Laundry Pillow

"Hey mom, this is a great pillow!" says Joey. "Ummm Joey" I say, "that is clean laundry that needs to be folded. Feel free to fold them" and Joey laughs. sigh

Intolerance

     My heart is heavy right now. Just got off the phone with the school's principal. Seems Eva got into it with another student and Eva was hysterical and sobbing. I told Eva she still had to go to Daisy Scouts and we'd talk about it when she got home.
     I did not want this for my daughter!! I grew up with no friends, endured the taunts from classmates, felt the lonliness when I heared about some birthday party everybody (but me) had attended. I was new to the school in 1st grade, but everybody already had their friends and there was no room for me. There's a whole lot behind this story that I don't really want to go over again. 
     Anyway,  when I found out I was pregnant, my secret wish was that she would have friends. That she would know the joy of having a best friend, the joy of having friends to do things with, share things with. But alas, she has been cursed as well. I don't care if her inability to connect socially is due to her having Aspergers. I believe it's more of others being intolerant. I hate that in order to be accepted, you have to dress a certain way, or have certain things, or do certain things, etc. All those nuances are hard to navigate anyway, but damn near impossible when you have Aspergers. 
     So I baked some chocolate chip cookies and I'll pop some popcorn and put on her favorite movie. We'll sit on the couch and I'll hold her and listen to her and curse all those who were so intolerant as to do this to my baby.

Ella plays with the cat!!

Ok, that may not seem like a big deal, but for Ella it is.  She is so timid around animals and isn't really "into" them like the rest of us are. She doesn't actively reach out to pet them or talk about them like the other kids do.
Then this morning, Ella came to me crying saying the kitty attacked her. I look down and see she's holding a shoe string. I said, "Ella honey, the kitty didn't attack you. She just wants to play with the string you have." I then showed Ella how to move the string along the floor and she giggled when the cat got it.  I then heard the boys getting up, so I handed the string to her and went upstairs to dress the boys. When I came downstairs, she was still playing with the kitty, and laughing!

The new member of the family...

 

Well, here's the newest member of our family, Freddie Fish. Can't see the other guy, but he's a black snail, Sammy the Snail. hmmm, we're starting to sound like a mob family, lol!

Not My Day!!!!!!!!!

"This was NOT my day!!" sobbed my oldest daughter, Eva. I held her and rocked her and just listened to her sob. There was nothing I could say, she was right, sigh.
     "I waited FOREVER to dance and then I didn't do so well"
     "I waited soooo long, that I missed Melodie's birthday party" (lots of sobs)
     "It took us so long to get home, we missed your friends birthday party"
     " My hair didn't turn out tonight and we forgot my bow"
     " I messed up my song that I knew by heart"
     " And after all that, I didn't even win the talent show!!!" (more sobbing)
"I was looking forward to this day and it was HORRIBLE!!!"
"Well honey, maybe tomorrow will be a better day. Today is done, it's over. Tomorrow is a new day, a new page. Here's hoping it's a good one. Remember honey, I love you. You are my sunshine. My world is better because you're in it. XOXOXOXO"
      My poor Eva, it's sooo hard to wear your heart on your sleeve. She's joyful, bubbly, exuberant, energetic, perpetual. But she can crash, and crash HARD! And that's when I hold her, and tell her I love her, and that some times, your best isn't enough, but that doesn't make you a failure, that you're never a failure if you try your best. Fingers crossed that tomorrow really is a better day for her!

  Here she is, all dressed up!

    Tuesday was better, until Joey threw up at dinner! At least he made it through picture day!  And OH! Eddie and Ella's pictures are soooo cute! I guess you could tell Joey wasn't feeling good because he didn't have his usual Joey sparkle.
    Well, Joey slept through the night and seemed fine on Wednesday, so I took him to therapy. The day was pretty good until I got to Eva's school to pick her up from Daisy Scouts and I see her running down the hall! I asked my friend what was wrong and she said, "Eva said she had to throw up". sigh, Yup, she made it to the bathroom on time. So now another one was down. I brought her home and she had a couple more episodes before she passed out on the couch.
     Put the trips to bed at 8. Around 10, I hear Ella whimpering and yup, she was the next one down! Had to strip her bed and her and get her all cleaned up. Put her back to bed and thought we were good, but I heard her whimpering again at 11 and yup, had to strip her bed and her, again.
    When I was done with Ella, I decided to check on Eddie and as soon as I got in the room, I knew I had another one down. He had thrown up in his bed, but then just rolled over! grrr  So I got him and his bed cleaned and he was good for the night. He actually slept in until 10:30!!
     Now it's Thursday and I have three kids at home sick. Eddie and Eva seem fine, but Ella spent the whole day whimpering on the couch. She seems fine right now. They all seem fine as they all ate some noodles for dinner and have kept them down, so tomorrow, they should be able to go to school. As for me, I'm dog tired! I striped everyone's bed, sprayed lysol on everything, remade the beds, then washed all the bedding!! ugh, too many trips up and down the stairs!!
      This just in - Dad is now down for the count! Well, at least we all got it before Sat!!

Monday, blech!

Monday was AWFUL!!  I thought I had food poisoning because not soon after I ate my lunch, I threw up. Oh man, I was soo sick the rest of the day! Was FINALLY feeling better a little after dinner, but still pretty weak. Poor Gerald came home and had to run. He reheated some spaghetti for the kids (but I didn't have any alfredo sauce for Joey, so he had a pb sandwhich instead). Then he had to give the triplets a bath, by himself, because it was picture day on Tuesday. Then he had to put them to bed an read them stories by himself. When he came downstairs, he was finally able to eat his dinner and relax. Poor him, but boy was I grateful that I didn't have to - I don't think I could've done it!! Here's hoping Tuesday is better!

Sunday

Wow! I can't believe it's Sunday already! Where did the time go?  To see what we ate today, click here to go to From a Busy Mamma's Table.
     Well, we got up and got everyone ready and actually got to church with 5 min's to spare! While we're in church, I'm fixing Eddie's hair when I feel a lump on his head. I part his hair to see what it is and it's a TICK!! ewwwhhh! So I'm thinking about it all through church until we get home and Gerald takes it out. (shudder)
     After church, I usually make lunch right away because Eva has irish dancing lessons. Today I have a book club meeting and can't take her. So I get her ghillies on (so poor dad doesn't have to, lol) and I go to my book club meeting. The book this month was "House Rules" by Jodi Picoult.  VERY good book! We met a Dun Bros Coffe where I always get the chocolate nirvana. This time, I also ordered their panini sandwhich and it was really good!

     I came home, threw a load of wash in the washer, made up the company potatoes, sat down and took a nap! ahhh, it was nice. Gerald grilled the steaks on the grill while I made cupcakes. Here's a photo of me frosting the cupcakes. 
      At 8pm, I had the trips take off their clothes so I could change their diapers and  help them into their pjs. Then it was upstairs to bed to brush their teeth, then story time and then lights out. Now it's time to watch what we've tivo'd during the week with Gerald.