October 25, 2008 Save the Date

Every year Sharing Down Syndrome Arizona puts on the most fun party of the year. It is a one mile walk in Tempe to raise money for the organization. It is a very helpful resource for families like mine. I hope that you will join us this year. Just click on Carter's Picture to the right and then scroll down until you find his team, Carter's Buddies. We would love for you to come to the wildest party of the year. If you can't make it and still want to help just make a donation. Every little bit helps. Thanks.

Gross, I have no idea why that last post was all spread out. It wasnt when I was typing it. Oh well.

Okay, so I was tagged by Kyle and dont want her to be mad at me so here it goes ;)

3 Joys

1. Clean House-Not necessarily cleaning

2. Obedient Children-Not Yelling

3. Reading



3 Fears

1. Someone stopping by when my house is the messiest

2. Scary movies that "could" really happen-Not like monster movies

3. Death of someone I love



3 Obsessions

1. Reading-I get obsessed with whatever I am reading

2. checking email and blogs

3. SHOES and PURSES-I guess I forgot about my REAL obsessions-EDIT



3 Strange Facts

1. I interviewed to be Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver's nanny. I got the job, but I decided to get married instead. I also met JFK Jr that day too.

2. I took a group of teenagers to the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and got stranded there with no food, or place to stay.

3. I fainted while giving a talk in church once. I also fainted after giving birth to all of my children.



Wow I am pretty lame. I dont think I am that interesting. I tag:

Kristen G. , Brandis G. , Shanell G. and Erin D.

Cello and Fun Family Times

Lincoln got to pick up his cello today. He is so excited and it is really fun to see him. I really hope that he enjoys it and continues with his enthusiasm.

In other news... Trevor's cousin Tate got baptized today. We were able to attend the baptism and party following at Kim and Silva's. We had a really good time. I wish I had remembered to bring my camera, but I had been downloading the pictures I had taken earlier of Lincoln and his cello and forgot it on the desk. It was really cute. Trevor's great grandpa "Moose" was there and Jack was just loving him. He is on crutches and he continually wanted grandpa Moose to pick him up. Grandpa was loving all the attention so he would stand against the wall and I would pick him and and put him in Grandpa's arms. He remained his buddy the whole night. That is the main reason I wished I had remembered my camera. We had a nice time visiting with aunts (Hi Mary Ann)and cousins, some of whom I have not seen in years. For example, I dont think I had seen Trevor's cousins Jeff or Kerry since before they got married and they each have two kids now. The worst part about that is they live here in the valley. Thanks Kim and Silva for the great night of food, family and swimming. We can't wait to get together again.

1st Day of School

Lincoln started 4th grade and Carter started Kindergarten yesterday. I tried to do this yesterday, but for some reason I could not log onto blogger and gave up. I was very nervous about Carter being gone all day and how he would do, but I worried for nothing I guess. He did great. When I went to pick them up, Carter's teacher said that he did really well and he especially LOVED music. She said he dance whenever music played. He has P.E. today, so hopefully that goes well too. They could not figure out what Carter wanted for lunch and the choices were lasagna or chicken fingers. (he had told me chicken and we practiced him telling his teacher before school). For some reason this was a big fear of mine. She said the picked chicken because it was less messy and so everything went great. She sent home an extra menu and last night Carter and I went through the whole month and circled what he would have. Luckily, he is not a picky eater and will eat just about anything.

Lincoln also had a good day. He had P.E. yesterday and got Mr. Seles(sp? Kyle). He had lots of fun because he plays football with them. He already had homework. He said he didnt want to come home, but stay at school, he had such a good day. He has decided that he would like to play in the orchestra. He gets to go on Friday and test all the instruments and decide what he would like to play. He thinks that he woudl like to play the cello, but I hope he chooses the violin (easier to carry).

