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Not it… thankfully!

So this morning, at about 6:30AM, the BM comes in b/c he heard the stirring of the baby to inform me that I would have to take her to get tested for TB! WTF? Mind you I’m soooooo not awake but he’s rambling on about a news report he had seen.

All day I had been stressing over the fact about being exposed to TB. Possibly being a carrier. And it doesn’t help that the baby and lilmiss are sick right now. I know for certain that lilman and lilmiss are in the clear though b/c they recently had TB tests come out negative.

So I finally got a hold of the actual news information and we are in the clear. Thank God!!!

Funny after hearing what the BM told me this morning and then thinking we might be carriers, I had been VERY weary about taking her out. AT.ALL. And exposing her to ANYONE.

So we’re safe for now. *whew*

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School supplies are geared toward GIRLS!

Yesterday the boy was sent home with two books to cover. I’ve always wanted those stretchable book covers, so off I went in search of them. Why did Tar-jey only have florals and pinks left? I dug through the bin and there happened to be two really ugly brown, orange,and yellow with footballs and helmets on ‘em? UG-LAY! I picked them up anyhow. Then I went to Rite Aid and came across some Pokemon ones by chance and an ugly plain orange one. I figured he would have more books to cover as the days go by.

So I get home and guess what? NONE OF THEM FIT! Ugh! Too small! So if I have time today I’ve gotta return them all, save for the orange b/c the packaging didn’t hold up well when I opened it.

So I had to forage for paper bags. I was hoping to come across some shopping bags from Nordy’s or Old Navy b/c I like the whites, but that would require shopping there and that hasn’t happened in a great while. So good old brown paper bags is what it was.

Back to school supplies… so while I was looking for those book covers I was also looking for a solution for his pencil pouch. Saw a whole bunch at Tar-jey. But… they were all for girls. ALL. OF. THEM. Florals. Pink stripes. Purple dots. WTF? And if it wasn’t those it was High School Musical or Camp Rock. Then the same at Rite Aid with the all pinks, Bratz, and the like. Did all the boys buy out the pencil pouches I doubt it.

I looked around the house for some sort of pouch for him to use, and all of mine are rather girly. *scratches head*

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1st Day is done

He is winding down and trying to adjust to his new schedule. Last year he went to bed at 8:30PM, no ifs ands or buts. Now that the boy is in 4th grade, he must have lights out at 9PM. He has to be in his room by 8:30PM no more tv. He is allowed to play with his toys or read or draw. But no video games or tv.

His first day went well I suppose. He’s in the new teacher’s class so no one really knows how she is. I was hoping to get the man teacher b/c his friend had him last year, and at least we would know what to expect and such. Oh well. The kid he was s’posed to know in his grade has also transferred out b/c they moved. Oh well #2. We did run into some of the other families we did know:K, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th graders. I saw some of the moms that were at the princess party #1 on Saturday. Heh. Such a small world.

Already with the forms and such. Ugh. Annoying.

We’re signing him up for soccer. Try-outs are on Friday. THIS Friday. Oy! And practices start next week. Yes. Already. He’s a bit apprehensive as he’s never really played competitively but I’m hoping he does fine.

Tomorrow is a half day at school. Daddy will be drop off this year and I’m pick up.

Plenty of errands to run tomorrow.

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Back 2 School 2mrw

So lilman embarks on another journey 2mrw, 4th grade and a new school at that.

Uniform is completed. I finally picked him up a belt today. He is like me and normally doesn’t like to wear a belt. Oh well he’ll have to learn. We actually need to return one of his “lipstick” red sweaters as he can wear the official mandated school sweatshirt! Remember he hates the sweater

I busted out the labeller this morning and labelled all his school supplies. Only thing is his pencil case is a little on the small size and won’t accomodate his pencils. WTF? And it specifically said in BOLD, BIG letters that pencil boxes are NOT ALLOWED? WTF? Where is he s’posed to put his markers, crayons, scissor, tape, glue? Oh don’t they know how messy my son can be?!?!?! Seriously.

Only 2 hours of school 2mrw. Meet and greet kinda thing. We’re all going.

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Feedings

So I relayed to DrM that rice cereal isn’t going well with babyM. The other day I even mushed some ripe super sweet watermelon that we had with it… and again with the raspberries, gagging, and spitting. I tried just plain rice cereal and she did better but she doesn’t quite take to it like she does rice and teensy pieces of bread. I was told I could incorporate fruits and veggies too with the cereal, but to wait 3 days in between introducing new things, for allergies sake.

