Today is the first day the boys have stayed home by themselves all day! We usually have a nanny that watches them from 10am-4pm. The boys have stayed home by themselves for up to about 2 hours. Our nanny had to go out of town today and so we thought we would test the waters to see how they did. Mind you, the boys are 10 1/2 (almost) and 11 1/2. We are hoping to allow them to walk home from school next school year, so we can FINALLY stop paying child care!
Both boys have cell phones and can reach Jason or I anytime throughout the day. My sister-in-law Haylee is off of work today, so I had her go by and check on them. She stopped by to check on them and they were doing fine. 1/2 through the day so far and they are doing great. They haven't called me with any problems, and I've probably called them 5 times just to check on them.
Friday, June 13, 2008
First time.....
Baseball....
A little late....but here are the boys baseball pictures. I wasn't really pleased with the quality this year, but oh well! Tristen's look really dull and Colby's is tad bit too 'up close'. I wish they would've gotten a full body shot of him actually crouching like a catcher. Either way....they are my adorable kids.
Colby has a baseball tournament this weekend in Celina. Luckily, his games on Saturday are afternoon games, which means we don't have to wake up crazy early to get there. Celina is about an hour away from our house. Hopefully, the team will do well and not get Seed 8 or 9 after pool play b/c Seed 8 and 9 play at 8am on Sunday, which means his coach would want the team there at 7am - YIKES - (which means we would have to leave our house at 6am)!! Ah...the life of a baseball mom! :) I do enjoy watching him play and excel in a sport that he loves!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
My Boys....
Some know, some don't. The boys live with us because that is what they chose to do. They go to their mom's at most two days/week. Right now (during the summer), they go over to her house Sunday aftenroon/evening - Tuesday evening. The boys are the ones who decided on this schedule. We asked them what they wanted to do and this is what they chose.
As refreshing and peaceful as it may be when the boys go over to their mom's, it is always nice when they come back. Today, the boys came walking in the door and Colby comes up to me and gives me a big hug and kisses me on the cheek. Tristen, follows him through the door, and tells me to save him some hugs. Well, Tristen quickly forgot to come give me a hug and ran to go find dad. A few minutes later the boys and I were in the kitchen and Tristen says, 'I think I forgot to give you a hug!' and he came and squeezed me tightly. It was sweet. They aren't little boys anymore....so their sweetness is often a rare commodity.
Usually, when they return home from their mom's they are quick to jump on their skateboards or scramble to find their cell phones to see who text messaged them or called them while they were gone. This evening, they wanted to hear what activities we planned for them with our nanny for this week. Tomorrow, they are going to the waterpark and Thursday they are going to the $1 movie.
Although they biologically aren't mine, they are mine and love it when they show their sweet sides!
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Lessons in Dog Sitting
We are dog sitting Jason's sister's dog, while they are in California. We have a black lab mix, Tigger. The dogs were doing great for the first two days that Kimchi, a 12 week old white Maltese, were here. Tigger and Kimchi seemed to be getting along great. Although Kimchi is quite annoying with his jumping and yapping, Tigger seemed to tolerate him. I really think Tigger enjoyed having a friend to play with in his new backyard. He seemed so happy!
Well, Friday, I get a frantic phone call from Colby, telling me that Kimchi is bleeding from his eye and that Tigger bit him. I figured Colby was exaggerating, as most 10 year olds do. So much for me assuming Colby was exaggerating. My nanny got on the phone and told me, 'Uh, no, he is bleeding bad and probably needs to go to the vet.' We use a'mobile vet' for Tigger, so I didn't really know where to take Kimchi. I frantically call around to a couple different Vet Hospitals that are close by. I finally found one that could get him in w/in 15 minutes of me calling. Let me just say that my nanny is awesome. She told me not to worry about things and that she would handle getting Kimchi to the vet. Mind you, it would've taken me 30 minutes to get from work in Richardson to home in Lewisville. I called the vet and handled everything over the phone so all she would have to do is take him and get him fixed up. My nanny handled everything so well, and the vet even complimented her on how sweet and caring she was. Well, $288 later, Kimchi has a cone around his head, antibiotics, pain pills and ointment for his eye. They only found one puncture wound right about his left eye. I'm not sure how he only got ONE puncture wound.
What actually happened? Well, I'm not 100% sure. Colby told me that he was putting out food for both dogs (in 2 separate bowls) and apparently Tigger thought both bowls were for him and told Kimchi to get the heck away! I'm not really sure what got into Tigger b/c they had been fed from 2 separate bowls at the same time the previous 2 days and Tigger did nothing. I really don't think Tigger was trying to harm Kimchi, and I think he is sad now that he no longer has a friend to play with. Much to our dismay, Kimchi has had to stay inside b/c of his open wound. Tigger isn't allowed inside, but we had no other choice.
Kimchi has made me realize I'm not ready for another kid yet b/c:
- He follows me non-stop.
- He yaps/cries when he wants something, or doesn't want to be in his crate.
- I'm saying NO every other word out of my mouth.
- I didn't get to sleep in today b/c after I took him outside and then put him back in his crate, he continued to yap and cry.
- I tried putting him in the bed with me so I could sleep and he just wanted to play.
Kimchi is fine now. He still has a cone around his head, but still just as annoying and cute.
He is such a cute and sweet puppy, I'm just not ready for another puppy!!! Don't get me wrong, I love the little white fur ball to pieces, but he isn't housebroken and so I really can't just let him roam the house. I either have to carry the 4 1/2 pound fur ball or I have to keep an eye on him constantly, which is hard to do since he scrambles away so fast.
Not sure how much more dog sitting we will do. I think we learned our lesson!!!
(This is the picture I was sent on my cell phone.....I quickly realized he need to see a vet.)Kimchi after:
will post picture sometime later...
Colby's Team Party
Colby's regular season baseball team had their end of season party at Sun Valley Water Park on Saturday. He received his trophy and game ball. His coach commended his excellent performance playing catcher and being at the top of his team in stealing bases, runs scored and his batting average.
Colby & Coach Joe
Friday, June 6, 2008
Summer is finally here!!!!!!!!!!!!
Colby brought home his awards from 4th grade today. He received the A/B Honor Roll, Best Sense of Humor Award, QuickThinker Award, Excellent Attendance and a few others. He will be changing schools next year due to our move, so his last day of school was bittersweet. He has several friends that I'm sure he will keep in touch with and continue to hang out.
Although the school year is quite tough and at often times stressful, both boys did great this year and made the A/B Honor Roll. We are so proud of them. They celebrated the beginning of summer by going to the waterpark yesterday with their cousins.
Our summer weekends are already jam packed through the first part of July. This weekend Colby has his end of season baseball team party at the water park. Before he heads off to his team party, one of his good friends (who moved to a different school district) is having a birthday party and they are taking a ride in a Hummer limo. (I didn't tell Colby about that part, so he is going to be EXTREMELY excited.) Colby continues to play baseball although the season has ended. He is playing a tournament team and will be playing in 5 tournaments this summer. We've played in one already, and we have another one next weekend. We signed Tristen up for a day camp through LISD. It is an introduction to Middle School. It isn't until August, but it should be beneficial since it is right before school starts. I hope that he finds it fun and useful. He will also be starting band in the fall and will be playing the Trumpet. Should make for some interesting times around our house!
We hope to make a trip to San Antonio to take the boys to Sea World, but looks like that trip will have to be in the first part of August some time to accomdate our busy schedules and Colby's baseball tournaments.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
We offically have a middle schooler!!
Tristen graduated from 5th grade today! Yikes! We now have a middle schooler on our hands. Tristen received several awards - A/B Honor Roll, Excellent Attendance, Safety Patrol, and a few other awards.
