Joey's Christmas sing - a - long

Well, most of you know the scoop of what's going on ...I don't update this as much as I should - I would make a New Year's Resolution to post more but why set myself up to fail.

Hopefully, before the end of the night I will post videos of Joey's sing a long in school today and Jenny's hair cut - lol.

Joey did so great today! I am so proud of this kid it almost makes me cry. I am writing this post so I will make a point to upload the videos, since I have now committed to it.

See you on the flip side.

Poor Kick

It never ends for this kid! He has had a fever on and off - mostly on - since Monday night. Took him to the doctor today and he has tonsillitis - I feel so bad for him when the fever hits him. He sits on Joe's recliner and just zones out :( He came to me this evening and said "Mom, I need medicine". So now the fever is down and he is playing the Wii - my poor boy!

Halloween Pics

Being Silly:
The four muskateers before the raid of my neighborhood!


Homie G:



Nicky's cute Dino Tail!


Double Trouble:



Here are the four of them together before going out...

Update on Kick

I had a teacher conference for the twins last week - The teachers think Jenny is where she is supposed to be - they are worried about Kick b/c he has trouble with transitions (tantrums) and they also don't think his speech is where it is supposed to be. They started out with that and then told me how smart he is - that he can pick up any task after being shown just once - yeah - I know, maybe they should have started with that but whatever. I told them what was going on with the sleep test - and they said that could be the reason for his speech delay.

Well we had the follow up with the ear nose and throat doctor. Originally we had decided to wait
out the winter to see how he did with ear infections. He does have sleep apnea but it is not severe enough to use that for a reason to take tonsils out. Then I told him about the preschool conference and he said "Well let's take a hearing test today and we will go from there."

So...Kick took the hearing test - he has significant fluid in his ears and he is basically at the maximum level of hearing loss that you can have with the fluid - Wonderful - basically he is hearing what we say - but it sounds far away to him - which would explain why we need to repeat ourselves sometimes and why he may be dropping some sounds in his speech.

SO the new plan is - put him on allergy medicine and nose spray for the next 6 weeks - go back and re-check his hearing. If the fluid doesn't decrease and his hearing improves whe will need to get everything out (tonsils and adnoids) plus get tubes in his ears. It never ends.

Crazy Crazy week! We had the halloween parade today - of course Nick was the ONLY kid who refused to put on his costume! Bood fair yesterday, tomorrow is Joey's class party and Saturday is Halloween - honestly I think I am going to collapse on Sunday!

Pictures to follow!

Kicks Sleep Test

Kick had his sleep test - my poor boy - he was ok until they put the stickers on his face - then he started crying "Take me home Mama - no like the doctor!"

He woke up about 3 times - each time he pulled the tube out of his nose and cried for me to take him home. We were woken up about 5:30 and left about 6am. Home at 6:30am where Kick slept until almost 10.

Day before yesterday I was going to take him for his hair cut and he said "No Mommy - no stickers on my head!"

We should have his results by Next Wed. and then we will know if we have to get his tonsils out or not. Let's hope not!

Kick's sleep test

Scheduled Kick's sleep test for next week - we go to Hauppauge and sleep overnight - 8:00 - 6:00am.

Hopefully it will go smooth.

Sad but necessary post..

Since this is basically a diary documenting the kids lives, this is just a quick post.

After church yesterday (where Joey lit two candles - one for Pop and one for his Grandma) I took Joey to the cemetary to visit Pop's grave. At first he hid his eyes and didn't want to go - told me it would make him too sad. Well we got lost in Calverton looking for him - so he couldn't keep hidden for that long. He opened his eyes and realized that it wasn't that scary of a place. We found Pop's section and then wandered around in the rain for another 15 minutes looking for him.

Joey handled it really well. Talked a little and asked if he could bring a picture the next time we went.

Then we went to Toniann's house - another step that he was scared to take b/c it would be weird to be there without Pop. We walked in and he went into Pop's room by himself - only for about 30 seconds - came out and then played with his cousins. He told Toniann about how he went to the cemetary and that he was sad but he understood. So he is handling this about as well as I can hope.

Miss you Pop.

Halloween Costume Decisions

Damn Decisions...well the kids have decided on their costumes. As I suspected last year after I picked Raggedy Ann and Andy for the twins...they had their own ideas this year! SOOOO.....Nicky is going to be a Dinosaur. Joey is going to be the sea monster from Land of the Lost. and.... Jenny wants to be Tinkerbell...yes, I have a girly girl. I am sure my mother will be happy. LOL I ordered their costumes today....Halloween is on its way!

First week of school

The kids started school this week. Joey started on Tuesday. He did really well. He loves his teacher and had a great day. He was very excited that Mommy had homework on the first day (all the contact forms) and he didn't ! LOL Here are some pics of him.








The twins with big brother - they sure did miss him!!!

Then this morning...the twins started preschool. I was more nervous then they were - They did absolutely fantastic!!! Walked right in - no problems at all. I am now sitting here anxiously waiting for it to be time to pick them up (1/2 hour to go!)

Breakfast:

Superstar!!!! All ready to go!

Pics with the proud big brother!

Jenny waiting to get out of the car:

Nicky waiting impatiently:

It's not brave if you aren't scared!