Last night I gave her peas and oatmeal. Oh my GAH! She was screaming hysterically as if I was killing her. She would gag and salivate and spit it out. Yeah that didn’t go well. At. All.

This morning, I’m thinking I’ll do oatmeal with some sort of fruit this time around. Hopefully that should go better.

She just stares at you when you eat, makes me feel bad sometimes.

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Parent Orientation

Yesterday the BM, the baby, and I went to the Mandatory parent orientation at J’s new school. We were s’posed to meet our “Shepherd Family”. S’posed b/c they weren’t there! How rude! Uhm negative service points for them, sheesh! And they expressed how Mandatory it was for us. The “Shepherd Family” is s’posed to help us through our transition phase to the school, let us know of any important things, etc… basically be our guide this year. It’s all good tho b/c we’ve already got friends in the school to help us. No doubt. One in J’s actual grade, which I’m hoping is in the same class as him. And another family that just finished the 4th grade.

I didn’t really come away with anything that I couldn’t have read in a handbook. It wasn’t as Mandatory as they made it seem. Pfft.

Lilman is going to play CYO. I’m so excited. We want him to play soccer and he wants to play basketball. That’s 2 back to back seasons, so he will be taking a hiatus from karate. No point in paying for it if he’s not going to be there, right? I figure he probably won’t be back until after the holidays, maybe. I’m not sure how long the seasons last.

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4th Grade.

Seriously?!?!

I was sitting on the pot today thinking about how much we spent on the lilman’s uniforms. My mom bought him a bunch of the white standard polos for $4.80 each when we were in Hawaii from Old Navy. We scored on those b/c they were 2/$12 and mom got an additional 20% off. The uniform place wanted $16.75 EACH for stinkin white polos. Sheesh. 3 pairs of grey corduroy pants, 2 button up cardigan sweaters in red (yuck!), and 1 oxford shirt (for mass days). Total= $185. AUWE!!! And we still haven’t bought his shoes or school supplies yet. His shoes have to be ALL black, no colored logos, no hightops.

4th grade. I can’t believe I am the mother of a 4th grader. HOLY SH!T! Seriously? I refuse to believe it. He just turned 9 for goodness sakes.

4th grade I was the star of our volleyball team. I knew nothing of the sport, I just figured “What the heck! all my classmates are signing up too.” And since then I’ve always loved volleyball but only played from 4th to 8th grade. We’re hoping that lilman signs up for soccer and at his own request basketball. CYO here we come.

Lilman is starting a new school again. Catholic school this time around. We know a handful of kids at the school already so his transition shouldn’t be too bad. *crossing fingers* For K-2nd he went to a private school that we absolutely loved. It was nice and small, he got the attention he needed as well as being challenged. Shootz he was learning Spanish, music, PE, History, and Science in Kindergarten! Yes! In addition to the other stuff, it was amazing. But the owners of the school sucked. Majorly. And they raised the tuition, so there was no way we would able to keep him in there and survive. He did 3rd grade in our neighborhood public school and he wasn’t challenged. It seemed he was repeating a lot of the work that he had done in 2nd grade and they refused to advance him b/c of age. Lame. B/c there are always so many budget cuts there weren’t any extra curricular activities or classes. So hopefully he’ll be challenged again this year.

I’m dreading the mandatory service hours though. OY! With 2 little ones at home, I’m kinda limited with the sorts of help I can give them, unless they don’t mind me bringing them along to help. Which I’m sure they’re not. Pfft!

1 more week of summer for all of us. *sigh*

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Well baby/ child checks

We came home to appointments upon appointments.

First up was the lilman’s last Monday. We won’t get into how much he weighs, I think he’ll be embarrassed if I told the rest of the world. He is 4′9″ though in height and she said that if he continues to grow and grow like this he might just be 6′2″. He got a TB test and it was checked this morning, negative.

Lilmiss and babyM had theirs today. Lilmiss is 31 lbs, 25th percentile, and 36.5 in, 50th percentile. She’s looking good DrM said and she’s right on track. She also got a TB test and a shot, but she didn’t even cry! YAY. BabyM is 14lbs and 10 oz, only 10th percentile for weight. And she is 24.8 in, which puts her in the 25th percentile for height. I got the go ahead to try her on various foods, being that she didn’t take rice cereal too well. I’m thinking I might try her on some oatmeal just to keep her “regular”. Something she hasn’t been much of lately. I used to be able to count on a morning movement. Not so as of late.

Other than that the kids are doing well. Just now getting back into pacific standard time. And getting J back into school mode. UGH.

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