First, the weekend of the 14th we had fun with Kwint's parents, Tam and Dave going to see Footloose at Tuacahn. They did an amazing job with it, as they always do. Tuacahn really is Broadway in the desert, as they say. The guy who played Ren could dance like nobody's business, and don't tell Kevin Bacon, but this guy was way better.
When we got home at midnight, the little nagging cough Kaeleb had been fighting all week turned into croup. He was wheezing so hard that he could barely breathe, so Kwint took him in to the Emergency Room where he had a breathing treatment and got a steroid. It was very sad and stressful to for our little guy. Not to mention the hundreds of dollars this will set us back, thanks to our dumb new high deductible, low premium insurance plan that was supposed to save us tons o' money. Ugh.
Sunday, lucky Kaeleb, still coughing but able to breathe, had another birthday party with Sadie, who turned 15 on Wednesday. That was fun. We love our family. It has been a tradition since Kaeleb was born to get a cake for both, decorated for her on one side and him on the other.
Speaking of Kaeleb and stress... Kindergarten has been a rough transition for him. He is the most stubborn person on the planet and has decided that he is only safe if he is attached to my hip. Therefore going anywhere away from me is absolutely out of the question. So, every day he hides under his bed and cries that he is scared and hates school. I have to pull him out by the leg and force his clothes on. Then he zips his lips when I try to brush his teeth and cries all the way to school, where his teacher has to rip him from my leg thrashing and screaming "Mama! Mama!" Then I walk away, hearing his cries from all the way outside and I feel HORRIBLE. I do my best to shake it off, but usually cry. Then I go pick him up and he is all smiles and tells me how fun it was, so I get this false hope that tomorrow will better. Oh no. Actually, today was a little easier. In the car he didn't cry, he just kept softly saying "Mommy, I am a little scared." But then he freaked at the classroom door. As if it isn't hard enough to let your kids go....
So, we let him relax all weekend. We went to the park where the boys rode bikes and we roller bladed, we had a BBQ with friends and hung out with my mom and her fiance.
Yes, I did say fiance. That is one great part of the week. My mom got engaged. She met a very nice man on an LDS singles site, named Gary who is from Blanding. His son lives in Cedar City, so they both came here and dated from our houses. It was fun to watch and they are very happy. They are not wasting any time and will be married on September 11 in Washington. Gary is very easy going and makes her laugh, and although I miss my dad immensely and feel sad that they can't grow old together, I am glad she won't grow old alone and I couldn't have picked a better guy than Gary if it were up to me.
Brenny has decided to stop napping. Unfortunately, he gets so tired he can't make it past 5pm. So he has been falling asleep until 7ish and staying up until 11. Not fun. Last night he fell asleep at 6:30 and slept until 6:30 this morning. We were amazed. We liked it. We are hoping the trend continues. Tonight we are aiming for 7:30 to 7:30. We shall see. Isn't he cute?
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Sounds like you in the same as we are, Weston also decided he wants to be big like his Bro & sis so he doesn't take naps either and falls a sleep about 5/6 and as I write this he is playing behind me and I am praying he crashes soon. I am sorry thing are not going smooth with Kindergarten, is there anyone in the class that maybe he would like having a playdate with at your house then they can hang out at school too. Good Luck! Hey your Mom is getting married on my birthday!
i love reading up on what you have been up to. hope things get better with the big kindergartener and that mom does too. sept 11 isn't that far away! so does that mean another trip to washington this year for you?
I have been out of blog land for a while, nice to catch up. Oh the battles we have with our kids. Chloe still refuses to go "poo" in the toilet. I have tried everything and she is so stubborn too that she won't. She is supposed to start pre-school next week, I don't even know if they will let her go w/ out being fully potty trained. Sorry about Kaeleb, that is so stressfull. It really stinks having sick kids. Congrats to your Mom, that is awesome. Is she going to live in Utah after she is married? PS. We were sad we missed out on the cabin party..Dave is on call 99% of his life.
Sorry to hear about the kindergarten anxiety. It will get better. I would give it two weeks. Brinley cried every night of first grade for 2 weeks, because it was such a long day for her, but by week 3 she was good to go. I wonder if you had someone else take him like a neighbor or something if he would not act up so much at school. When Ethan started pre-school, he was a little nervous to go, but I noticed the days that my neighbor drove him, he did a lot better.
Croup is no fun. Ethan had that last year. It sucks that you have to pay so much, but hey at least ya have insurance,it would be more like 2000 or more with out it!'
I hope things get better
Hooray for your mom! I am so glad to read that you like him. Your mom is such a special lady and deserves to be happy.
My heart breaks for you with the seperation anxiety :( I can just imagine how hard that must be. Hopefully he'll get over it soon.
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