Such a better week around here!! The big news for the week: Katie got out of the hospital. So, life is sort of returning to normal. Thanks everyone for your well wishes/positive thoughts/prayers that you sent for Katie. They still have to figure it all out- and she can't drive or go to work or anything- BUT she's home. And, thats a huge step in the right direction.
Saturday morning after going out to the fresh market to get our whatever pops (I even got my free one for having my card all punched!) we can home and straightened up the house. Katie didn't want everyone at the hospital all weekend, because she didn't want us to 'waste' our holiday weekend there. (I contend it wouldn't be wasting our time, but I've learned not to argue). We were supposed to have Crazy Cran-straut Camping, but for obvious reasons that had to be put on hold as well.
So anyway, Saturday afternoon Kevin and Angela came over to our house. Justin also showed up, and we watched the Gators beat BGSU (Yay for beating Ohio teams *does gator chomp*) and went out to the pool for awhile. After a cookout dinner, I left the boys to do boy things (aka rock band)- and I went to visit Katie at the hospital.
Kevin and Angela ended up spending the night at Katie's request- since she wouldn't be there to keep Kevin awake on the car ride home. Everyone cleared out of the livingroom for Kevin, and the kids slept in the Family Room. For some kids, that wasn't enough separation from Kevin's snoring. We had this problem camping. For those of you who were every around my dads snoring; Kevin's is pretty comparable. One kid with no problem sleeping: Calib. The kid slept so soundly in the morning when we were all up making waffles and eggs, he was still asleep rolling around in his sleeping bag running into walls.
After breakfast, we took the kids out the beach so that Kevin could spend some time with Katie. We knew it was going to be crowded with it being labor day weekend and all, but it wasn't too terrible. The beach was only about half as big as it was last time I was there though. (The beaches here have been kind of crazy like that this year). Peyton and Angela tried their best to catch some fish and crabs, but had no luck. Everyone had a good time playing in the sand too.
After the beach we did our usual sprayground/snow cone stop. It's so awesome, because you leave the beach and it's all gross and sandy and salty; then you get to the sprayground and the water is clean, clean, and cold. So awesome.
The kids happily ate their $1 snow cones and played on the playground. I had promised Angela a sprayground trip when she was here at the beginning of the summer, so she had really been anticipating going.
Once we got home we had a low country boil for dinner, complete with the paper table cloth. The boys always love this, and Angela thought it was totally cool too. Note to Kevin: she said this is how she wants to eat every night. So, good luck with that.
Monday was my boring catch up day: laundry, dishes, dinner planning, lesson plans. But, the awesome part was I got a TON done. I even went on to next week lesson planning so I hardly have much to do for next week. It was a nice relaxing day capped off with Asa making his Alaska Salads. So good.
Tuesday was Katie's go home day! So, that was surely the highlight. Hayden also was on the 'blue' boat for going above and beyond whats expected of him, as he was 'a good role model for all of his friends'. We also had Calib watch his brothers, and went to open house at the Middle School. We were supposed to follow Calibs schedule, and be in each class for 10 minutes. First period was 20 minutes long though, so we could hear the principals and school boards announcements.
I almost couldn't take the school boards pre-taped video. After all we went through with them, and their denial of having my kids in the same school, it made my blood boil when they went on and on: "We care about your child. We want your child to be comfortable and happy. We are always concerned with what is best for your child. We are here for you. Please let us know of anything we can do for you or your children". For real? Because my one experience with them they failed to do any of the above, and in fact dragged their feet for so long, a week before school started I still didn't have an answer for my request submitted the week we moved here- in FEBRUARY. Ugh. It makes me so angry.
Anyway, Calib's teachers seem like they run the typical gamete for middle school teachers. Some are super DUPER boring, some are pretty awesome, and some are just ok. But man, that 5th period language arts teacher; she's a real snoozer. So much so, Asa and I decided to ditch sixth period and cut out early. Don't judge us. It's just drama class- and he only has it for a quarter.
After all that, we still had to have our fantasy football draft. We put it off as long as we could (for those of you who missed it- real football started Wednesday! whoooooooo!) We were waiting for Katie to get of the hospital to have the draft- so good thing she was out on Tuesday. I was pretty angry I picked last in the first round. But, I got LeSean McCoy(1st) and Megatron (2nd), so I won't complain.
The rest of the week has been pretty good. I got to watch football, home school is going well, my lesson plans are almost all done for next week, and the house is getting put back together from my absence slowly but surely.
I should have taken pictures of all the homeschool stuff we've been doing. Some if it is super awesome. We did get the terrarium put together this week, minus the lid Asa has to build and the animals. Our alphabetizing games have been going well, we have zombie typing games, and made the coolest geography flip book ever. Plus Peyton's lapboard and presentation this week on the stages of writing went really well, and will totally help him on his writing next week. He's even excited about writing stories *gasp!* I'm going to have to take more pictures next week. I am loving home school though, and so is Peyton. So far- two thumbs up!
Calib is doing well in all his classes too. Since he's in middle school now, we have access to esembler, which allows us to see all his grades from all his classes as they are entered in. It's a pretty cool tool. He has an A in everything, so far so good.
Besides being on the blue boat this week, Hayden is flying through his reading and getting to pick out of the treasure box a couple times a week for reading so many books. Adjusting to the new school, and riding the bus (except today when somehow we missed it and he had to be driven to school) seems to be going well.
Next week I'm promising more pictures, and more excitement. No more hospital visits for me!
Quotes from the week:
Our 'we're getting old moment':
Me "I'm just going to put on my jammies and my sexy black cotton underwear"
Asa: "I'm almost 30 too"
Smack your head moment:
Brandy: "I got eight running backs, is that good"
And, to wrap it all up: Everyone is so spoiled in this house, even our gecko has 'first world gecko problems'. Peyton moved his house and now he can't be on his heating pad and in his house at the same time.
Next Up: Wedding Planning Mania for Katie and Kevin! Disney Pass Renewals! And we finally get to see the Bucs play!!!
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