It was a lovely weekend with the family. Weather couldn’t have been more perfect, it even felt like it was longer than normal, even though it wasn’t. We spent a lot of time on the deck over the weekend, lit the tiki torches, enjoying the birds chirping, the breeze, and just down time together.
Friday night, we all went out with Papa & Grandma to Red Robin, and the boys LOVED those little electronic devices that are set on each table. They entertained themselves on those, while we waited for our drinks and food. We went bowling after that, and Austin was the winner for the evening. Of course we had the bumpers up for the kids, so they would always get some points. 🙂 Later, the boys stayed the night at Papa’s, and the girls & I went home.
Saturday morning, I had the great idea to schedule all FOUR of the kids eye appointments right after I finished teaching at the gym. Adventure time!!!
Picture this: The girls were having extreme kicking and punching battles in the waiting room, while Adam was wanting to cuddle on my lap, and Austin just sat in his chair, with big smiles. We were waiting for the doctor to call us back, when they said, they wanted to see the girls first, then the boys. I quickly told them that wasn’t a good idea. The girls don’t get along, and the boys get into mischief if unsupervised in an exam room. So, they chose Allie & Adam together and Autumn & Austin. That was just fine. Everything went fairly well. No other fighting occurred. Autumn was a little scared of the “puff” of air that goes into each eye, so they could only get one done. She was questioning that doctor to the nth degree, until she agreed to let Autumn be done with that portion of the exam. (She will push you to the limit, let me tell you). In the meantime, I was coming down with an ocular migraine, and my vision was starting to act up. Since we were there, I went ahead and told the doctor about that, and he thought it was possibly dehydration. YES, that’s it.. I don’t drink enough water, I know that.. ugh.. I need to do better. At that point, I was miserable, and couldn’t wait to get out of there, get home, and lay down.
The kids were very helpful while I was napping, and they just played on their devices. WHICH leads me to this next thing…. Paypal had sent me an email, with all these unidentified charges for itunes.. I knew nothing of them, PLUS I had changed my password and method of payment the previous week, so I was highly concerned that these needed to be disputed immediately. I submitted the disputes today, and they denied them.. ugh.. so, a letter is going in the mail today. In the meantime, I took the funds from Austin’s account, as he was the one on the iphone at the time. Additional passwords and limitations have been set forth as of now.. lessons learned on all sides here.
Today, I received an email from Austin’s teacher that he is refusing to do any classwork of any kind today. I had taken him off of his meds last week, and he was doing this same thing then. If he does this again tomorrow, we will have a conference. He’s already scheduled for an IEP & counseling on Thursday morning. I don’t know what my options are at this point. He’s hit a wall, and we can’t seem to get him to get on track or stay there. He refuses to work for me, read out loud for me, follow simple instructions.. I’m sad about this.
A co-worker came up with this great idea for me to try with the kids at night, after I put them into bed. I could sit in the hallway, reading a chapter book, one per night, and this might help with their evening antics, and get them to focus a little bit before going to bed, maybe gain an interest in reading.. because right now, only 1 of the 4 loves reading, and you know who that is…
All in a Day 