TO GET THEM TO CALM DOWN WERE TWO SILLY WORDS "BODDIE BA" AND THE KIDS QUICKLY REPLY "BEE BA" AND TURN AND SIT DOWN AND LISTEN.... WISH I COULD USE THAT AT HOME.....HMMMMMMM. NAHHH IT WOULDNT WORK....LOL

THEY WERE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THIER LAST FIELD TRIP OF THE YEAR TOMARROW TO THE PUPPET THEATURE, I CANT WAIT. AND BEFORE I LEFT THEY ALL MADE SURE TO ASK IF I WAS GOING TO COME, CUZ I GO ON ALL THE TRIPS. THEN I HAD TO GIVE 22 HUGS BEFORE I COULD WALK OUT THE ROOM, BUT IT WAS OK CUZ I KNOW THAT JUST A FEW HOURS OF BEING THERE HELPING THEM MEANT ALOT TO THEM, BUT IT MEANT THE MOST TO MY BABY GIRL AND NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THEN THAT.

JUSTICE IS FINALLY SERVED

So back in November some guy tried to break into my house, almost got in. It was a horrifying event. Thankfully they got the guy, he did get out on bond, but was later rearessted. He was offered a plea agreement, and thank god he took it, saving me the agony of having to testify in court. Dont want to have to relive that day. Tuesday was the sentencing hearing for him. When all was said and done he got 5 years in prison and 3 years probation. Now this wasnt all for the one crime. He had commited 3 other similar crimes and they combined them all. I was happy that he is off the streets, but I was outraged to hear the guys lawyer up there, telling the judge that it was the drugs and alchohol that made him do the things that he did. That is just an excuse in my eyes, But the judge didnt want to hear that excuse eiather. He had some very harsh words for the guy. I'm glad that the judge saw threw the excuses. I was impressed because the guy did apologize to his family (cuz the judge made him) then to me (did that on his own). All in all I am happy that it is all over and i can finally move on with my life and hopefully with him being in jail i can try and get passed this. Guess we will have to wait and see.

CORTEZ GOT TALENT

OK, SO SOMETIMES LIFE JUST ISNT FAIR, THE SCHOOL IS HAVING A TALENT SHOW FRIDAY, AND BENITO WORKED REALLY HARD OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS, TO LEARN THE SONG HE WAS GOING TO SING.I MEAN HE WORKED REALLY HARD TO LEARN THE WORDS, AND PRACTICED REALLY HARD ON IT. THEN THE DAY OF THE TRYOUTS MONDAY, JIMMY GOES IN WITH THE ACCORDIAN (THE TOY ONE MY MOM GOT BENNY FROM A YARD SALE) AND PLAYED IT, NOTHING FANCY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND GUESS WHAT, GUESS WHO MADE IT, YES JIMMY... BENNY WAS SO CRUSHED, I TOLD HIM THERES ALWAYS NEXT YEAR. AND WHATS WORSE IS THE SHOW IS FRIDAY, AND JIMMY STILL HASNT PRACTICED, I'LL BE REALLY MAD IF HE WINS LOL, BUT PROUD AT THE SAME TIME.
NOW DONT GET ME WRONG, I AM VERY PROUD OF MY SON, BUT AT THE SAME TIME FEEL SO BAD FOR BENNY, HE WORKED SO HARD AND PERFORMED IT AT THE TRY OUT WITHOUT MUSIC, IN FRONT OF LIKE 30 PEOPLE, HEY IM PROUD OF HIM FOR THAT, I COULDNT DO THAT AT MYAGE NOW MUCH LESS AT 9.
YES FOLKS I AM TORN, MY POOR BENNY IS CRUSHED, BUT MY JIMMY IS SO EXCITED ALL THE SAME TIME.
OVER ALL, I AM PROUD OF BOTH OF THEM FOR TRYING OUT, BECAUSE IT TAKES ALOT JUST TO DO THAT PART

ITS POTTY TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SO WE OFFICIALLY STARTED POTTY TRAINING BELL THIS MORNING, SO FAR IT HAS WORKED OUT OK, SHE HASNT GONE IN THE POTTY YET, BUT SHE HASNT GONE IN HER UNDRPANTS EITHER, SO I GUESS THAT GOOD, TOO.
HOPE SHE IS AS EASY TO TRAIN AS THE OTHER GIRLS!!!!!!! WISH US LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A LITTLE ABOUT US!!!!!!!

Ok, so I am starting this blog so Lala (my babysister who now lives in GA) can be updated as often as possible about her family. A little about my amazing family. Kimo & I have been married for almost 10 years now. When we married Kimo already had two beautiful children Derek who is now 13, Jada who is now 11. Together we have 5, Benito 9, James 8, Jasmine 7, Arturo 3, and Isabella who is 1 1/2, almost two. Arturo and Isabella are not ours biologically, (they are related though) but we love them just as much as we love our other kids. It was a big change for our family, but it was all worth it. The day the adoption was final was one of the happiest days of our lives. All of my kids are wonderful kids, and most of my blogs will be about them or related to them, Lala I hope you come by and check out whats going on, as often as you can.