Mama’s crackin’ the whip!
I told the kids we could go to the pool late this afternoon IF they help clean up the house. They sprang into action! I love having little kids who still LIKE to clean. Kayley would be like, "That's all right, I don't need to go to the pool today." Haha!
Bring on Summer.
I love year round school. Really, I do. I love that my kids don't get sick of being at home for three months at a stretch in the summertime, and I love having breaks during months where most kids are still at school. It makes for fun outings, when we can go somewhere like the zoo and not trip over a thousand other kids, like the craziness that occurs during spring break or the first couple weeks of summer. But sometimes, the school year really seems to drag on! My kids finally had their kindergarten graduation last Thursday, after what felt like the longest school year in history! My kids started ...
Yay, global warming!
All right, Mother Nature. This is getting mofo ridiculous. We laughed off the snow we woke up to on April 27th. When we had 80-degree weekdays followed by 55-degree rainy weekends throughout the entire month of May, we chalked it up to "Crazy Colorado Weather!" But...it's now JUNE. It's supposed to be SUMMER. The month is officially halfway over, and we haven't seen a single 80-degree day yet. It was 45 degrees outside, like, a week ago. IN JUNE! Not only that, but you keep dropping fucking tornadoes out of the sky! Last Sunday, a tornado actually skated through the outdoor mall where my children and I spend lots and lots of ...
Why I Can’t Get Anything Done.
Video Post Alert! I'd like to share with you why it's so hard to get anything done when you're THE MOMMY. Check it out!
Purplicious.
Some of you know that Kayley's been battling alopecia, and has been having a super rough time of things. A friend of mine from high school, Tony, works at an upscale salon in downtown Denver and agreed to work a little hair magic with Kayley to try to make things right. And he did such an outstanding job! I'm going to give him an amazing review on Yelp, too, but for now, here's a plug. Need a fantastic stylist, who has decades of experience, and is a true artist with haircolor? Go see Anthony at Henry's Salon. You won't be disappointed. Tell him Laura and Kayley sent you! It's been 100% Kayley ...
Introspection on this rainy day!
I'm feeling splendid, even though the rain is BEATING DOWN on my house right now, preventing me from venturing out to Costco. (Maybe I should be thanking the rain! Costco is not that much fun. But neither is being out of lunchbox snacks and salad greens.) I'm feeling pretty marvelous because it seems like a lot of things in my little world are coming together. I think this calls for a bulleted list! I may have found a church home for us where they'll welcome Pablo with open arms. We tried a place on Sunday and the kids loved it. Pablo had one tiny issue, but the teacher there seemed positive that ...
Lost a tooth! Then REALLY lost it.
In case you can't decipher Mallory's kindergartener handwriting, it says, "Dear Tooth Fairy: I swallowed my tooth. Woopsie! Love, Mallory" Here is the big girl, minus her front bottom tooth. I know it's hard to tell, since she already has a row of giant teeth growing behind her baby teeth. My children are apparently part shark - Pablo's got the same thing going on... And I thought it was kind of the tooth fairy to write her back: Paul said the tooth fairy is LONG WINDED. I said, maybe she does a lot of writing in her spare time when she isn't breaking into houses to steal teeth. You never know.
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OMG! Eight days since I last blogged?Wow. I can’t believe it’s been over a week already. You’d expect...
Mama’s crackin’ the whip!I told the kids we could go to the pool late this afternoon IF they help clean up...
Bring on Summer.I love year round school. Really, I do. I love that my kids don’t get sick...
Hey, random Canadian!Okay, I just have to ask. Person in Montreal, who ARE you? Why do you spend so much...
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Purplicious.Some of you know that Kayley’s been battling alopecia, and has been having...
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OMG! Eight days since I last blogged?Wow. I can’t believe it’s been over a week already. You’d expect...
Yay, global warming!All right, Mother Nature. This is getting mofo ridiculous. We laughed off the snow...
