Crazy Hazy Days

I can't believe it's really been over a month since my last post. March really got the best of us. I'm kind of sad actually because there were so many good things that happened to blog about and I don't remember half of them now:(

We had a great snow day. We got about four inches. It was crazy. The next day it was eighty outside, lol. The weather down here just cracks me up.

We spent over a week in Ohio. We cut the drive into two segments each way. It wasn't so bad. Ben actually did really well considering he's not terribly fond of the car. AJ gave us the hardest time. I think it's his age. I've termed him the demon child these days. The kids had a blast visiting everyone and playing in the snow up there. We got a lot of great pictures.

Easter was fun. I believe they were most excited about all of the webkinz they got. That Easter Bunny sure knows our kids well:) Believe it or not, most of the candy is still in the fridge. While they certainly don't need the sugar, I wish they'd hurry up and eat it. Another week or so and I'm going to consider it fair game.

On the ride home, Benny was anything but happy. We ended up stopping numerous times. When we finally made it home he was so whiny. I just thought he was really tired. Poor little guy. He threw up twice and woke up that night with a croupy cough. A visit to the doctor confirmed croup and an ear infection. Yikes! No wonder the little guy was so miserable. He was still "off" for a couple of days but has been back to his normal self for over a week now.

Last week Papa Bill stopped in on one of his runs. AJ had so much fun and was really sad when he left. Of course it rained the whole time he was here. I'm glad he was able to stop in a visit though. It was such a treat.

We got the test results back from all of testing the school had done with Kayla. Though I don't feel the number itself is all that important, Kayla shares her IQ with only 1% of the worlds' (tested) population. We always knew she was smart, lol. We had an IEP meeting and found it rather unproductive to say the least. The APEX teacher is very nice and I know Kayla has enjoyed her first two sessions so far. We all agreed that she would take the fourth grade think link exams to gauge where she is as far as base knowledge so we can consider possible subject accelerations next year. We are still considering other schooling options, but nothing is concrete at this time.

Little Ben is growing in leaps and bounds. He's learned how to blow raspberries and it's just too cute. He also just started making the "baba" sound and Kayla thinks she heard "mama" yesterday. I didn't hear anything so who knows. He's rolling all over the place to get what he wants. We also started him on solid foods, but it's been really hit or miss. I'm afraid he may have a sweet tooth coming, lol. Some days he wants to eat like a little pig and some days nothing. His sleep is not that great these days, but I'm starting to see a decent napping pattern.

AJ's going to be four on Monday:( Wow! Where did the time go? He's so smart it's scary. He can write most of his letters and all of his numbers and he's spelling short words. I think he may very well be reading by the end of summer. We signed him up for a kids day out program for the month of June. He'll go from nine to noon on Mondays and Wednesdays and then he'll go to a literature class geared towards his age from on Fridays. My understanding is that they read a story and then all of their activities are centered around the story that day. I think he'll really enjoy it. I also think it will be a nice break for Kayla to be home without AJ. She needs more one on one time.

I have a fabulous party planned for his birthday tomorrow. We're getting a moon bounce for eight hours and having the party from one to three. I got stuff to make a Power Rangers cake. I'm not so sure how that'll turn out but there will be pictures:) Some of his friends from preschool are coming and then some friends that we have. It's going to be a lot of fun. Unfortunately right now the yard has enough water to swim in. I certainly hope it dries up some. There's nothing like muddy kids in a bouncing house.

Kayla has her baton recital May 10th and then she's finished with baton. We have a new video camera that lets us upload to the computer so I'll be sure to post the video of the performance. We're considering a four day camp at camp Kiwani this summer. I'm not so sure she's ready so we'll see.

Other than that, we're just getting ready for summer.