So 29 more minutes to go and I can get them! The waiting is killing me!!!

Separation Class

Today was the twins' first separation class...They did FANTASTIC! Jenny made me promise that I wouldn't drive away - which I didn't - but she did not give me even one ounce of trouble when I left. I was so proud of her - I guess the prepping for the past month worked!

Nicky was as go-with-the -flow as ever. Later Mom. LOL and the helper said he was very good during the class - so that is a relief - no meltdowns!

Whew! One down - five more to go!

Then September ... Preschool. Scary Scary Stuff!

Def Leppard concert tonight! Rock on Bitches!

Pictures Toniann took today of the kids....

Last day of school...

Well, it is the last day of school - Joey is so excited! All three kids got their hair cut. Jenny got about an inch or so cut off and both boys got a buzz cut. I will post pics later if I can.

Quick funny story....This morning I was driving Joey to school and I said "Boy, you got some hair on those legs kiddo." and he said:

"Well, I AM a man!" lol

Also - like I said before, Nicky got a buzz cut - which he usually doesn't get. He was looking in the mirror and he said "I am Matthew!" LOL

and one more story, this one from Jenny.

I took her to work with me yesterday and I asked her to sing Twinkle Twinkle to me - she said "Mommy get the recording thing!"

When I told her that I didn't have it with me, she said she couldn't sing. What a DIVA!

Talk to everyone soon!

Love ya

Video and pictures

I know, I know - it has been forever since I last updated. We are all doing good - life is just crazy as usual!

Joey is done with school in three more days...this year flew by so quick I can't belive it - he is going into 3rd grade in September and the twins are starting Preschool! Time for another baby! Don't let Joeyboy hear that or we will never do it again!!!

Here is a video of my country girl I took tonight.



Here are some pictures from this past month. They are from Mommy and Me with the twins adn Joey's last baseball game.

Pictures from May and June

I will try to do better with the updating but no promises!!!!

P.S. Congrats to Nicole on her new job in Virginia! We are proud of you !!! We will still miss the crap out of you guys - but we are very happy for you.

I'm a clown fish!

Quick story. We were all sitting at dinner Wednesday night. Jenny was saying that she is a princess. So then Joey said he is the King. I asked Nicky "Nicky, are you the Prince?" and he furrowed his brow and yelled:

"I'm a clown fish!"



Obviously, Finding Nemo has been the movie of the month and he said it just like Marlin did in the seen with Dory when he said "This isn't funny, and I know funny....I'M A CLOWN FISH!"

We all cracked up laughing - the things my kids come up with!

Kind of cute...

Very hectic day yesterday. Up at 7am, Mommy and me at 9:30, Work at 11, drop kids at Toniann's at 12 (thanks again!), plant sale at Joey's school 12:30 - 3:30, back to Toniann's at 4pm and then all the nighttime rituals.

Anyway, as Jenny does, she bugged out when I left her at Toniann's yesterday, only for 5-10 minutes but it still kills you.

When I got back to To's to pick her up she said "Mommy, you're back" and I said "Of course, Mommy ALWAYS comes back."

So this morning when I was leaving for work - she did her usual "Mommy, don't go nowhere." when she first woke up and I told her I had to go to work but Daddy was staying home. As I was leaving, she said "Bye Mommy, I will see you later because you always come back!"

It was so sweet - she is my little buddy - I wanted to pick her up and take her with me but I thought that would be counter-productive.

I don't know how her separation class will be this summer or pre-school in the Fall. We shall see but hopefully she is turning a corner on the seperation anxiety thing.

Talk to everyone soon.

If I don't post again:

Happy Mother's day to All old moms, new moms, step moms, soon-to-be moms and everyone else!

Happy Mother's day Mom - we will see you on Sunday!

Love,
Jenn

Joey's communion

Well, it was definately a wet wet day! The weather called for rain only later in the day so my sisters and I were up till 10pm the night before setting up the tent and tables for the party. Long story short.......rain from morning till night!

So, we jammed everyone into my house and had a nice time anyway. I didn't get alot of pics...by the time the ceremony was over, Joey was ready to play with his cousins and they didn't allow pics in the church. So here is what I have:

Joey's communion


Thank yous:

Thank you for Kelly and Robin for helping me set up.
Thank you to mom for the delicious cookies!
Another Thank you to Robin for the wonderful Cannoli's
Thank you to Sal and Shavon for helping set up the food while we were at the church.
Thank you to Krissy who corralled Nicky in the crying room!
Thank you to Colleen for the great food!


Thank you to everyone for coming and sharing Joey's day! That night he convinced me to take him to Toys R Us to spend some of his "loot". The rest was deposited into his college account so thanks again!

Talk to everyone soon.

1st Baseball Game of the season

It is officially baseball season! Joey had his first game today. He got up to bat twice - he grounded to first and then hit a single.

He played pitcher, left field and catcher. He had a great time - well most of the time. It was such a nice day that I ended up cutting out of work earlier then I should have but what can you do right?

We spent the rest of the day outside - we took a walk and then Joey rode the babies on the tractor for a bit. We even ate outside - both dinner and dessert! It was a good day.

Here are some pics:

Before the game:


Jenny & Nicky waiting for game to start:





First at bat:
Playing Pitcher:

2nd At Bat: