First ortho appointment!

Lexi had her first ortho appointment yesterday afternoon. It was just for records so they took xrays of her mouth and took impressions of her teeth. She said it sorta hurt when they did the impressions.....I just wanted to tell her to prepare herself for what's coming, but I didn't. The next step is to wait for them to call me to set up her next appointment which is when they start putting on the "hardware". I figure I'll keep taking pictures of her as it all progresses so here is her before shot (she just got out of the shower):

This week hasn't been too bad although I feel like I haven't really got much done around here. I ordered my final item for the grant money and it's the one that I'm most excited for and I think will make a HUGE difference with the organizational issues I'm having with all of the toys in the dining room. I should do before/after pictures of that too! I'll get on that.....

It's funny the things we notice with Kiegan and his improvements. He came downstairs tonight to read us a funny part in a book he's reading and he just zipped right through it and read it so quickly without struggling a single time that Travis was like "Wow - that was really great reading!" And if you know Travis - it takes a lot for him to notice stuff. :o) Kiegan apparently didn't realize that he would still be going this summer to his Blm. sessions, but I told him that they think he could be done by the time school starts back up so to focus on that.

I guess Patrick is playing baseball again this year. I'm sure I'll miss it all as usual, especially with these Blm. trips going on. I'm debating telling the kids that starting this next school year they have to play at least one sport, but like Travis said - there are just some kids that could care less about sports and I think Lexi & Kiegan are like their mother and just don't care!! Which is really fine with me - I would just like to see them more active.

Lexi has been given the responsibility of mowing our yard which she LOVES!! She said that next year for her birthday that's all she wants is to be able to mow. That's easy enough! She needs to work on mowing in straight lines and turning, but overall she's really doing great and I think she likes having that responsibility.

I'm working on Mother's Day gifts for the daycare kids to give to their mom's. With the help of a friend, I found an awesome website that showed step by step how to make fingerprint necklaces. How perfect for Mother's Day! So we've been working on those. I was also hoping to make paper roses with real flower seeds inside that the mom's could then plant and have real flowers grow, but those didn't turn out so well so I scratched that idea. I'll post pics of the necklaces when they're done!

Weekend Update

Another weekend has come and gone! This one wasn't near as busy and hectic as the last few have been which was nice. Friday night I got my Walmart run done and out of the way because I knew Saturday was going to be busy: garage sales in the a.m. and bachelorette party in the p.m. Sunday I didn't have anywhere to go and I was able to get the house caught up on (somewhat anyway)!





I'm hoping we don't get as much wind this week as we had last week! Our poor bunny foo-foo went for a ride last Wednesday when the wind picked up the shed she's in and completely flipped it on it's lid! I just happened to look out of the dining room window and noticed it and went flying outside to make sure she was still alive. The poor thing's cage was a crazy mess, but she was sitting in it with what I would consider a panicked bunny look on her face (not that I've ever seen different looks on a bunny's face before or anything - LOL). I called Travis right away and he was with Joanne buying her new Spyder motorcycle (she's a motorycle mama now!). The kids & I were heading to Blm. so when they got home, they came down and flipped it back over. Here's a picture of it still flipped over:





I'm starting to have stuff delivered that I ordered with my grant money! I think it's going to take a full weekend to get everything put together and re-organized. I'm super excited though!!! Hopefully this weekend we can zip to Blm. and price out some stuff to mark off the play area out back. I think all of these changes will make such a difference - especially when it comes to inside the house and getting all of these crazy toys organized better. I'm so jealous of those that can use their basement or have a separate building/area to have their daycare - that would be so ideal! My daycare seriously fills my every waking moment b/c there's so much I want to do, but I can make the best of it with what we do have. :o)

It's hard to believe that the school year is coming to an end. This summer is going to be different with Lexi being gone for a good portion of it. Her dad's job is moving him to Georgia for 2-3 years so she's going to be spending some time there this summer. I'm not real sure how I feel about that, but I don't have much of a choice I guess. He already has her in a panic b/c he told her this past weekend that he signed her up for softball down there. Lexi is just NOT into that kind of stuff - I think she has like "stage fright" or something. She hates being in front of people doing things (reminds me of how I was when I was her age!). So this summer could be interesting.

It sounds like Kiegan might be done with his Blm. trips by the end of summer! It all depends on how quickly he moves through this reading portion, but right now he's going through it so quickly that they're thinking about bumping him up a level already. So that's good news, especially since he may not be receiving as many services next school year b/c of all the cuts that are being made. Everybody cross your fingers for him!!

Lexi goes to her first ortho appt. tomorrow - I guess this first one is just "records" where they take impressions of her teeth and stuff. It's suppose to be about an hour and a half long appt. so I have to close my daycare early for it. I'll keep everyone updated on it all and will hopefully remember to take pictures of her as she gets her "hardware" put on. :o)

Maddie - oh she's a bully. I have a very light day today and she is bullying everyone that's here by pushing them, taking their toys away, hip-checking them to move them out of her way, etc. Has she figured out already that she's bigger than all of them and is using her size to get her way?? Gee, that could make for some fun days!