Purplicious.Some of you know that Kayley’s been battling alopecia, and has been having...
Introspection on this rainy day!I’m feeling splendid, even though the rain is BEATING DOWN on my house right...
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I’m stalking you, Tokyo Joes!I keep thinking I need to write a series of blog posts about all the ways my life...
And now I’m drinking my dinner.We’re having weird THUNDER SNOW and it seems like it’s causing me to...
Terror at Chik-fil-A!While Kayley was still on spring break, we took a little trip over to Chik-fil-A....
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Introspection on this rainy day!I’m feeling splendid, even though the rain is BEATING DOWN on my house right now, preventing me from venturing out to Costco. (Maybe I should be thanking the rain! Costco is not that much fun. But neither is being out of lunchbox snacks and salad greens.) I’m feeling pretty marvelous because it seems like a lot of things in my little... [Read more of this review]
When will I ever do the right thing?I’m feeling all kinds of lame tonight. We spent a couple of hours playing in the driveway this evening, drawing with chalk while watching neighbors come and go. It seems like everyone on our street is heavily into activities, shuttling their kids back and forth to baseball and dance. I keep feeling like such an interloper among this group, while... [Read more of this review]
Fish oil, fish oil, eat it up, yum!I wanted to just make a quick notation of this, so I can refer to it later. I started giving Pablo fish oil about a week and a half ago, every day, stirred into his orange juice. So far, he doesn’t seem to notice oily bubbles floating on the surface of his juice! And I’ve noticed a marked improvement in his coping skills, especially in the... [Read more of this review]
Pretty house, huh?You’d never guess that a TOTAL DICK lives here, would you? We were parked in front of his house today, and when the kids and I were heading back to our vehicle today after school, he had just finished mowing that beautifully green lawn. His lawnmower was in the street about six inches in front of my bumper, and he was using a high pressure sprayer... [Read more of this review]
And autism continues to f-ing puzzle me.Pablo’s been engaging in some fairly troublesome behavior. And it all started at once, very recently. He’s started HITTING HIMSELF IN THE HEAD. And I have no idea what to do about it. I did a little Googling, and everything I’ve read seems to say pretty much the same thing: he’s frustrated because he’s having trouble communicating,... [Read more of this review]
Pablo on Autism 151Have you heard about Autism 151? It’s a site which aims to compile 150 videos about amazing kids living with autism. And one of the videos on the site is about Pablo! Check it out – his video is on the right hand side, in the middle – with a wee, baby Pablo as the thumbnail. So cute! I really enjoyed making it, and even though I’ve... [Read more of this review]
Swingset Mamas Autism VideoCheck out this awesome video from The Swingset Mamas, Lizzie Swan and Marlowe Bechmann – they are a couple of amazing musicians who are raising awareness for autism with their video and its message of tolerance and acceptance. Marlowe’s oldest daughter has autism, which was the inspiration for the song and video, “Take a Walk in Someone... [Read more of this review]
Something sweet for ya…Well, the past few days have pretty much sucked ass. Writing about all of that will really require another blog post. But I wanted to quickly take the time to post this video of Pablo. He’s learning to read! We’re so proud of him! Check it out – here he is reading sentences made of the keywords he’s learning in kindergarten: What... [Read more of this review]
Reactive Airway Disease SUCKS!Have you ever heard of Reactive Airway Disease? I hadn’t either, until a year or so ago when our son got this horrific cough that wouldn’t go away. It’s basically just like asthma, except instead of being ongoing, the symptoms come and go and it’s usually triggered by a cold virus. The kids have been passing a cold bug back... [Read more of this review]
I can keep rhythm with no metronome.My son, adorable child that he is, light of my life, bright and sensitive little soul, child that I’d walk across fire for…is driving up the fucking WALL. He’s in a new screaming phase. Not to be confused with any previous screaming phases, where he would get upset and shriek this bloodcurdling scream that would always scare the crap... [Read more of this review]
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