1 month and 2 birthdays later

Its been more than 3 weeks since i updated this blog... hmmm it could be close to a month!    Its not that i dont think about it, i just dont have the time; or should i say i chose not to take the time.  I could choose to take the time at 1am when i go to bed and everything is quiet, but you guest it, i'd rather get some sleep :)

The past month has been a little crazy.  Goods and Bads, but depending on how you look at it.  We pretty much choose to see the goods around here.  I cant stand people that complains about all the little troubles that goes on in their lives.   I didnt name my blog "as good as its gets" because my life is free of drama either. In fact, if you have lots of stress in your life, my life and yours probably  could compare.  I just cant stand to waste anytime crying over what could be better. Because i truly beleive that no matter how stressed you feel, you choose to make it better, or worse, yourself, just by your attitude and how you see things.    "you are not a depressive person" you would tell me. That is not true. Being depressive, or posivite, i strongly believe, is in all of us.   I have seen hell on earth more than enough, just like you, and if i choose to not use my blog as a venting place, it doesnt mean my life is perfect.     

That said, the past month has probably been one of the most stressful time in my life in a while.   I will spare all the details, because i still think my life is as good as its gets, its great and beautiful, despite all the stress that comes and go into it.    I guess I am just tired of people thinking i got it all made just because i am a happy person.    Of course, i have my moments. I have my moments where i turn into a major BiTcH and desperatly try to turn that attitude off in myself. I usually can do that in about one day.  Hey, im a woman and im hormonal too. hehe i just never use that as a excuse tho!   When i do have a bad day, i know it, and i usually all i need is a little comfort from mines, and im back on track.   I think my biggest pet peeve is negative people that complain about he NORMAL daily stress in life.   That so pisses me off.  

Anyways,  in the past month, we've had 2 birthdays around here. Zachary turned 7 on the 21st of September, and Sebastien turned 9 on the 3rd of october.  I decided to finally gave them that huge birthday party they always dreamed of... with lots of friends.... and oh boy i did realies how insane i was to invite this many kids.  Only 7 RSVP'ed and 24 showed up.  AH!  it was .....   crazy!! hahahaha   my house was tiny all over sudden, and being mostly boys, you can only imagine the noise and running that occured in my house. I had to take them all outside so nobody get killed! hehe   Here is a pictures of them all back in the house, watching Sponge Bob waiting for the parents to come pick them up.

I let the boys keep 2 friends each for the night. Here is a picture of them the next morning:

They had a blast and they did pretty good. They were up way too late... talking and giggling and making fart and burp sounds, of course.... seeing who could do it the loudest; than seeing who would be the last one to laugh. Boys! hahaha

In Canada, people dont make parties for their kids like they do here. Here, its HUGE... so my poor boys wanted to have a huge party too; i gave it to them. hahaha     and Sebastien told me the next morning "mom, next year, its ok if we only have 2 or 3 friends over" hahahaha     some boys were simply out of control. However, the sleep over went great, despite our new movie "The last Minzy" not working!!!  grrr 

Please do keep in your prayer the little boy with the shaggy hair do (how cute is he??) next to Zac, he almost broke his neck on the school playground last thursday and is now wearing a neck brace.  His poor mom got a called from the school that he was taking by ambulance and might have a broken neck.  How awful!  I am soooo happy he is ok!!  Hopefully it will heal very good.

So i had that "combined" big party for both the boys on the 29th, but on their regular birthdays we just had simple family birthday wishes. That was nice!  It was nice for the boys to see that sometimes, the simpler the better!!!  Live and learn :)))    

I am now homeschooling Nick.  School has been extremelly stressful and difficult the past 4 years. With his severe ADHD and the school not considering any IEP for him, we decided to homeschool him.   More work and stress for me... but whatever is best for your children!!  I just hoped that he would appreciate I guess instead of having to drag him out of bed in the morning because he thinks he is on vacation and he doesnt understand that i will not let him sleep in. Oh no! no way ose!

Zachary is doing ok in school. In fact, his first grade teacher was the school special ED teacher last year so she is soooo understanding and good for him and his learning disabilities.  As you know, Zachary has CAPD, Dyslexia and Short Term Memory loss. We are now screening him to see how bad his short term memory loss is.  I always knew that my little boy was not stubborn... he just cant remember so many things.  I have learned to repeat, and repeat, and repeat every day, the same instructions, over, and over and over.    He is 7 now and finally can count to 15 and he started to be able to read simple phonics.   We have a IEP for him and the schools will never hold him back a grade because of reading/learning and probalby math. Holding him back would not help him, and its not his fault.  He will just have adjusted classes and tutors.  

Sebastien and Angelina are doing good. They both loves school and Angelina would like to go every day. haha she only goes to the YMCA for a special program, 2 hours a day, 3 days a week. We call it school because it makes her feel so proud :)  She is such a sweet girl and so easy compare to the boys. haha 

So, in between 2 of my boys with neurologic disorders, homeschooling, teaching sunday school to 25+ kids every sunday, letting my kids be kids and having other kids over all the time, having a big house to clean, a dog, 4 big loads of laundry a day, this, this, that, that and than some more, i dont have much time at all to do anything else.   Angelina is having a play date right now so that is nice; i could come on here and chat with ya.  hehe  She will be back soon tho, so i will let you go. :) 

Oh, and remember, you can make yourself miserable, or you can make yourself happy, the effort is just the same!

SMILE

10:58 - Tuesday, October 9, 2007 - post comment