Lifes Like That

Some days I  wish my kids weren’t as popular as they are. lol  They have been invited to yet another birthday party.  The invitation was kind of for both of them, but the child who is having the birthday is really only a friend of my daughter’s.  My son was only going to attend if one of his buddies was going.  But since his buddie isn’t going, I am not going to take him to this party.  He can stay home with his dad.  He isn’t really upset that he  isn’t going as he has plans to go out on the four wheeler with his dad.  I really hope this is the last one for awhile as it is starting to get a little expensive.  I’m glad they are so well liked, but when it comes to spending money, sometimes I wish they weren’t quite so popular.

Yesterday I posted that today I would be attending my daughter’s violin competition.  There were a lot of kids present and a lot of schools represented.  It was a very long day listening to each class play their selections.  But…the good news is, they won the GOLD!!  My daughter was so…impressed.  The kids worked really hard at learning to play the violin as well as learning to play these special pieces.  And for their efforts to be awarded this way, was just icing on the cake.  Now the competition is over, but she is still on cloud nine.  As this was her very first competition, coming in first was a major joy for her.  You can bet that she will remember this day for a very long time to come.  As will I.

Well tomorrow we have a very long day a head of us.  Tomorrow is my daughter’s violin competition so I won’t be around too much tomorrow.  Although I really don’t think they will win (they have only been playing since November), I really hope that she enjoys herself.  This competitions and performances are the main reasons why she joined this program and if she has fun, then she is more likely to continue on with this program in future years.  Her teacher says she has a gift and it would be an awful shame if she didn’t continue.

So after we get back tomorrow, I’ll try to pop back in and let you know how she made out.  I’m sure she will do just fine.

Well the kids are home from school today.  It’s parent teacher day at their school so they get to look forward to another long weekend.   Today I had plans to take my daughter around the neighborhood to see if she could get some pledges for her upcoming fiddle-a-thon.  Well those plans have changed.  I won’t be able to take her around the neighborhood as my youngest son is home sick.  He has a really bad cough and taking him out in the cold just won’t do him any good.  So instead of taking her from house to house, I will be taking my son to the doctor.  My husband is off work tomorrow so hopefully Kara and I can go then and he can stay home with Daniel.

Oh well, no big deal.  She still has a week to get these pledges.  I’m sure we will get her hooked up by then.

Although my oldest son is now 18 and lives out on his own, he still needs his mother. All his teenage life he has had a serious problem with acne. Nothing he ever tries seems to work for him. So he e-mailed me the other day to ask if I know of the best acne treatment that is available on the market. Since I’ve never experienced this type of problem before I wasn’t really sure what to tell him. So I told him that he should talk to the pharmacist and see what they have to suggest. It was a great feeling knowing that although he is a “young man”, there are still times that he needs his mommy. Unfortunately this time I wasn’t much help. Maybe next time I will be.

Once the kids get off the school bus tonight, they will be home for three days.  Tomorrow will be a holiday from school for them as it is parent teacher day at their school.  Because they both did so well this past term, I have no plans on attending these meetings. 

We have another busy weekend planned, like always.  Tomorrow my daughter and I need to go around the neighborhood to get pledges for his fiddle-a-thon.  On Saturday we are going to look at a piece of land that we may be purchasing (we are looking at moving our mobile home instead of selling it) and then on Sunday we will be headed to my father in law’s for a barbecue.  So although it’s a long weekend for the kids for lots of fun and relaxation, that is not the case for my husband and me.

I would have to say that if anyone walked into my house this past weekend, they would have gotten a major kick out of watching the two younger children.  Both of them were playing games on the Internet on two different laptops.  My son was playing on my old laptop and my daughter was playing on my husband’s.  Because my husband bought me a brand new laptop, we had one unit left over for the kids to share.  But, kids will be kids and a little fighting did ensue over who gets to play it next.  So my husband gave up his so that they could both play on it  at the same time.  Well I have to say that the is trick did work and the fighting stopped.  He did have to explain to them that his laptop was just a loner and soon they would have to share their own.  But it sure did look funny!

It’s been quite a week and now finally the weekend is here.  My huband did get his bonus today so first thing in the morning him, the kids and I will be headed out to our “March break”.  The kids are so excited about our plans, that I really have to wonder how much sleep they will get tonight.  They have never stayed over night in a motel or hotel before so this experience alone is keeping the excited.  And knowing that tomorrow they will be going to a fun and water park, they honestly can’t wait.  And neither can I.  Just the thoughts of getting away with the family is a nice change for me and I’m sure that we will all come back quite happy and possibly a little tired.

I’ll be sure to pop back in when we get home and let you all know how things went.  And you never know, you may just hear from me over the next couple of days as they do have wireless.

Well the kids are not going to be very happy in about a month’s time. My husband has to go out of town for a week for his work. Every time he goes out of town for work, they get so upset and start to cry. The last time he went on a trip, as soon as they seen his Johnston and Murphy luggage set by the door they both started crying. So I think this time he should pack his bags while they are sleeping and put them in the car before they get up. This way they won’t see the luggage and won’t get as upset. They will still be sad, but maybe not quite so bad.

Every once and a while my son will surprise me.  One of the main reasons why I dislike my son getting sick is when the doctor gives him medicine, most times he refuses to take it.  On occasion he has even hidden it from me in hopes that I will forget that it’s here.   That is why I am so…happy.  He likes his medicine.  Not only does he like taking it, he has reminded me when it’s time to take it.  And, that just isn’t Daniel.

So, I tried something different with his fever medicine as well.  Normally I buy children’s Advil, but he won’t take that either.  So I picked up a bottle of children’s grape Motrin.  And guess what, he likes that too.  So, maybe this time around he will take all his medicine without the fighting and he will get better all that much sooner.