McKinley is very sad that her school does not start until September. We went to get a few things at Walmart after we dropped the boys off and we ran into her teacher. I dont know if that was a good thing or a bad thing. She loved seeing her, but now she is pestering me even more about going to Ms. Kerri's. I signed her up for one more session of swimming lessons to keep her busy. It must have been a full day because she fell asleep during her time out. She decided to write on the back of the couch with lipstick. What am I going to do with that girl? I decided to write a blog instead of cleaning it up so I could cool down a little. Does anyone know how to get lipstick out of microfiber?

Afterschool, we got a call to pick up Carter's new glasses. We headed over to Fiesta Mall and picked them up and then played in the indoor playground. It was fun. We also found a little lost boy. He was eight and couldnt find his parents so we just stayed with him to try to help him. He was so scared and crying. We were reassuring him that we would find them. I felt so bad. Another lady said she thought she saw the people that he was with go in to the Disney Store. I ran down there and asked the lady that was in there if she had a little boy. She didnt speak English and couldnt understand what I was saying. I ran back to the boy and asked if his mom spoke English and he said no. By this time, we had had him with us for 30 or 40 minutes. I brought him and over there and it was his family. They didnt even care. It was so weird. I was trying to tell the sister who spoke English how scared he had been and she said "Oh" McKinley was obsessed with getting lost for the rest of the night and could not figure out why that mom lost her son. She kept asking me about the time she got lost. I have never really lost her, so I didnt have a story to tell her. I just reminded her what to do, if she ever got lost.

Did somebody say Pizza?

Today, she wanted to have pizza. We have been anticipating the opening of a Little Ceasar's near us. It has been a while since I thought about it and wondered if it had opened yet. I needed to run a few errands anyway so we drove past to see. I was not open. So we drove over to the Hungry Howies Pizza. I have never been there but heard it was the same kind of idea (cheap pizza) It closed down. Now they are all wanting to have pizza for lunch. I ask about getting a frozen pizza at home and we can rent a movie (which we were going to do anyway since I had a FREE redbox rental) Anyway that was good enough. After we got home, ate and were getting ready to put the movie in McKinley says to me,"Mom, do you think someday we could get the kind of pizza where a guy drives to your house and brings you a pizza." Maybe, someday!!! My poor kids, their mom is so cheap.

Interviews With Dad

Trevor decided that on Fast Sundays he was going to give each of the kids an interview. This week he talked to them about some goals that they would like to work on. They also discussed ways that they could work on them. Lincoln wanted to work on a few things regarding school such as getting his homework done, not talking and his handwriting and football skills. Carter wanted to email and tell everyone he loves them. He cant type or spell, but he does love email and he already does great at the love thing. McKinley's were soooo funny. She wants to get better at putting on her winter gloves, opening doors (we have child locks on some), putting make up on. A few things that would make her happy are ice cream, a mirror on the back of her bedroom door so she can look at herself and jewels on all of her dresses. I debated about adding this to my blog, I hoped it wasn't too private, but they said it was okay. Trevor didn't prompt them and let them choose things that they wanted. I think my kids are sooo funny.

The kids are just about ready for school, I thought I was too. I am starting to feel sad about it. I don't think I am ready for Carter to go to school all day, everyday. He will be spitting his time between "regular" kindergarten and special ed. His teachers are amazing and I know that they will give him lots of love, but I am so afraid that he will get lost in the shuffle. I am so worried about lunch. I cant decide what to do, send a lunch or buy. Lincoln prefers to buy, he says that the lunches are good. I think Carter would like to buy too, but what if he doesn't understand or the person helping him doesn't understand him (very likely). Sometimes, I just wish I could home school, then I remember I could never to that. I am such a sucker, they would never learn a thing, that and they would put me in the mental institution with all the fighting. McKinley doesn't start until September and she is just going to a neighborhood preschool 3 days a week. It will just be Jack and I at home. It sounds so nice. He will probably be so sad and miss the kids though. He will probably love it, who am I kidding.